Is This The Week Gold & Silver Slip Through The Cartel’s Iron Fist Grip?
SD Outlook: There are fundamental and technical reasons to think gold & silver could have another good week. Here are the details…
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Chaos, Pandemonium, A Record Freeze, And A Blowout Black Friday Spending Record
A record freeze didn’t stop the American Consumer from unleashing the chaos yet again. Here’s a round-up and a recap from a record setting Black Friday…
Continue readingRetail Sales Disappoints: The Summer Spending Spree That Never Was Is Officially Over
The US consumer hit the breaks on spending in August, and that doesn’t bode well for a supposedly booming economy. Here are the details…
Continue readingFund Manager: More Evidence The US Economy Is Deteriorating
From the housing market to retail sales, Dave Kranzler looks at the data to find the US economy is in poor shape, despite the MSM hype…
Continue readingTurkey Is Just Noise: Here Is What Really Matters
Turkey has been the talk of the week, but in the United States, here is what one trader says to keep your eyes on…
Continue readingThere Are Two Words That Can Describe What Is Going On With Gold & Silver
SD Midweek: What in the heck is going on with gold and silver? Two words describe it, and they have nothing to do with the cartel or the charts…
Continue readingFund Manager: Today’s Stellar Retail Sales Report Boils Down To Inflation And Guesses
The MSM is drooling over ‘surging’ retail sales, but Dave Kranzler dives into the data to get the real story, and it’s not good at all. Here’s why…
Continue readingFund Manager: There Is A Massive Bubble In Retail Sector Stocks
Dave Kranzler says, “Retail, especially the ‘concept’ retailers, are going parabolic. It makes no sense given the…”
Continue readingGold And The Commodities Are At A Turning Point In The Markets
“Sooner or later the gold price will react to higher inflationary pressures, but near term, the price is focused on next week’s FOMC.” Here’s an update…
Continue readingFighting For Scraps: Mall Owners Accuse Retailers Of Under-Reporting Sales To Keep Rents Lower
This is what happens in the retail apocalypse – every last scrap will be fought over. Here’s an update on the downfall of brick-and-mortar in America…
Continue readingFund Manager: Trade War Threats May Be The Final Straw That Triggers A SEVERE Market Sell-Off
Dave Kranzler says “the stock market could be cut in half and still be considered overvalued.” Here’s why…
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: Gonna Need A Sharper Axe Plus Extra Chopping Blocks With This List
“And these are just the people who have announced store closures so far. In an environment hostile to brick and mortar businesses…”
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: Subway Closes 909 Stores In 2017
“The national promotional focus over the past five years…has decimated [us] and left many franchisees unprofitable and even insolvent…”
Continue readingThe Perverse Incentives To Over-Consume And Over-Spend At Christmas
“This topic is taboo because it strikes at the very heart of our socio-economic system, which is fundamentally based on permanent growth…”
Continue readingHyperinflation Watch: Last Minute Christmas Shopping (Star Wars Edition)
They may still be available if you act now, just don’t say we didn’t warn you when you see a comma and five digits (to the left of the decimal […]
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: Toys “R” Us To Close Up To 200 Stores Due To Collapsing Sales
So much for that record holiday consumer spending spree. Toys “R” Us is imploding…
Continue readingFund Manager Tears Apart The Retail Sales Report And Finds A Ton Of Goal-Seeked Propaganda
The mainstream financial media “never looks at the details below the headline report. To do this, one has make an effort to scroll down to page four…”
Continue readingSimon Black: A Young Foreigner’s First Impressions Of America
“The Universal Law of Prosperity is no longer the law of the land in the US…”
Continue readingAs The Economy Is “Booming” The Number Of Store Closings In 2017 Is Massive
Things are nothing like what is being reported by the MSM or Tweeted by President Trump. Here’s the details…
Continue readingThe Smartphone Just Killed Black Friday
“While families bickered about politics, football, and bitcoin over Thanksgiving dinner, your bored cousins were searching for hot deals on their phones.”
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