
1. Rate Hikes – Trump – Disappearing Pensions
by Michael Campbell
Trump may not be liked by 1/2 the US but after his speech to Congress even the press gave him a credit. Rate hikes on the agenda and so are solutions to the iceberg of unfunded pensions.
2. It’s Crash Awareness Week
by Bill Bonner
A Los Angeles spec house is on the market. It has seven bedrooms and 20,000 square feet of living space. It comes with a gold Lamborghini Aventador and a gold Rolls-Royce Dawn. You also get a wine cellar, a pool, and the usual claptrap amenities to which rich people are easy prey.
The price? A hundred million dollars.
3. Gold Stocks’ Enormous Daily Slide
by Przemyslaw Radomski
Feb 27th was just another period of back-and-forth movement for gold, silver, the USD Index and even the general stock market – but not for precious metals mining stocks. Gold stocks and silver stocks plunged very visibly – there are very important implications of this move and they are not bullish