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Image | Weak Payrolls, Record Disability, Booming Health Services, and a Potential Metals Low
Weak Payrolls, Record Disability, Booming Health Services, and a Potential Metals Low
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by davefairtex

Weak payrolls missed expectations with big downward revisions, as record disability hits new highs and health services boom. Are metals signaling a low?
Weak Payrolls, Record Disability, Booming Health Services, and a Potential Metals Low
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Weak payrolls missed expectations with big downward revisions, as record disability hits new highs and health services boom. Are metals signaling a low?
Image | The Fat Pipe July 3rd, 2026: Schrodinger’s Strait, Mysterious Oil Prices, Creak! Pop!, and Grab Bag
The Fat Pipe July 3rd, 2026: Schrodinger’s Strait, Mysterious Oil Prices, Creak! Pop!, and Grab Bag
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by Chris Martenson

This will be the strangest July 4th ever. If somebody in charge actually has a plan, please send me a DM…
The Fat Pipe July 3rd, 2026: Schrodinger’s Strait, Mysterious Oil Prices, Creak! Pop!, and Grab Bag
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

This will be the strangest July 4th ever. If somebody in charge actually has a plan, please send me a DM…
Image | The Fat Pipe June 29, 2026: Tracking the Weekend War, Russia’s Energy Crisis, the AI Super Bubble, and Grab Bag
The Fat Pipe June 29, 2026: Tracking the Weekend War, Russia’s Energy Crisis, the AI Super Bubble, and Grab Bag
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by Chris Martenson

It’s getting harder to defend the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure as unrelated. Our suspicions are mounting…
The Fat Pipe June 29, 2026: Tracking the Weekend War, Russia’s Energy Crisis, the AI Super Bubble, and Grab Bag
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It’s getting harder to defend the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure as unrelated. Our suspicions are mounting…
Image | AI Props Up GDP (for Now) as Risk-Off Emerges: Dollar and Long Bonds Rally, Gold/Silver Ratio Spikes
AI Props Up GDP (for Now) as Risk-Off Emerges: Dollar and Long Bonds Rally, Gold/Silver Ratio Spikes
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by davefairtex

AI spending drives most US GDP growth, but classic risk-off signals dominate: Dollar and long bonds rally as risk assets, silver, and miners sell off while the Gold/Silver Ratio spikes.
AI Props Up GDP (for Now) as Risk-Off Emerges: Dollar and Long Bonds Rally, Gold/Silver Ratio Spikes
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AI spending drives most US GDP growth, but classic risk-off signals dominate: Dollar and long bonds rally as risk assets, silver, and miners sell off while the Gold/Silver Ratio spikes.
Image | How Much Longer Can the SPR Be Drained? (Spoiler: October 4th…or maybe July 10th)
How Much Longer Can the SPR Be Drained? (Spoiler: October 4th…or maybe July 10th)
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by Chris Martenson

How much oil – and time – does the Strategic Petroleum Reserve have left? A lot of people have been guessing about it. I don’t really like guessing, so we’re going to go into the actual data as best we can.
How Much Longer Can the SPR Be Drained? (Spoiler: October 4th…or maybe July 10th)
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

How much oil – and time – does the Strategic Petroleum Reserve have left? A lot of people have been guessing about it. I don’t really like guessing, so we’re going to go into the actual data as best we can.
Image | The Fat Pipe June 26th 2026: As Bad as Expected, Tracking the Oil Crisis, Hormuz Update, Our Greatest Ally, Epstein Files, the AI Bubble and Grab Bag
The Fat Pipe June 26th 2026: As Bad as Expected, Tracking the Oil Crisis, Hormuz Update, Our Greatest Ally, Epstein Files, the AI Bubble and Grab Bag
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by Chris Martenson

It’s another fatty of a Fat Pipe. I scour the news so you don’t have to.
The Fat Pipe June 26th 2026: As Bad as Expected, Tracking the Oil Crisis, Hormuz Update, Our Greatest Ally, Epstein Files, the AI Bubble and Grab Bag
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

It’s another fatty of a Fat Pipe. I scour the news so you don’t have to.
Image | Episode #24 of The Wake-Up Call: Is It Time To Rethink Everything?
Episode #24 of The Wake-Up Call: Is It Time To Rethink Everything?
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by Chris Martenson

I’m missing something. It’s something really big, but also still hidden. Is it aliens? Is it Ai models that operate behind the scenes, that know something we don’t? Have “they” opened up a portal to some kind of superior intelligence? By this fall I may have to reevaluate everything I thought I knew about how the world works.
Episode #24 of The Wake-Up Call: Is It Time To Rethink Everything?
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

I’m missing something. It’s something really big, but also still hidden. Is it aliens? Is it Ai models that operate behind the scenes, that know something we don’t? Have “they” opened up a portal to some kind of superior intelligence? By this fall I may have to reevaluate everything I thought I knew about how the world works.
Image | The Fat Pipe June 22nd, 2026: Schrodinger’s Strait, Rocky Negotiations, Oil Supplies Running Down, “”Markets”” and Grab Bag
The Fat Pipe June 22nd, 2026: Schrodinger’s Strait, Rocky Negotiations, Oil Supplies Running Down, “”Markets”” and Grab Bag
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by Chris Martenson

Tick tock! The oil clock is running down. Iran holds the cards but Israel will probably do whatever it wants. To call the situation ‘delicate’ is a vast understatement.

The Fat Pipe June 22nd, 2026: Schrodinger’s Strait, Rocky Negotiations, Oil Supplies Running Down, “”Markets”” and Grab Bag
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Tick tock! The oil clock is running down. Iran holds the cards but Israel will probably do whatever it wants. To call the situation ‘delicate’ is a vast understatement.

Image | Warsh Ignites Dollar Rally, Rate Hike Likely Coming, and Energy Prices Plunge (For Now)”
Warsh Ignites Dollar Rally, Rate Hike Likely Coming, and Energy Prices Plunge (For Now)”
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by davefairtex

Warsh ignites a powerful dollar rally as rate hike odds rise and energy prices plunge. Markets react sharply to the new Fed regime.
Warsh Ignites Dollar Rally, Rate Hike Likely Coming, and Energy Prices Plunge (For Now)”
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Warsh ignites a powerful dollar rally as rate hike odds rise and energy prices plunge. Markets react sharply to the new Fed regime.
Image | The Fat Pipe June 19th 2026: Israel Kills the MOU, Moscow Blasted, Tulsi’s Final Fauci Bomb, and Grab Bag
The Fat Pipe June 19th 2026: Israel Kills the MOU, Moscow Blasted, Tulsi’s Final Fauci Bomb, and Grab Bag
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by Chris Martenson

The MOU peace deal didn’t even last one day. The Strait of Hormuz is once again closed, thanks to Israel. The oil clock is still tick-tocking its countdown to tank bottoms.
The Fat Pipe June 19th 2026: Israel Kills the MOU, Moscow Blasted, Tulsi’s Final Fauci Bomb, and Grab Bag
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The MOU peace deal didn’t even last one day. The Strait of Hormuz is once again closed, thanks to Israel. The oil clock is still tick-tocking its countdown to tank bottoms.
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