July 25, 2025: One Serious Silly Season

Please join Doug Noland and David McAlvany this coming Thursday, July 31st, at 4:00 pm Eastern/2:00 pm Mountain Time for the McAlvany Wealth Management Tactical Short Q2 recap conference call, “Terminal Phase Whipsaw” Click here to register. Just another week in Bizzarro Bubble World. Trump and Powell, donning construction hard hats, bicker in front of […]

Friday, July 25, 2025

[CNBC] Stocks are little changed after S&P 500, Nasdaq score another record close: Live updates [Yahoo/Reuters] Dollar heads for biggest weekly drop in a month as focus shifts to Fed, BOJ meets [AP] Trading a suit for boots and a hard hat: Behind the scenes at the Federal Reserve, mid-renovation [AP] Fed chair tells Trump […]

Precious Metals Push Higher

Metals see new highs across the board this week, with gold briefly pushing up to $3,440 before settling back down to $3,390. Silver continued its push, rising 3.5%, and is unlikely to slow down based on the channel it created over the past two years. Platinum bumps up 1% but looks to be finally losing […]

Thursday, July 24, 2025

[CNBC] S&P 500 futures are little changed after Alphabet, Tesla post earnings: Live updates [AP] US applications for jobless benefits fall for sixth straight week, remain at historically low level [AP] Trump to visit Federal Reserve headquarters as feud with its chair continues [Reuters] Conditions as loose as 2021 call into question more Fed cuts […]

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

[CNBC] Dow pops after Trump announces Japan trade deal: Live updates [CNBC] GoPro, Krispy Kreme join the meme party as Wall Street speculation ramps up [Reuters] Buyers flee Japanese bonds as political, fiscal risks rise [AP] Asian markets gain, with Japan’s Nikkei up more than 3%, lifted by deal on Trump’s tariffs [CNBC] Mortgage demand […]

Cyber-Intrusion, Banking Fragility, & Petro-Dollar Replacement

If It’s Free To You Online, Realize That “You Are The Product” Banking Crises Are Actually Designed Ahead Of Time Dollar Recycling Being Replaced By Gold “And it just goes to show how vulnerable a lot of this infrastructure is, particularly the internet. When you talk about the internet as we conceive of it, like […]

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

[CNBC] Stocks little changed after S&P 500 posts another record close: Live updates [Reuters] Oil falls as trade war concerns increase worries about fuel demand [Reuters] Bessent says he will meet Chinese officials, discuss tariff deadline extension [Yahoo/Reuters] US Treasury chief: No need for Fed’s Powell to step down right now [Yahoo/Reuters] Bessent says he […]