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Image | Death Cross on the Russell 2000
Death Cross on the Russell 2000
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One of the 'targets' I've had my eye on in the market has been the Russell 2000, a small cap stock index comprised of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000 index.

The reason I've been tracking this index carefully, along with junk bonds, is that the small companies usually give you an advance heads-up on trouble soon headed for the larger cap companies and stock indexes.

 
Death Cross on the Russell 2000
 PREVIEW

One of the 'targets' I've had my eye on in the market has been the Russell 2000, a small cap stock index comprised of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000 index.

The reason I've been tracking this index carefully, along with junk bonds, is that the small companies usually give you an advance heads-up on trouble soon headed for the larger cap companies and stock indexes.

 
Image | Woody Tasch: Slow Money
Woody Tasch: Slow Money

The Slow Money movement focuses on deploying capital, locally, to strengthen small food enterprises. Its goal is to improve the quality, dependability and sustainability of our food source, while financially nurturing communities and delivering an attractive return on investment to native investors.

Woody Tasch is the founder and chairman of Slow Money – in this week's podcast, he and Chris discuss the templates his organization is piloting across over 350 ventures in local food production, processing, distribution and marketing.

Woody Tasch: Slow Money

The Slow Money movement focuses on deploying capital, locally, to strengthen small food enterprises. Its goal is to improve the quality, dependability and sustainability of our food source, while financially nurturing communities and delivering an attractive return on investment to native investors.

Woody Tasch is the founder and chairman of Slow Money – in this week's podcast, he and Chris discuss the templates his organization is piloting across over 350 ventures in local food production, processing, distribution and marketing.

Image | Off the Cuff: A Look Across the Pond
Off the Cuff: A Look Across the Pond
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • Independence For Scotland
    • The implications of this week's historic vote
  • Gold's Depressed Price
    • The establishment benefits from a low price
  • Europe vs Russia
    • Why the EU holds a losing hand
  • The Evils of Central Banking
    • Creating worse problems than they're supposed to solve
Off the Cuff: A Look Across the Pond
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • Independence For Scotland
    • The implications of this week's historic vote
  • Gold's Depressed Price
    • The establishment benefits from a low price
  • Europe vs Russia
    • Why the EU holds a losing hand
  • The Evils of Central Banking
    • Creating worse problems than they're supposed to solve
Image | Russian Energy Sanctions Will Bite Europe
Russian Energy Sanctions Will Bite Europe
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For several months now, we've been running with the hypothesis that Russia would wait until fall arrived and then begin to crimp off EU gas, possibly even just cutting it off.

Well, even though fall is still officially a few days away, Russia has begun to retaliate, subtly, by diminishing the flows of gas to several European countries.
Russian Energy Sanctions Will Bite Europe
 PREVIEW

For several months now, we've been running with the hypothesis that Russia would wait until fall arrived and then begin to crimp off EU gas, possibly even just cutting it off.

Well, even though fall is still officially a few days away, Russia has begun to retaliate, subtly, by diminishing the flows of gas to several European countries.
Image | Off the Cuff: The Many Reasons To Fear A Market Correction
Off the Cuff: The Many Reasons To Fear A Market Correction
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • The Irrational Altitude of Asset Prices
    • Too high, for all the wrong reasons
  • Dollar Strength
    • The dollar's rise is impacting all assets, some not rationally
  • The Cost of Our Failing Policies
    • We're diminishing the prosperity of future generations
  • Signs A Market Correction Is Beginning
    • Which asset classes to watch closely
Off the Cuff: The Many Reasons To Fear A Market Correction
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • The Irrational Altitude of Asset Prices
    • Too high, for all the wrong reasons
  • Dollar Strength
    • The dollar's rise is impacting all assets, some not rationally
  • The Cost of Our Failing Policies
    • We're diminishing the prosperity of future generations
  • Signs A Market Correction Is Beginning
    • Which asset classes to watch closely
Image | Why The Dollar Is Gaining Strength
Why The Dollar Is Gaining Strength
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Recently, the US dollar has gained at lot of territory compared to the yen, pound, euro, ruble, and pretty much every other currency you can think of. The dollar is now at a 14-month high and has been on a real tear.

The reasons why are not that hard to understand, and it's important that we do.
Why The Dollar Is Gaining Strength
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Recently, the US dollar has gained at lot of territory compared to the yen, pound, euro, ruble, and pretty much every other currency you can think of. The dollar is now at a 14-month high and has been on a real tear.

The reasons why are not that hard to understand, and it's important that we do.
Image | Francis Koster: Finding Local Investments That Pay Off for You & Your Community
Francis Koster: Finding Local Investments That Pay Off for You & Your Community

This week we surface a gem from the archives. This podcast originally aired in March 2011. 

"Locally there are lots of nice, tidy, quarter-of-a-million-dollar investments sitting there that the large companies will not do because their overhead is too high. So one of my themes is look in your own backyard — focus on fiscally-conservative, sound investments and focus on local employment. You will be surprised at the opportunity that just leaps out at you."
Francis Koster: Finding Local Investments That Pay Off for You & Your Community

This week we surface a gem from the archives. This podcast originally aired in March 2011. 

"Locally there are lots of nice, tidy, quarter-of-a-million-dollar investments sitting there that the large companies will not do because their overhead is too high. So one of my themes is look in your own backyard — focus on fiscally-conservative, sound investments and focus on local employment. You will be surprised at the opportunity that just leaps out at you."
Image | Off the Cuff: Demand Has Disappeared
Off the Cuff: Demand Has Disappeared
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Brian Pretti discuss:

  • Demand Is Drying Up
    • There's just no market pull to create economic growth
  • Phantom Profits
    • Todays corporate earnings are accounting mirages
  • The End Of The Debt Supercycle
    • We've grown the economy through debt, and it can't handle more
  • Blame The Central Banks!
    • They're responsible for today's zombie economy

 

 
Off the Cuff: Demand Has Disappeared
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Brian Pretti discuss:

  • Demand Is Drying Up
    • There's just no market pull to create economic growth
  • Phantom Profits
    • Todays corporate earnings are accounting mirages
  • The End Of The Debt Supercycle
    • We've grown the economy through debt, and it can't handle more
  • Blame The Central Banks!
    • They're responsible for today's zombie economy

 

 
Image | Off the Cuff: Warming Up The Helicopters
Off the Cuff: Warming Up The Helicopters
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Winter Is Coming
    • Russia's trump card
  • Europe Back In Recession
    • The EU's structural weaknesses are re-emerging
  • Bond Market Madness
    • Risk is terribly underpriced right now
  • Helicopter Drop Trial Balloon
    • Yes, they're now talking about giving cash to citizens
Off the Cuff: Warming Up The Helicopters
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Winter Is Coming
    • Russia's trump card
  • Europe Back In Recession
    • The EU's structural weaknesses are re-emerging
  • Bond Market Madness
    • Risk is terribly underpriced right now
  • Helicopter Drop Trial Balloon
    • Yes, they're now talking about giving cash to citizens
Image | Kirk Sorensen: An Update On The Thorium Story
Kirk Sorensen: An Update On The Thorium Story

Two years ago, we interviewed Kirk Sorensen about the potential for thorium to offer humanity a safe, cheap and abundant source of energy.

Kirk returns this week to relay what has happened in the thorium space since our last conversation. The East, most notably China, is now fully-mobilized around getting its first reactor operational by as soon as 2020. If indeed thorium reactors are as successful as hoped, the US will find itself playing catch up against countries who suddenly hold a tremendous technology advantage:
Kirk Sorensen: An Update On The Thorium Story

Two years ago, we interviewed Kirk Sorensen about the potential for thorium to offer humanity a safe, cheap and abundant source of energy.

Kirk returns this week to relay what has happened in the thorium space since our last conversation. The East, most notably China, is now fully-mobilized around getting its first reactor operational by as soon as 2020. If indeed thorium reactors are as successful as hoped, the US will find itself playing catch up against countries who suddenly hold a tremendous technology advantage:
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