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As Predicted, The Housing Crash is Here
by Stewart

Three months ago, Chris told our paying subscribers he was predicting the coming collapse of the U.S. housing market. Unfortunately, he was right, and it is here. (Scroll down to see the original video.) The data is now confirming his early prediction as you can see below. And, as our Peak Insiders learned in May,…
As Predicted, The Housing Crash is Here
 by Stewart

Three months ago, Chris told our paying subscribers he was predicting the coming collapse of the U.S. housing market. Unfortunately, he was right, and it is here. (Scroll down to see the original video.) The data is now confirming his early prediction as you can see below. And, as our Peak Insiders learned in May,…
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The Importance Of A Resilient Life
by Chris Martenson

My business partner Adam and I recently met with a successful business owner whose career began on Wall Street. The kind of guy who should be rooting for the system, because it has treated him well.

Instead, he was quite nervous about the sustainability of the status quo. “Starting in August,” he said, “Maybe it was the Amazon catching fire, maybe it was the negative interest rates – I don’t know for certain what the trigger was – but something has snapped.”

I agree. Because I feel it, too.
The Importance Of A Resilient Life
 by Chris Martenson

My business partner Adam and I recently met with a successful business owner whose career began on Wall Street. The kind of guy who should be rooting for the system, because it has treated him well.

Instead, he was quite nervous about the sustainability of the status quo. “Starting in August,” he said, “Maybe it was the Amazon catching fire, maybe it was the negative interest rates – I don’t know for certain what the trigger was – but something has snapped.”

I agree. Because I feel it, too.
Image | Ted Butler: New Hope For Higher Silver Prices
Ted Butler: New Hope For Higher Silver Prices
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

Precious metals analyst Ted Butler returns to the podcast this week to discuss the long-suffering silver price.

Will the beatings continue? Or is there finally reason to believe that, after seven painful years of languishing, silver may finally see a brighter future?

Butler predicts a turning point is nigh. And ironically, he thinks silver's savior will be the same cultprit responsible for keeping the price suppressed for all these years:

Ted Butler: New Hope For Higher Silver Prices
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

Precious metals analyst Ted Butler returns to the podcast this week to discuss the long-suffering silver price.

Will the beatings continue? Or is there finally reason to believe that, after seven painful years of languishing, silver may finally see a brighter future?

Butler predicts a turning point is nigh. And ironically, he thinks silver's savior will be the same cultprit responsible for keeping the price suppressed for all these years:

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The Marginal Buyer Holds The Pin That Pops Every Asset Bubble
by Adam Taggart

Those of you who took an Economics class in college may remember the saying that prices are set "at the margin". That's a fancy way to say that prices are set by the person (or people) willing to pay the most.

This person willing to pay top dollar is called the "marginal buyer". Most of us don't really think about him, but he (or she) is very, very important.

Why? Because the marginal buyer not only determines price levels, but also their stability and degree of volatility. The behavior of the marginal buyer, as well as the degree of competition for his/her "top dog" spot, sets the prices of nearly every asset class held by today's investors.
The Marginal Buyer Holds The Pin That Pops Every Asset Bubble
 by Adam Taggart

Those of you who took an Economics class in college may remember the saying that prices are set "at the margin". That's a fancy way to say that prices are set by the person (or people) willing to pay the most.

This person willing to pay top dollar is called the "marginal buyer". Most of us don't really think about him, but he (or she) is very, very important.

Why? Because the marginal buyer not only determines price levels, but also their stability and degree of volatility. The behavior of the marginal buyer, as well as the degree of competition for his/her "top dog" spot, sets the prices of nearly every asset class held by today's investors.
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How Much Longer Can Our Unaffordable Housing Prices Last?
by charleshughsmith

Markets discover price via supply and demand: Big demand + limited supply = rising prices. Abundant supply + sagging demand = declining prices.

Eventually, prices rise to a level that is unaffordable to the majority of potential buyers, with demand coming only from the wealthy. That’s the story of housing in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area and other desirable locales that are currently magnets for global capital.
How Much Longer Can Our Unaffordable Housing Prices Last?
 by charleshughsmith

Markets discover price via supply and demand: Big demand + limited supply = rising prices. Abundant supply + sagging demand = declining prices.

Eventually, prices rise to a level that is unaffordable to the majority of potential buyers, with demand coming only from the wealthy. That’s the story of housing in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area and other desirable locales that are currently magnets for global capital.
Image | Is This Decline The Real Deal?
Is This Decline The Real Deal?
by charleshughsmith

Is this stock market decline the "real deal"? (that is, the start of a serious correction of 10% or more) Or is it just another garden-variety dip in the long-running Bull market? Let’s start by looking for extremes that tend to mark the tops in Bull markets.
Is This Decline The Real Deal?
 by charleshughsmith

Is this stock market decline the "real deal"? (that is, the start of a serious correction of 10% or more) Or is it just another garden-variety dip in the long-running Bull market? Let’s start by looking for extremes that tend to mark the tops in Bull markets.
Image | Off the Cuff: The Turning of the Tide?
Off the Cuff: The Turning of the Tide?
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

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

  • Bubbles Everywhere
    • How worried should we be?
  • Shaky Sovereigns
    • Will Japan or Europe stumble first? (looks like Japan)
  • Gold's Gilded Future
    • Down for all the wrong reasons
  • Cui bono?
    • Who is reaping the gains of the current market monkeying?

This is a must-listen Off the Cuff episode given the events of the past 24 hours.
Off the Cuff: The Turning of the Tide?
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

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

  • Bubbles Everywhere
    • How worried should we be?
  • Shaky Sovereigns
    • Will Japan or Europe stumble first? (looks like Japan)
  • Gold's Gilded Future
    • Down for all the wrong reasons
  • Cui bono?
    • Who is reaping the gains of the current market monkeying?

This is a must-listen Off the Cuff episode given the events of the past 24 hours.
Image | Investors Beware: Market Risks Today Are Higher than Ever
Investors Beware: Market Risks Today Are Higher than Ever
by Chris Martenson

After the shot across the bow in 2008, you might have expected regulators and market participants would use the experience to change for the better, to become more prudent, and to reduce the sorts of risky behaviors that almost crashed the entire system.

Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
Investors Beware: Market Risks Today Are Higher than Ever
 by Chris Martenson

After the shot across the bow in 2008, you might have expected regulators and market participants would use the experience to change for the better, to become more prudent, and to reduce the sorts of risky behaviors that almost crashed the entire system.

Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
Image | Why Our Current Way of Living Has No Future
Why Our Current Way of Living Has No Future
by JHK

All of the sordid and spellbinding rackets working their hoodoo on the financial scene have obscured a whole other dimension of the fiasco that America finds itself in, namely the way we have arranged the logistics of everyday life on our landscape – the tragedy of Suburbia.

I call it a tragedy because it represents a sequence of extremely unfortunate choices made by our society over several generations. History will not forgive the excuses we make for ourselves, nor will it shed a tear for the tribulations we will induce for ourselves by living this way. History may, however, draw attention to our remarkable lack of a sense of consequence in transforming this lovely, beckoning New World continent into a wilderness of free parking. In any case, we’re stuck with what we’ve done, and the question naturally arises: What will we do now?
Why Our Current Way of Living Has No Future
 by JHK

All of the sordid and spellbinding rackets working their hoodoo on the financial scene have obscured a whole other dimension of the fiasco that America finds itself in, namely the way we have arranged the logistics of everyday life on our landscape – the tragedy of Suburbia.

I call it a tragedy because it represents a sequence of extremely unfortunate choices made by our society over several generations. History will not forgive the excuses we make for ourselves, nor will it shed a tear for the tribulations we will induce for ourselves by living this way. History may, however, draw attention to our remarkable lack of a sense of consequence in transforming this lovely, beckoning New World continent into a wilderness of free parking. In any case, we’re stuck with what we’ve done, and the question naturally arises: What will we do now?
Image | Patrick Killelea: What Every Homebuyer (and Homeowner) Should Know Now
Patrick Killelea: What Every Homebuyer (and Homeowner) Should Know Now
by Adam Taggart

For many, the collapse of the housing bubble was the trigger that began the era of economic slowdown Americans find themselves mired in.

But recently there have been growing reports in the media of a housing "recovery." So we've invited Patrick Killelea, founder of the popular housing site Patrick.net and author of The Housing Trap: How Buyers Are Captured and Abused and How to Defend Yourself, to clarify the situation.

The short answer is this: While there are some markets where home prices are back in line with both fundamental and historic norms, buyers still need to exert caution when making a purchase.

Patrick Killelea: What Every Homebuyer (and Homeowner) Should Know Now
 by Adam Taggart

For many, the collapse of the housing bubble was the trigger that began the era of economic slowdown Americans find themselves mired in.

But recently there have been growing reports in the media of a housing "recovery." So we've invited Patrick Killelea, founder of the popular housing site Patrick.net and author of The Housing Trap: How Buyers Are Captured and Abused and How to Defend Yourself, to clarify the situation.

The short answer is this: While there are some markets where home prices are back in line with both fundamental and historic norms, buyers still need to exert caution when making a purchase.

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