QUESTION: Hi Martin! Would you please clarify the difference between an economic collapse and the currency crisis? Are they one and the same? In one of the pro-private blogs you mentioned a collapse in government debt before the slingshot move. Would that mean that my pension investment plan may disappear before the currency crisis and […]

The public was outraged over the use of tax dollars to bail out banks during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act of January 2010, which eliminated the option of bank bailouts but opened the door for bank bail-ins. The problem was that the banks in trouble were […]

  QUESTION: have you ever tested Punxsutawney Phil‘s predictions of spring with your forecasts? how often was he correct? TT REPLY: The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has kept track of  Punxsutawney Phil’s predictions. Actually, his forecasts have been far better than the climate change/global warming crowd who said snow would cease to exist and we should […]

The 2020 Canadian Outlook Report provides an overview of the Canadian economy, with a special emphasis on the following topics:
-The Canadian Repo Crisis
-Rising separatist movements
-The Canadian debt crisis
-Real estate trends

While we took the back cover of the Economist for 3 weeks during July 1985 to announce the beginning of the Private Wave stating that the dollar had peaked (followed by the Plaza Accord 6 weeks later), the ECM has been remarked on around the world for its turning points. Money Week even got the […]

ASIA: China’s central bank has declared the country’s economic health as their first priority. President Xi Jinping has reportedly warned the country’s top officials that coronavirus containment efforts are hurting the economy. President Xi Jinping told officials during a February 3 meeting to balance their economic duties with their humane responsibilities. The pressure is on […]

QUESTION: Hi Marty, Yes, the political situation in our country is out of control and you are right, there is no turning back. But this truly pales in comparison to what is happening in the financial markets today. It looks to me like the Fed has aided and abetted this ridiculous surge in stock prices. […]

Chile was believed to be Latin America’s freest, most stable and richest nation. However, it is now in free fall. Public order has collapsed, violence is rampant, and populism is the new creed of the political class. Chile imploded into a social uprising that was initially sparked by a student protest over metro fare hikes […]

The 2020 Canadian Outlook Report this year covers the Canadian economy, REPO Crisis, the rising Separatist movements, and the Canadian debt crisis as well as an update on the real estate trend. For the Canadian investor, you have to mindful of not just the direction of a given market, but how that market will perform in Canadian dollars.

For this reason, we face both a debt crisis with rising interest rates and a currency crisis. You will also find the forecasts for the C$ cash and futures, the TSE share index in C$ and US$, the S&P500 in C$, Gold in C$, Crude Oil in C$, Canadian bonds and 90-day paper. We have provided the Canadian outlook for this year from a broad perspective.

Here we have provided the perspective of the Canadian markets to American investors and the prospects for gold and crude oil in terms of Canadian Dollars.

QUESTION: Do you agree with Bridgewater’s Bob Prince that the Boom-Bust Cycle is over? Have they made an offer to buy you out yet? SH ANSWER: Absolutely no way. His theory is that the tightening of central banks all around the world “wasn’t intended to cause the downturn, wasn’t intended to cause what it did.” […]