ECONOMY
$250 Oil & 11% Inflation, Worst Case in 2026 – Ed Dowd
Wall Street money manager and financial analyst Ed Dowd of PhinanceTechnologies.com warned at the beginning of April that the economy was already rolling over. He said “Private Credit Problems are Ending the Party.” Just 10 days ago, Black Rock and other firms with so-called private credit are locking up investors’ cash because of a […]
Shortages And Rationing Loom As Global Oil Reserves Fall At The Fastest Rate In History
No matter what happens now, the world is facing a very painful energy crisis. Let’s be as wildly optimistic as we possibly can and assume that Iran agrees to allow free passage through the Strait of Hormuz with absolutely no tolls or restrictions starting tomorrow. Before normal traffic through the […]
NY Fed: 14% of US Households Experience Food Insecurity
The government keeps telling people the economy is strong because the stock market keeps making new highs. That is the great deception behind every bubble throughout history. Wall Street is not Main Street. You can have record highs in financial assets while society underneath is quietly rotting in real time. […]
Inflation Is Not Going Away
The latest PCE inflation report confirmed exactly what I have warned. Inflation was never “transitory,” and the Federal Reserve has completely lost control of the narrative. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, core PCE, rose 3.3% annually in April, up from 3.2% in March and well above the Fed’s mythical 2% […]
99 Percent Of CEOs Are Planning AI Job Cuts, And The Gap Between The Rich And The Poor Just Continues To Explode
Our economy is being transformed at a faster pace than we have ever experienced before. Thanks to giant leaps in the field of artificial intelligence, human labor is not as valuable as it once was. All over the world, millions of human workers are being replaced and that trend is […]
American Consumer Confidence Cracks as the War Cycle Intensifies
Consumer sentiment has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded since the University of Michigan began tracking the data in 1952. The index declined to 44.8 in May as Americans increasingly fear inflation, rising fuel costs, and economic instability tied directly to the expanding conflict with Iran. This is precisely […]
Americans Have Never Felt This Bad About The U.S. Economy In The Entire History Of Our Country
For much of the nation, it feels like we are in a permanent economic crisis with no end in sight. I have been documenting our long-term economic decline for years, and now we have reached a point where Americans have literally never felt this bad about the state of the […]
The Iran War Could Trigger Gold’s Return as Money
No matter what happens, I am confident the Iran war will be a major tailwind for gold. Here is an overview of how I see the conflict unfolding and its major financial implications. Investment Outcome #1: The US Dollar Will Lose Its Privileged Position “When the world’s dominant power that […]
More Evidence Skilled Labor Is Rising in Value
For years, they told an entire generation that the future belonged to people sitting behind computer screens, pushing paper around in climate-controlled offices, while anyone working with their hands was somehow a failure. Schools pushed college degrees endlessly while trade schools were neglected and industrial jobs were treated as relics […]
The Terrifying Rise of Economic Wars, Global Blackouts, and the Collapse of Modern Stability
The modern world is entering one of the most dangerous periods in recent history. Economic wars, rising geopolitical tensions, massive blackouts, water shortages, and collapsing infrastructure are no longer isolated problems, but signs of a growing global crisis. Behind the illusion of technological progress and stability, entire systems are beginning […]
