There is going to be a massive
economic cataclysm
across (at least) the Western world, and it will include
horrific crashes in a number of bubble markets. Not only has this been explained
often to regular readers, but astute individuals will have easily drawn this
conclusion on their own.
The fundamental reasons for this upcoming Crash are as
numerous as they are troubling:
- Our economies are bankrupt.
Our governments are only able to
pretend
not to be bankrupt thanks to the fraudulent manipulation of Western interest
rates to near-zero levels. This (temporarily) minimizes interest payments on
our gigantic debts.
-
Permanent, long-term unemployment is at an
historic high across the Western world with more than 100 million people across
the West no longer allowed to work. Tens of millions more are under-employed,
working in jobs far below their qualifications/skill level. Tens of millions
more are forced to accept part-time work when they need full-time employment.
Tens of millions more have simply seen their wages fall – often dramatically.
Homelessness is now rampant across the
“prosperous” West
.
-
Massive asset bubbles. Permanently freezing
Western interest rates near zero has had the predictable effect: the biggest
asset bubbles in history, especially in real estate markets, bond markets, and
U.S. equities markets. These horrendous bubbles are already overdue for
detonation. It isn’t even supposed to be
possible
to have a stock market bubble and a bond market bubble simultaneously.
Along with the fundamental reasons why an economic
Armageddon is both inevitable and imminent, we have the practical reasons for
reaching this conclusion:
Profit.
Above the obedient stooges in Western governments is the
financial crime syndicate known as
the
One Bank
. While the focus of its “business” are the criminal operations of
Western Big Banks, some of its other more prominent tentacles include the
Corporate Media, Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Agriculture. This is just a
portion of the 40% of the global economy which it
currently
controls
.
Why do we have bubble-and-crash cycles? With its
manipulative
Trading
Algorithm
(so-called “HFT trading”), the One Bank can now march all markets
to ludicrous extremes beyond the imagination of most of us – at least
temporarily. Why not keep pumping these bubble markets higher and higher?
Profit.
The further that the One Bank pushes/pulls prices away from
rational levels, the more financial and criminal energy that is required to
both make that move and then maintain it. The Law of Diminishing Returns is
clearly at play.
Far more profitable to march markets higher relatively
quickly and relatively briefly, crash them back down, and then reset the cycle
of crime. This is true because as the creator of these “cycles” the One Bank is
always able to place its own (crooked) bets first.
It is therefore a simple matter of profit that dictates that
the Next Crash must be
an
imminent event
. However, readers have heard this before. The Next Crash was
originally held out as an event likely to occur in
the
late spring of 2016
– as replicating the pattern of the previous two
bubble-and-crash cycles.
Now here we are marching through the spring of 2017, and
readers are once again hearing the word “imminent”. Why heed this warning?
Signs and portents.
Different readers will attach differing degrees of
importance to these factors, so they are presented in no particular order –
except for the first.
The Donald
What can we say about Donald Trump? He’s the least-qualified
person to sit in the Oval Office in the modern history of the United States.
He’s an egomaniac. He often speaks and acts without thinking. He’s a boorish,
bigoted, opinionated bully.
He has spent roughly half of his first four months in office
threatening trade wars with the U.S.’s “friends” (for lack of a better word),
and the other half of the time threatening military conflict with rivaling
nations. Syria, North Korea, even Russia and China: none have been spared the
potential Wrath of The Donald.
Recent bubble-and-crash cycles have been timed to blame an
outgoing U.S. regime as the principal culprit for the Crash, allowing the other
half of the U.S.’s Two-Party Dictatorship to retain a Teflon coating in its
first term in office. However, The Donald has just been elected, meaning the
old pattern is no longer operative.
This suggests that (unlike the last two bubble-and-crash
cycles) the Corporate Media will not have the excuse of calling this Crash an
economic event. Three more years of Donald the Economy-Killer would not bode
well for Trump, the Republican Party, or its Masters in the One Bank.
How about a war? Think that The Donald might be able to do a
good job of creating a nice, big war, pushed and pulled by the “advisors” who
guide all of his presidential actions? Assuming he doesn’t blow up the world
first (literally), who better to blow up the U.S. economy – and much of the
global economy along with it?
U.S. Markets
Anyone looking for “signs and portents” need look no further
than U.S. equities markets. The Dow just broke 20,000. After crossing and
re-crossing the 10,000 barrier on numerous occasions, the (much-substituted)
Dow finally has its “double”.
The NASDAQ just broke 6,000. Finally, more than 15 years
after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the NASDAQ can actually boast of a
higher milestone under its belt – temporarily. There is nothing left to
accomplish in U.S. equity markets before the
raping-and-pillaging
begins.
The Oil Market
After crude oil prices rose for several weeks starting in
the second half of March, prices have suddenly reversed lower, breaking through
recent support to the downside.
Chart courtesy of Infomine.com
If The Donald has been instructed by his Masters (and
advisors) to start a big, new war, then certainly his Masters will want the
price of crude to be sitting near/at some rock-bottom level. Wars are
expensive. War machines guzzle vast quantities of petroleum – especially modern
war machines.
If The Donald envisions some glorious military triumph
attached to his name, like some modern day, lesser Napoleon, he’s not going to
get it by pressing The Button. Russia and China have plenty of nukes of their
own, and despite all of the U.S.’s much-hyped (and ultra-expensive) “missile
defense” technology, the U.S. has no defense against several weapons in
Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
If there is a war
coming (and the odds don’t look good), it must be another conventional war, or
the Next War will be humanity’s Last War. Fighting that war requires (among
other things) keeping the price of oil as cheap as possible for as long as
possible.
Real Estate Markets
Analysis of other real estate markets in the Western world
requires someone with more regional expertise. However, with respect to North
America’s
real
estate market
(i.e. Canada and the U.S.), this market is ripe for
implosion.
In the U.S., after enormous hyping and pumping, the U.S.
real estate market has climbed all the way back to an average level as measured
by historical standards. This means it’s now high enough that crashing those
real estate prices would lead to lots of the bankers’ favorite hobby:
foreclosures.
In Canada; the housing bubbles in our major urban centers
(Toronto and Vancouver) are not merely “ripe”, they are thoroughly rancid.
Prices have spiraled well beyond any sane metrics, with Toronto now catching up
to Vancouver in the insanity derby after the West Coast’s early lead.
Ontario and B.C. have now taken steps to prick their own
housing bubbles. It’s not
possible to
“prick” bubbles this unstable and this bloated. Unless the bankers choose to
flood significant quantities of their own capital into these markets to
overcome the regulatory drags, then only one word is in order. Ka-boom!
The U.S. Economy
Referring to the U.S. economy as a train-wreck does not
fully do justice to the hollowing-out and crippling of one of history’s great
economic engines. There are so many “signs and portents” indicating that this
train-wreck must soon be acknowledged that no comprehensive list is possible.
However, for what is now a self-declared “consumer economy”
this
headline
certainly qualifies as an ominous sign:
Retailer Are Going Bankrupt at a Record Pace
The liars-and-shills in the Corporate Media continue with
their
happy-talk
about “the strong U.S. economy”. But strong consumer
economies don’t see retailers going bankrupt at a record rate. Soon even the
blind/deaf/dumb Sheep who consume the Corporate Media’s lies are going to
notice this inconsistency. D-Day (detonation day) must occur before that
realization broadly penetrates.
Precious Metals Markets
A commentary
published on May 1 warned readers that “gold and silver must go down
before they can go up (much higher).” That commentary now appears somewhat
prophetic given that gold and silver prices have suddenly fallen sharply.
In the Crash of ’08, the bankers actually began pushing gold
and silver markets lower just before staging their broader crashes in markets
and our economies. U.S. markets, the U.S. economy, and real estate markets are
now shrieking “the End is near.”
The price of oil is now being primed for a potential war.
The United States has a Berserker in the White House capable of laying waste to
all around him with a moment’s notice.
Gold and silver prices should be going straight up right now. Instead they have gone almost straight down
for the past week.
Want one more sign? Eighty-six-year-old Warren Buffett is
now sitting on a mountain of
vampire
dollars
which totals at least $85 billion. What are you waiting for,
Warren?
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Jeff Nielson is co-founder and managing partner of Bullion Bulls Canada; a website which provides precious metals commentary, economic analysis, and mining information to readers and investors. Jeff originally came to the precious metals sector as an investor around the middle of last decade, but with a background in economics and law, he soon decided this was where he wanted to make the focus of his career. His website is www.bullionbullscanada.com.
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