Archive for the ‘Today’s 5 Min. Forecast’ Category

Financial Panic: “Just Getting Started”

“Is the [financial] crisis over? Has the panic subsided?” Jim Rickards asks. If 2008 is any indication, we’re “just getting started.” Read More

“Sandman” (Dollar Demolition Plot?)

The dollar’s loss of reserve currency status will advance… But it’s a process, not an event. Read More

Lost Cause (Hometown Banks)

“Sad as it is to say, I see a lot more trouble ahead for community and regional banks,” says Paradigm’s value-and-income authority Zach Scheidt. Read More

Careening From Crisis to Crisis

If the bank crisis isn’t over, then the Fed remains stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place — because inflation is slowing at a glacial rate. Read More

No Holds Barred (RESTRICT Act)

After Dave deftly defended TikTok yesterday, we (partly) untangle the Gordian knot that is the RESTRICT Act of 2023 Read More

In Defense of TikTok

The Chinese smartphone app TikTok is the impetus for a moral panic taking American leaders down a very dark road. Read More

Backlash! (Biden Bucks)

“The push toward central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is well underway in all advanced economies,” says Jim Rickards. Read More

Cancer: $250 Billion up for Grabs

A cure for cancer “requires more than solving an engineering problem,” says Ray Blanco, “it needs a scientific breakthrough.” Read More

Dead Bank Walking

Is this The End for Deutsche Bank, or just another act in a never-ending drama? Read More

“This Is Bigger Than the Fed”

It’s as if the Fed is mashing the accelerator and stomping the brake at the same time. Read More