ASIA: Chinese economic growth rate is expected to slump below 5 percent following the property crisis, industrial slump, weak consumption, and the fallout from COVID-19-led lockdowns. Think-tank China Finance 40 Forum, which has the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) as a member, has expressed concerns over growth rate remaining below 5 […]

Pfizer executives are now saying that the coronavirus may be downgraded to an endemic compared to a pandemic by 2024. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Pandemic (adjective) Definition: 1: occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population Endemic (adjective) Definition: Essential Meaning […]

ASIA: Debt problems at a major Chinese property developer have now spilled over into a vital artery of the nation’s industrial engine – the steel sector – and started to ripple through to other critical parts of the world’s second-largest economy. The spreading balance-sheet crisis at real estate firms is a warning for policymakers as […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom is deliberately worsening the supply chain crisis by implementing additional power-grab COVID restrictions. Workers in California now must stay home and quarantine for two weeks if they are exposed to COVID. It does not matter if they are vaccinated. It does not matter if they are vaccinated AND test negative. Some […]

QUESTION: I found your comment on Pope Francis not being the “Peter the Roman” who is supposed to be the last Pope before the destruction of Rome. As you know, the text of Malachy came to light in 1595, in a book by Benedictine monk Arnold de Wyon. Malachy is said to have experienced a […]

Sen. Joe Manchin has announced that he won’t support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package. The West Virginia Democrat, who has tried negotiating with the White House on the massive social spending bill, has said that he is a no vote on the legislation. “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just […]

QUESTION: Marty; would you comment on David Stockman’s insistence that the fundamental consequence of 30 years of Fed-fueled financial asset inflation is that the prices of stocks and bonds have way overshot the mark. Thank you HW ANSWER: David Stockman was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985) under President Ronald Reagan. […]

Retailers have their eyes set on Super Saturday, the last Saturday of December to shop before Christmas. Yes, consumerism is still strong enough to require a third shopping-related holiday in December after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates 148 million consumers will be purchasing gifts this Saturday, down slightly from […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 520.64 points or -1.79% to 28,545.68 Shanghai decreased 42.65 or -1.16% to 3,632.36 Hang Seng decreased 282.87 points or -1.20% to 23,192.63 ASX 200 increased 8.30 points or 0.11 to 7,304.00 Kospi increased 11.32 points or 0.38% to 3,017.73 SENSEX […]

While everyone argues over vaccines and who created COVID, all of these debates and questions dominate 99% of the online agenda. There is something SERIOUSLY mining and that simply the end goal and what is the motive. Some try to claim that there are dark forces hidden behind the images of Gates and Schwab. Some […]