Month: July 2022

by Michael What do you think is going to happen when we get to a point where the world simply cannot produce any more oil than it is already producing? It is often said that “energy is the economy”, and to a large degree that is true. Very wealthy nations with large GDPs tend to …

We Appear To Be Very Close To Peak Global Oil Production, And That Has Enormous Implications For The Entire Global Economy – Investment Watch Read More »

By Ronni Stoeferle Inflation rates are currently climbing to one multi-decade high after another. And leading central banks are responding by raising interest rates at an ever-increasing rate. In mid-July the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by an astonishing 100 basis points, to 2.5%, after the Federal Reserve hiked rates by 75 …

5 Reasons Why Interest Rate Cuts Are Already Around the Corner – Investment Watch Read More »

by Michael History will look back on us as “the crazy plastic people”. We produce approximately 400 million tons of plastic each year, and a great deal of that plastic ends up being discarded in various ways. Over time, the discarded plastic breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. Once they get small enough, the …

Microplastics Are Literally Everywhere, And They Are An Existential Threat To The Future Of The Human Race – Investment Watch Read More »

by Michael I would highly recommend that you take this new global monkeypox outbreak very seriously. On May 6th, there was one case. Now it has spread to 78 countries and there are 14,945 cases. In nation after nation we have seen monkeypox cases take off at an exponential rate, and that includes the United …

A Disease That Can Make It Feel Like Someone Is Peeling Your Skin With A Potato Peeler Is Spreading At An Exponential Rate – Investment Watch Read More »

We don’t really care if June marked the inflation peak or not. Yesterday’s revelation that wholesale (PPI) commodity prices rose by 23.4% on a Y/Y basis in June is the far more important data point. As it happens, that was the highest gain since the 28.9% Y/Y increase posted 75 years ago (June 1947) as …

How the Fed fostered double-digit inflation…..again! – Investment Watch Read More »

Via ZeroHedge With Europe still on edge over the risk of an extended Nord Stream shutdown in 24 hours, moments ago Russian President Vladimir Putin eased tensions when he said that Russia would fulfill its commitments to supply natural gas to Europe, but he warned that flows via the Nord Stream pipeline could be curbed …

Putin Says Russia Will Honor Gas Commitment But Flows Will Drop As Much As 20% Of Capacity – Investment Watch Read More »