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Top Ten Videos – December 18, 2023

Alasdair Macleod: Inflation Will Rise As Dollar Weakens (Dec.14, 2023)

Liberty and Finance...

Summary

 

Inflation will rise as the dollar weakens, potentially leading to a funding crisis and debt trap for the US and other G7 nations, while nations like Russia and Singapore are accumulating gold reserves to stabilize their currencies.

 

 

Impact of Dollar Weakness on Inflation and Purchasing Power

 
  • “It’s not gold going up. It’s the dollar going down.”
  • “The conditions are there for the dollar to lose a quarter or a third of its purchasing power.”
  • In a recession, the gold price went up, as seen in the Great Depression, leading to a rise in the purchasing power of gold.
  • The idea of a general slump lowering prices and interest rates is just untrue, it’s a pure Keynesian myth.
  • The weakening dollar will lead to inflation, as welfare payments and other expenses linked to inflation will continue to rise, creating a difficult situation for politicians to navigate.
  • The days of the dollar are effectively numbered, as seen in the gold acquisition policies of other central banks.
  • The weakening of the dollar will lead to a rapid expansion of central bank’s balance sheet, undermining the purchasing power of the currency.
     

Consequences of US Government Deficit and Debt Crisis

 
  • The US government running a deficit of potentially three trillion this year, with half of that being interest payments, poses major hurdles for bond financing.
  • The G7 nations are all in a debt trap, where rising interest rates increase the interest bill and governments face greater welfare obligations.
  • “It’s catastrophic. Uh there’s no other word for it but that unless there is some sort of wonderful change is where we’re going.”
  • The global banking system would implode if credit collapses, highlighting the importance of understanding the difference between credit and physical money.

Texit, Gold, and Ideas for States in 2024 (Dec. 14, 2023)

Radio Rothbard...

Summary

 
 

States like Texas are taking proactive measures to assert their autonomy and protect their interests, particularly in the financial and legal realms, in response to perceived federal overreach and corporate influence.

 

  • Texas has the potential to be its own country with a huge economy, coastline, and plenty of oil and gas, making it a practical choice for separation.
  • Marijuana legalization has been a winning strategy with grassroots support, despite opposition from party leaders.
  • The lack of real federalism and opposition to Federal power on certain issues highlights the ongoing struggle for states’ rights and autonomy.
  • States like Texas have been proactive in creating a gold depository, showing a different approach to investment compared to other states.
  • Americans recognize that Central Bank digital currencies are a very specific and Sinister tool, part of a broader World economic Forum globalist agenda.
  • The weaponization of money in banking is the next frontier of authoritarian governance, creating a dynamic that could breed more federalism in the financial system.
  • Recognizing the federal government as an antagonizing force and creating state-level protections is a dynamic approach to customer protection.
  • State-driven lawsuits against big Pharma and financial protections can create tension in the public-private relationship, leading to a more decentralized perspective.
 

Mark Thornton: Greenwashing (Dec.16, 2023)

Minor Issues...

Summary

 

Greenwashing, or the misleading claims of environmental benefits by companies, can have devastating hidden costs that impact both the environment and the economy.

 

  • Greenwashing is the misleading claims of environmental benefits by companies, profiting off of well-intentioned sustainably minded consumers.
  • Human beings are motivated to achieve their goals, whether it’s saving souls or staying drugged up.
  • Environmentally minded people have put much pressure on companies, nudged them, boycotted them, and turned their dollars over to companies with green profiles like Patagonia.
  • Scientists have fudged and defrauded the science, revealing themselves as biased and unscientific people.
  • Austrian School economists see themselves as conservationists, not environmentalists, believing that the free market does the best job at conserving and allocating scarce resources over time.
  • The hidden costs of greenwashing can be devastating, impacting both the environment and the economy.
  • Businesses have had their profit agenda genetically modified by the green agenda, ultimately promoting the waste of resources in inefficient directions.

 

The Great Taking - Documentary (Nov.29, 2023)

The Great Taking...

Summary

 
The current financial system is at risk of collapse due to the actions of the Federal Reserve and big banks, and there is a need for people in power to take legal action and transform central banking into a public utility.
 

Financial System Manipulation and Control

 
  • Concerns about derivatives arose in the early 2000s, with the derivatives complex growing to 10 times Global GDP by 2007, outstripping any real thing on earth.
  • The FED has murky powers to create entities out of nothing, loan money, and put it into that entity, completely off balance sheet and undisclosed.
  • The bankruptcy law change in 2005 created a “Safe Harbor” for secured creditors to take client assets, even in the event of fraud.
  • When central clearing counterparties fail, secured creditors will take all of the underlying stocks and bonds, giving them control of all public corporations.
  • The plan to take all collateral globally and collapse the system in a controlled demolition to end up controlling everything was set in motion over 50 years ago, with concrete steps beginning in the 1960s.
  • The financial system is being propped up by a “Hidden Hand” injecting created money directly into the financial markets, covering up insolvencies and allowing institutions to believe they have downside risk by buying protection in the derivatives market.
     

Global Economic Collapse and Implications

 
  • The scale of new money created by the Federal Reserve was on the order of 1% of US GDP in a single week, far outstripping any real economic growth.
  • The speaker predicted a period similar to the Great Wars and the Great Depression over 20 years ago based on the collapsing velocity of money, and has since closely followed and applied this understanding in their work.
  • The size of credit default obligations: “Credit default obligations alone were the size of the global economy.”
  • The global GDP collapse is inevitable due to the drastic increase in interest rates, leading to a potential implosion of the financial system.
  • The entire bubble was artificial and the decline will be something like a decimation where indexes will go to maybe 10% of the peak because a lot of things will just go out of business.
  • The Great Taking documentary discusses the control of underlying real things and the impact on debt levels globally.
     

Advocacy for Change and Awareness

 
  • There is some hope for humanity in challenging the construct of the world and avoiding the great taking.
  • It’s crucial to spread awareness and engage capable people to unify against the unconscious control and oversight that has allowed the system to run out of control.
  • Central Banking should be a public utility, controlled by private interests is the source of all the problems for Humanity that must stop as a public utility.

Mark Jeftovic: Bitcoin Challenging Traditional Financial Systems (Dec. 2, 2023)

Bombthrower TV...

Summary

 

The rise of Bitcoin and digital currency is challenging traditional financial systems and government control, potentially leading to a shift in wealth and power dynamics.

 

Economic and Financial Implications

 
  • The concept of wealth inequality and the idea that only the wealthy will be exempt from travel restrictions raises questions about fairness and privilege.
  • The concept of money is changing into a social credit score capped by carbon emissions, impacting how we save and spend.
  • Robby Bernstein believes that Bitcoin is the antidote to government control and the CBDC system, despite pushback from those who doubt its viability.
  • The world’s wealthy and governments are being forced to acknowledge and adapt to the rise of Bitcoin as a new money system.
  • The potential for digital currency to automate tax payments and provide a guaranteed income could be a game-changer in the financial system.
  • The standing and clout of large corporate and wealth capital bases could lead to the acceptance of Bitcoin as a form of payment, regardless of government regulations.
  • The volatility of Bitcoin will smooth out over time, and as more investors move away from devaluing paper currency, it will significantly impact the game on assets like gold, silver, and other cryptocurrencies.
     

Government and Technological Influence

 
  • The concept of “neoc collectivism” is being presented as a polite way to describe technocratic communism by future labs.
  • The use of digital currency as infrastructure could potentially lead to the tracking and restriction of individual purchases based on carbon allotment, impacting personal freedom and privacy.
  • The government’s actions do not point to an all-powerful entity consolidating power, but rather to sclerotic, disintegrating, slow-moving behemoths that are out of their depth in a decentralized, highly complex world.
  • The government can be outpaced by revolutionary technology that quickly becomes embraced by the people and changes the economy.
  • The development of user-friendly technology for Bitcoin could revolutionize the industry and make it more accessible.

Felix Zulauf: Markets Will Be Gut-Wrenching Next Year -- The S&P Could Crash 40% (Dec.10, 2023)

Thoughtful Money...

Summary

 

Felix Zulauf predicts a gut-wrenching market next year, with the S&P potentially crashing 40%, and offers three opportunities to make money, including investing in commodities and loading up on short positions in anticipation of the market fall.

 

Market Predictions and Analysis

 
  • “Felix zulaf predicted that we’ve entered the decade of the roller coasters where markets will rise and fall dramatically as the natural forces of deflation battle it out with the rescue efforts of the central planners.”
  • The next wave of inflation in 25-26 will likely be way above 10% and will create problems for the bond market, triggering the next wave down in the stock market.
  • The markets will be gut-wrenching next year, with the S&P potentially crashing 40%.
  • Felix Zulauf predicts a gut-wrenching market next year, with the S&P potentially crashing 40%.
  • Historical examples show that overvalued, highly concentrated stocks have declined between 50 and 90% in the past, indicating potential risk for today’s overpriced Magnificent 7.
  • The S&P could crash 40% next year.
  • The risk is so massive that it could potentially cut the S&P by 40%.
  • The 40-year secular downtrend in inflation and interest rates has changed in 2020.
  • The ever-increasing leverage in the world means central banks have to inject more liquidity in each cycle to prevent the system from breaking down, leading to higher asset prices.
  • Wars are inflationary, so we are on a secular rise in inflation and we are now seeing the first cyclical decline in inflation that will be over in 24 and then we go into the next rise.
     

Investment Opportunities and Strategies

 
  • There are three opportunities to make money next year, including loading up on short positions in anticipation of the market fall.
  • He is keen on investing in Commodities, believing they offer more potential than equities.
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    The US dollar will be in trouble once the US fed begins to ease, turning weak and causing a bigger amount of dollars to come into the global financial markets than any other currency.
     

Impact of Global Geopolitical Shifts

 
  • The transition from a unipolar US-centric world order to a new multipolar order is causing disorder, rivalry, and conflict, impacting commodity supply and prices.

How Congress Just Destroyed Your Privacy Rights (Dec.15, 2023)

Glenn Greenwald...

Summary

 

Congress Again Renews FBI’s Warrantless Spying Power Over Americans.

 

Powell's Political Pivot Impact on Gold (Dec.15, 2023)

The Daily Gold...

Summary

 

The market closing at a new monthly all-time high on November 3rd signaled a positive trend for gold investors, and the impact of Powell’s political pivot on gold is dependent on the type of economic landing we experience.

 

  • The market closing at a new monthly all-time high on November 3rd signaled a positive trend for gold investors.
  • The quick turnaround from “no rate cuts” to “talking about rate cuts” is significant in the context of recent economic indicators.
  • The impact of Powell’s political pivot on gold is dependent on the type of economic landing we experience.
  • “Gold has done well because there’s all these different reasons people are buying gold right now. It’s not just inflation, it’s War, geopolitics, remonetization.”
  • The speaker suggests that a soft landing in the economy may not be favorable for gold, and another war may be needed to drive up demand.
  • Gold may outperform the stock market if the economy deteriorates and the Fed has to press on the accelerator, leading to money flowing into gold instead of stocks.
  • The market historically goes up when rates are being hiked, which is counterintuitive but true.
  • The concept of a melt up in anticipation of a Fed that eases and then either doesn’t ease or eases in a more disappointed fashion could set up for a crash from higher highs.

Crescat Gets Activist on Gold & Silver (Dec. 16, 2023)

Crescat Capital...

Summary

 

The FED’s 0% interest rates have created asset bubbles that are starting to burst, and it is time to own hard assets as a hedge against an impending recession and wave of inflation.

 
  • The FED’s 0% interest rates created enormous asset bubbles, and we are only in the early innings of these bubbles starting to burst.
  • Record valuations for the largest companies in the world are at 35 times trailing earnings, ahead of an expected recession, indicating a mismatch and opportunity on the short side.
  • The percentage of yield curve inversions just shot up to 94% again this week, the strongest signal of an impending recession.
  • The next cycle will see the discovery of more high-grade open-pit gold mines.
  • The results show 519 meters of 2.46 grams per ton gold, which is absolutely stupendous.
  • The Federal Reserve’s complacency and the levered global economy reinforce the need to own hard assets.
  • The inverted 10-year versus 3-month yield curve is showing the severity of the indicator in predicting downturns in prior cycles.
  • The FED’s new dovish stance and the pressure from within the banking industry signal an impending wave of inflation, making it the time to own hard assets.

Why Our Society Has School Shooters (Oct. 31, 2023)

After Skool...

Summary

 

A lack of purpose and connection in society can contribute to individuals resorting to violence, and finding personal purpose can help combat this issue.

 

  • People who commit school shootings may lack a sense of purpose in society, leading them to seek it through violent acts.
  • The breakdown of the family structure in America may contribute to a lack of love and sense of purpose in individuals.
  • The trust and belief in political leaders have diminished, as they are perceived to prioritize personal gain over the well-being of the people they represent.
  • Lack of purpose and connection can contribute to individuals resorting to violence: “If you don’t have a purpose…you’re at the whim of whatever influence.”
  • The internet can contribute to the formation of school shooters and other severe ideologies by continuously serving content that aligns with their interests.
  • Social media algorithms can contribute to radicalization by reinforcing and amplifying individuals’ existing beliefs and grievances.
  • Finding personal purpose can help combat feelings of emptiness and potentially prevent individuals from resorting to violence.

 

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