Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on the effect of higher interest rates on stock markets. (See the Stocks section.)
Precious Metals:
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Video interview of chartist Gary Wagner: Gold To See “Fireworks” From Trade War
Stocks:
Stock Market Outlook: Choppiness Ahead?
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This thought-provoking piece was published by Forbes back in March: Higher Interest Rates Crushed Stocks Before, And They Will Crush Them Again
Cryptos:
Bitcoin Drifts Down as Price Breaks Below Key $7.8K Support
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Coinbase Adds British Pound for UK Crypto Users
Economy & Finance:
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In The New York Times: Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady but, Defying Trump, Signals Increases to Come
Forex:
Dollar, yen rise as U.S.-China trade war worries perk up
Tangibles Investing:
I recently stumbled upon a fascinating niche auction site for tangibles collectors: Invaluables. Their auction categories include:
- Banks
- Cameras
- Computers
- General
- Gramophones
- Phonographs
- Radios
- Registers
- Telephones
- Television Sets
- Transistor Radios
- Vintage Cameras
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Los Angeles economy? The fact that CA is communist might-could have something to do with the economy of the region. See, when you’re a socialist and try to create a Command and Control trade and enterprise you end up doing things like putting all of your eggs in one basket, such as the LA and Long Beach transshipment ports, then even without a trade war, sooner or later your economy will go flat…or worse.
And heaven forbid that we have to live without junk made from plastic and poison ingredients in everything from China. Whatever shall we do?
where’s that thumbs up when you need it??