Insider
by
Gregor Macdonald
Executive Summary
- Why oil price vulnerability is growing
- Why the marginal cost of oil is rising higher at an accelerating rate
- Why the marginal cost of oil for non-OPEC regions is now above $90
- The hard math explaining why an increase an output from OPEC will no longer reduce the world price for oil
- The new rules that will govern the price of oil from here
- The alarming growing risk of large-scale war for oil
Part I: OPEC Has Lost the Power to Lower the Price of Oil
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: The Cruel Math of the Marginal Barrel
An unpleasant megatrend that has affected global oil production the past decade has been the quickly escalating cost of production. However, prices have finally risen high enough to stabilize declines in regions like North America.
This actually makes for a new and emerging vulnerability: the risk that prices fall at some point through levels that remove the new oil supply.
Given that world oil production has been trapped below 74 mbpd since 2005, and that the cost of the marginal barrel keeps rising, this vulnerability is growing.
The Cruel Math of the Marginal Barrel
PREVIEW by Gregor MacdonaldExecutive Summary
- Why oil price vulnerability is growing
- Why the marginal cost of oil is rising higher at an accelerating rate
- Why the marginal cost of oil for non-OPEC regions is now above $90
- The hard math explaining why an increase an output from OPEC will no longer reduce the world price for oil
- The new rules that will govern the price of oil from here
- The alarming growing risk of large-scale war for oil
Part I: OPEC Has Lost the Power to Lower the Price of Oil
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: The Cruel Math of the Marginal Barrel
An unpleasant megatrend that has affected global oil production the past decade has been the quickly escalating cost of production. However, prices have finally risen high enough to stabilize declines in regions like North America.
This actually makes for a new and emerging vulnerability: the risk that prices fall at some point through levels that remove the new oil supply.
Given that world oil production has been trapped below 74 mbpd since 2005, and that the cost of the marginal barrel keeps rising, this vulnerability is growing.
by
Chris Martenson
Executive Summary
- Where the gold price is most likely to go from here
- History rhymes: Why today resembles 2008
- How to best deploy your capital once the central banks announce the next round of money printing
- Why prudent actions you can take now are so much more valuable than the options you'll have once the correction is underway
Part I: Get Ready: We’re About To Have Another 2008-Style Crisis
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: What To Do When the Central Banks Blink
Where Gold Goes From Here
While I personally would not part with my gold these days, and certainly not at these prices, I do expect the price of gold to drop going forward.
The reason is that gold has multiple elements contributing to its price, and some of that is attributable to the speculation and rampant liquidity that is sloshing through the system. Various hedge funds and other speculative funds are holding quite a bit of gold, mainly the paper variety, and when they dump that because the tables have turned and/or their liquidity sources have dried up, they will sell that paper gold and the apparent price will go down.
Further, weak hands holding gold via the GLD ETF will be shaken out during a liquidity crisis, putting physical gold back onto the market.
However, it is my strongest contention that this will represent a very nice buying opportunity. Someday, nobody knows when, the central banks will announce another big round of thin-air money printing and that will be a turning point in the price of gold (and many other things, including stocks and commodities).
What To Do When the Central Banks Blink
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonExecutive Summary
- Where the gold price is most likely to go from here
- History rhymes: Why today resembles 2008
- How to best deploy your capital once the central banks announce the next round of money printing
- Why prudent actions you can take now are so much more valuable than the options you'll have once the correction is underway
Part I: Get Ready: We’re About To Have Another 2008-Style Crisis
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: What To Do When the Central Banks Blink
Where Gold Goes From Here
While I personally would not part with my gold these days, and certainly not at these prices, I do expect the price of gold to drop going forward.
The reason is that gold has multiple elements contributing to its price, and some of that is attributable to the speculation and rampant liquidity that is sloshing through the system. Various hedge funds and other speculative funds are holding quite a bit of gold, mainly the paper variety, and when they dump that because the tables have turned and/or their liquidity sources have dried up, they will sell that paper gold and the apparent price will go down.
Further, weak hands holding gold via the GLD ETF will be shaken out during a liquidity crisis, putting physical gold back onto the market.
However, it is my strongest contention that this will represent a very nice buying opportunity. Someday, nobody knows when, the central banks will announce another big round of thin-air money printing and that will be a turning point in the price of gold (and many other things, including stocks and commodities).
by
charleshughsmith
Executive Summary
- How the State supplanted community enterprise with an entitlement-driven economy
- Why the State's entitlement approach is unsustainable, mathematically — and is finally imploding as we watch
- What to expect at this point: more egregious abuse to keep the system working, ultimately triggering serious social unrest
- How self-reliance and local enterprise will emerge as paramount once the current State system collapses
Part I: Acknowledging the Arrival of Peak Government
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: The End of the Free Lunch
In Part I, we examined four key drivers of Central State expansion and how they are now likely entering an era of prolonged contraction.
This historic vast expansion did not occurred in a vacuum; as our social and economic orders are not infinite, the State’s expansion largely came at the expense of community (private society) and the marketplace.
Many observers have noted that the Central State has largely replaced community within the nation’s social order. That is, the Central State now dominates the society and the economy, while community and the marketplace operate beneath its shadow.
Some see this withering of community as occurring off-camera, so to speak, for reasons that had nothing to do with the State. In other words, the decline of community left an opening that has been filled by the State. This view discounts the active encroachment by the expansionist Central State on private society and markets such as housing and equities, which have become State-managed platforms for perception management and private predation.
The End of the Free Lunch
PREVIEW by charleshughsmithExecutive Summary
- How the State supplanted community enterprise with an entitlement-driven economy
- Why the State's entitlement approach is unsustainable, mathematically — and is finally imploding as we watch
- What to expect at this point: more egregious abuse to keep the system working, ultimately triggering serious social unrest
- How self-reliance and local enterprise will emerge as paramount once the current State system collapses
Part I: Acknowledging the Arrival of Peak Government
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: The End of the Free Lunch
In Part I, we examined four key drivers of Central State expansion and how they are now likely entering an era of prolonged contraction.
This historic vast expansion did not occurred in a vacuum; as our social and economic orders are not infinite, the State’s expansion largely came at the expense of community (private society) and the marketplace.
Many observers have noted that the Central State has largely replaced community within the nation’s social order. That is, the Central State now dominates the society and the economy, while community and the marketplace operate beneath its shadow.
Some see this withering of community as occurring off-camera, so to speak, for reasons that had nothing to do with the State. In other words, the decline of community left an opening that has been filled by the State. This view discounts the active encroachment by the expansionist Central State on private society and markets such as housing and equities, which have become State-managed platforms for perception management and private predation.
by
Gregor Macdonald
Executive Summary
- Why many entrepreneurial ventures addressing resource scarcity have less time than they imagine
- Why understanding the unintuitive economics created by resource scarcity is key
- Copper is serving as a case study in how peak supply is putting upward pressure on world prices
- The approaching "dead end" for millionaries
- Why physical networks will trump the importance of digital ones in tomorrow's economy
Part I: 'Cornucopians in Space' Deliver a Dangerously Misguided Message
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: The Looming Dislocation Risks Posed by Resource Scarcity
One of the most stunning and repeated patterns seen in the 2000-2010 timeframe is that, right as many natural resources experienced phase transition to much higher prices, the production rate of those resources either slowed, stalled out, or in some cases fell.
This is the real reason, in my opinion, why so many writers and thinkers are grappling with the problem of creating future wealth and obtaining (or recapturing, if you will) the kind of abundance we once enjoyed.
It’s positive, actually, that the news story about mineral mining in space has been so popular and covered in just about every major newspaper, because it unintentionally articulates the very long timeline to the solution of resource scarcity now facing human economies. To Peter Thiel’s point, therefore, it would be better to solve our problems in ways that actually serve humanity on relevant timescales, than to delude ourselves into thinking that miracles are just around the corner.
The Looming Dislocation Risks Posed by Resource Scarcity
PREVIEW by Gregor MacdonaldExecutive Summary
- Why many entrepreneurial ventures addressing resource scarcity have less time than they imagine
- Why understanding the unintuitive economics created by resource scarcity is key
- Copper is serving as a case study in how peak supply is putting upward pressure on world prices
- The approaching "dead end" for millionaries
- Why physical networks will trump the importance of digital ones in tomorrow's economy
Part I: 'Cornucopians in Space' Deliver a Dangerously Misguided Message
If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Part II: The Looming Dislocation Risks Posed by Resource Scarcity
One of the most stunning and repeated patterns seen in the 2000-2010 timeframe is that, right as many natural resources experienced phase transition to much higher prices, the production rate of those resources either slowed, stalled out, or in some cases fell.
This is the real reason, in my opinion, why so many writers and thinkers are grappling with the problem of creating future wealth and obtaining (or recapturing, if you will) the kind of abundance we once enjoyed.
It’s positive, actually, that the news story about mineral mining in space has been so popular and covered in just about every major newspaper, because it unintentionally articulates the very long timeline to the solution of resource scarcity now facing human economies. To Peter Thiel’s point, therefore, it would be better to solve our problems in ways that actually serve humanity on relevant timescales, than to delude ourselves into thinking that miracles are just around the corner.
by
Chris Martenson
In Part II of Chris’ detailed interview with Alasdair Macleod on the inevitable outcome to the European credit crisis (click here for Part I), the discussion deepens, exploring a number of important topics including:
- What the key risks are at this stage
- What the most likely scenarios are
- Gold ownership and captial controls
- What options concerned individuals should consider
Alasdair Macleod (Part II): How a Collapsing Europe will Cause Asset Revaluations Worldwide
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonIn Part II of Chris’ detailed interview with Alasdair Macleod on the inevitable outcome to the European credit crisis (click here for Part I), the discussion deepens, exploring a number of important topics including:
- What the key risks are at this stage
- What the most likely scenarios are
- Gold ownership and captial controls
- What options concerned individuals should consider
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