Zelensky’s covert assassination attempts on Putin using car bombs and drone strikes violate Article 37 of the Geneva Conventions through perfidious methods, constituting prosecutable war crimes regardless of retaliatory context.
NATO strategically aims to remove Putin to install a hardliner who would respond emotionally and escalate conflict, creating justification for direct NATO involvement since Ukraine cannot compete with Russia militarily alone.
Merkel publicly admitted the Minsk Agreement was a deliberate ruse to buy time for Ukraine to build an army, proving Europe intentionally wanted war rather than genuine peace negotiations.
EU contemplates jettisoning southern Europe and reorganizing with northern states to address an impending debt crisis, with Italy facing contagion risk due to absence of federal debt structure.
Panic cycle predicted for 2026 in Europe with extreme volatility in currencies and markets, driven by economic factors paralleling the collapse of the Soviet Union and Chinese communism transitions.
Gold, silver, and platinum rising sharply as safe havens amid turmoil, with potential capital controls on precious metals in Europe to limit wealth preservation and investment outflow.
Digital currencies may replace paper money in Europe, enabling 100% control of bank accounts and preventing capital flight, serving as primary weapon in economic warfare against citizens.
EU’s push for war with Russia, including mandatory conscription discussions, serves as diversion from economic collapse, allowing leaders to blame Russia for collapsing living standards and justify wartime economy measures.
EU shutting down free speech and opposition reflects authoritarian tactics similar to Lenin’s methods, revealing desperation to maintain power amid economic troubles and political instability.
Socialism and enforced equality fail due to human nature’s inherent jealousy of others’ success, documented for thousands of years in ancient Sumerian codes and the Ten Commandments.
The Benner cycle points to 2026 as a parallel to 2007, suggesting significant corrections across real estate, stocks, and precious metals simultaneously.
Vermeulen forecasts a volatile 2026 with an 8-12 month pullback in precious metals and energy, creating strategic re-entry opportunities at lower valuations.
The VIX index trading near 52-week lows signals dangerous complacency, as historically low volatility readings precede sharp market reversals.
Historical 1970s parallels suggest gold and silver could experience 50% pullbacks before resuming upward trends, with silver potentially establishing a new floor at $45-$50 before rallying over the next 5-10 years.
Precious metals are currently in their last parabolic phase characterized by extreme volatility, requiring investors to adopt strategic risk management rather than passive holding.
A critical disconnect exists between rallying precious metals and the still-rising Magnificent Seven tech stocks, which haven’t experienced the typical pullback that precedes sustained precious metals rallies.
When the equity market begins selling off, particularly tech stocks, it will likely trigger a substantial correction in precious metals markets.
Vermeulen’s Asset Revesting framework advocates exclusively holding assets rising in value and actively rotating between stocks, bonds, currencies, and cash based on technical indicators rather than narratives.
Successful investing focuses on disciplined risk management and capitalizing on market movements rather than predicting exact tops and bottoms or clinging to traditional buy-and-hold approaches.
Current positioning recommends being bullish on gold, equities, and US dollar index while maintaining bearish outlook on oil and energy sectors based on price action signals.
15,000 tons of silver stood for delivery in 2025, creating a crisis in derivative markets where paper contracts can no longer be settled with physical metal, forcing the derivative system in commodities to collapse.
5 US banks are net long in silver while 17 foreign banks are short, with swaps short by $10 billion in silver alone, creating massive counterparty risk as outstanding contracts contract and physical shortages intensify.
Lease rates remain elevated despite price fluctuations, indicating one-way traffic of demand from industrial users (photovoltaic cells, electric vehicles) rather than speculative investors, making volatility driven by industrial demand instead of trading.
China, the largest silver producer and importer, is implementing a licensing regime in 2026 to restrict silver exports while building a large internal market with prices independent of global values, creating pricing disconnects between Shanghai and Comex.
China is moving away from U.S. dollar in trade settlements, using yuan instead, while restricting rare earth exports alongside silver, as geopolitical tensions and U.S. tariffs reshape global commodity flows.
Record disparity between declining bond values and rising equity values signals potential crash in 2026, with margin debt reaching all-time high of $1.2 trillion creating unprecedented debt and credit bubbles.
Japanese institutions, the largest holders of US Treasuries, may reduce appetite as Japanese 10-year yield potentially exceeds 5-10%, causing dramatic disruptions in global bond markets and unwinding carry trades.
Gold’s rising price indicates greater risk of bubble pop, with expectations of higher bond yields in Q1 2026 leading to potential market crisis requiring Fed’s accelerated QE and possible equity ETF purchases.
Price controls expected in 2026 despite being counterproductive, further undermining fiat currencies and signaling the end of the fiat currency system without political intervention as monetary reset accelerates.
Derivative system collapse means financial demand no longer met by paper contracts, driving counterparty risk that forces buyers into physical commodities and pushes prices higher as paper markets disconnect from reality.
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