Abstract

This brief paper outlines an economical solution to the perennial inferno-problem plaguing California, resulting in tragic-fatalities and billions of dollars in property damages. While the valiant efforts of fire fighters improved conditions, still approximately 100 lives and 12,000 structures were lost in the November 2018 Paradise CA blaze. The research suggests that a fail-safe option could significantly improve conventional fire fighting methods. The $729 Firezat home shield represents an inexpensive, practical and mobile neighborhood fire-defense of last resort.

$729 Neighborhood Fire Shield

Introduction

The 2018 California infernos were the most devastating on record, registering "National Disaster, status." In Paradise CA alone, over 10,000 homes and 12,000 structures were lost, virtually the entire town. An earlier 2018 blaze in Redding CA resulted in hundreds of lost homes, many tragic fatalities and 300,000 evacuations. While some pundits blamed inadequate water resources as a key issue in combating the wild fires, local authorities countered that ample water was available. The more likely culprits cited were: arid conditions, foliage overgrowth and urban sprawl in remote fire-prone forest regions. While the valiant efforts of fire fighters saved numerous lives, over 12,000 structures were still lost (figure 1.1.). Although home insurance is a relief for some victims, delays in payouts and difficulty finding temporary dwellings can be devastating. In addition, jobs losses magnify distress; temporary living arrangements tend to be a haven for nasty viruses and bacterial infections, a key factor for seniors and those with distressed immune responses. Stories continue to emerge of formerly wealthy families who lost thousands and even millions in cash / jewelry / bullion / artwork, most of which was not coverable by typical insurance policies. Clearly a fail-safe option is required to assist conventional fire fighting methods. At the heart of this simple proposal, the inexpensive Firezat shield represents a remarkable product that has proven its worth through the years by forest management and fire fighting professionals.

 

Figure 1.1. Worst Wildfire in CA History - 79 / 81 Fatalities in Paradise and Camp Fire CA and over 700 Missing - 12k Structures Lost. Note. Video and all images in this article were provided courtesy of Youtube.com and Google images.

The discussion includes a bullet list of key takeaway points:

• The minimal $729 expense of each Firezat home shield as well as the obvious benefits of a fail-safe fire deterrent makes maintaining a state mandated stockpile feasible and this project worthy of further investigation.
• $7 million is all that's required for state and federal officials to establish a mobile stockpile of 10,000 Firezat shields, enough to have protected the entire missing town of Paradise, CA.
• Shields are deliverable for quick assembly in any CA town where a blaze is registered before the inferno builds momentum to engulf the neighborhood.
• $7 million versus thousands of lives, hundreds of billions in property losses represents an opportunity for ANY official with leadership skills to heroically reduce unnecessary suffering.
• A centralized, emergency fire alert (EFA), comparable to the successful emergency weather system, would reduce Type II, false alarm issues via the proposed quantitative and qualitative multivariate regression models to significantly increase response time while reducing the overall impact of infernos.
• Early responders are encouraged to corral the encroaching infernos by focusing initial efforts on the closest neighborhoods to the blaze, thereby slowing its advance markedly by reducing fuel sources to virtually nil.
• Clearly the minimal expense associate with maintaining a state mandated stockpile of Firezat shields combined with the obvious benefits of a fail-safe fire deterrent make this project worthy of further investigation.

Conclusion

This brief paper presents an economical solution to the perennial inferno-problem plaguing California where the November 2018 Paradise CA blaze alone resulted in approximately 100 tragic-fatalities, the loss of 10,000 homes, and billions of dollars in property damages. To significantly enhance the valiant efforts of fire fighters, a fail-safe option is identified to assist conventional fire fighting methods. The minimal $729 expense of each Firezat home shield as well as the obvious benefits of a fail-safe fire deterrent makes maintaining a state mandated stockpile feasible and this project worthy of further investigation. $7 million is all that's required for state and federal officials to establish a mobile stockpile of 10,000 Firezat shields; $7 million versus thousands of lives, hundreds of billions in property losses. A centralized, emergency fire alert (EFA), comparable to the successful emergency weather system, would reduce Type II, false alarm issues via the proposed quantitative and qualitative multivariate regression models to significantly increase response time while reducing the overall impact of infernos. Early responders are encouraged to corral the encroaching infernos by focusing initial efforts on the closest neighborhoods to the blaze, thereby slowing its advance markedly by reducing fuel sources to virtually nil. Clearly the minimal expense associate with maintaining a state mandated stockpile of Firezat shields combined with the obvious benefits of a fail-safe fire deterrent make this project worthy of further investigation. The research suggests the $729 Firezat home shield represents an inexpensive, practical neighborhood fire-defense of last resort when facilitated by an emergency fire-alert system and distribution network.

Firezat Inc. © Copyright 2007- 2018: Firezat™ inc.: All Rights Reserved - Firezat Inc. Patent Pending. Retrieved from Firezat.

 

Appendix

This proposal is an open dialogue - suggestions are welcomed and encouraged gsr@hughes.net. The document was forwarded to the Orange County Fire Authorities, Chief Marc Stone and the US White House. In addition, the visionary CA leaders, Elon Musk and Tim Draper received copies of this proposal. If only one home is spared destruction including the occupants, pets, contents and premises, this project will be deemed a success, at least to the author who is not affiliated with or receiving any compensation from Firezat; this proposal is merely an opinion, but one the author values, highly.

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Alasdair MacLeod & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - November 22nd, 2018.

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Highlights

• Head of Research at GoldMoney, Alasdair MacLeod makes his show debut on Thanksgiving Day, 2018.
• Listeners are encouraged to bookmark his weekly commentary at Goldmoney Insights.
• The Bank of England (BoE) refused to honor its custodial arrangement and return 14 tonnes of gold held on behalf of Venezuela (MacLeod, 2018).
• Standard anti-money laundering concerns were cited as the chief reason for the refusal.
• The fact that the lenders of last resort within the central bank cartel are experiencing dissent among the ranks could send reverberations.
• Actions by the BoE illustrate that the system based on transparency is flawed amid such unanticipated opacity in the financial system.
• If central banks cannot even maintain trust within their own ranks, how exposed is the typical investor to rehypothecation, confiscation.
• Alastair MacLeod notes that sovereign gold ownership has now morphed into a geostrategic challenge within the global economic arena.
• Russia is rejecting the US dollar as the de facto reserve currency, opting instead to procure gold and silver bullion for a new sound-money currency.
• President Putin also directed the accumulation of the largest strategic silver stockpile, worldwide.
• China may have quietly accumulated the largest stockpile of gold in the world in anticipation of a gold backed Yuan, up to 25,000 metric tons.
• China's hypothesized total of 40,000 ton stockpile plus the hastily growing reserves of Russia are viewed as a hedge against sanctions.
• Our British guest wraps up the discussion with an eloquent review of the Brexit situation from ground zero.

Head of Research at GoldMoney, Alastair MacLeod makes his show debut on Thanksgiving Day, 2018. Listeners are encouraged to bookmark his weekly commentary at Goldmoney Insights. The narrative includes the new precedent set by the Central Bank cabal last week, specifically news that the the Bank of England (BoE) refused to honor its custodial arrangement and return 14 tonnes of gold held on behalf of Venezuela (MacLeod; Goldmoney, 2018). Standard anti-money laundering concerns were cited as the chief reason for the refusal. The fact that the lenders of last resort within the central bank cartel are experiencing dissent among the ranks could send reverberations throughout the financial markets. Actions by the BoE illustrate that the system based on transparency is flawed amid such unanticipated opacity in the financial system. For instance, if central banks cannot even maintain trust within their own ranks, how exposed is the typical investor to rehypothecation, confiscation and related unforeseen risks. Alastair MacLeod notes that sovereign gold ownership has now morphed into a geostrategic challenge within the global economic arena by way of news that Russia is rejecting the US dollar as the de facto reserve currency, opting instead to procure gold and silver bullion in preparation for a new sound-money, currency standard. President Putin also directed the accumulation of the largest strategic silver stockpile, worldwide. Our guest parallels the research of Dr. Stephen Leeb, noting that China may have quietly accumulated the largest stockpile of gold in the world in anticipation of a gold backed Yuan, up to 25,000 metric tons (compare this to Dr. Leeb's 30,000 metric ton figure), 2.5 times the US gold reserves while the citizens may have up to 17,000 metric tons, according to the Shanghai Exchange delivery records, bringing the total to four times that of the US. China's hypothesized 40,000 ton stockpile plus the hastily growing reserves of Russia are viewed as a hedge against sanctions such as the current trade tariffs levied by Western officials. Our British guest wraps up the discussion with an eloquent review of the Brexit situation from ground zero.

 

Figure 1.1. Sci-Fi Short Film "A Crimson Man" presented by DUST

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Figure 1.2. Star Wars: Destroyer - A Star Wars Fan-Film

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Arch Crawford & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - November 21st, 2018.

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Highlights

• Arch Crawford, head of Crawford Perspectives for 41 consecutive years rejoins the show.
• Our guest advises investors to hold a core position in gold, which could develop a base near current levels.
• A close above $1,370 would indicate a sign of pent-up bullish demand.
• Arch Crawford has closed all long positions in US equities and is holding short-term index puts, in case the current consolidation breaks support.
• The host proposes a 20% correction is a most likely outcome if recent weekly lows are breached.
• If equities hold support in 2018, next year is expected to lead to new record levels and the epic selloff will be delayed until 2020.
• Key reasons for the equities downturn include quantitative tightening (QT) where Fed officials are reversing the decades-long constrictive rate policy.
• Financial history is replete with tales of failed tariffs that rarely bode well in the long-term for countries that adopt the sanctions.
• Such Fiscal policies attract rent-seeking behaviors that typically line the pockets of political allies, doing little to improve overall economic welfare.
• The host proposes that corporate officers prepared for imminent tariffs by accumulating key strategic resources.
• The resulting significant price increases, inadvertently ignited a US equities market advance.
• Now that corporate warehouses are fully stocked with requisite resources inelastic demand is yielding to more elastic conditions.
• Tariffs are de facto inflationary resulting in higher prices across the economic spectrum, to the detriment of working / middle class citizens.
• Two previous failed experiments in US trade tariff policy include, "The Tariff of Abominations of 1825," and the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Trade Tariff Act.
• Officials are advised to proceed cautiously with the current trade tariffs to avoid a crushing global economic contraction.
• Last Thursday news that United States and China increased efforts to resolve lingering trade disputes, according to a Financial Times report.
• The United States and China doubled their efforts to hammer out a reasonable solution to the eight month trade dispute.
• The potential silver lining to the entire fiasco is being spearheaded by the US President and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
• The meeting is slated for later this month at a G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Evidently China has agreed to remove several demands on the U.S. Government regarding Chinese trade practices.
• Officials in the US have also purportedly extended an olive branch by putting upcoming tariffs on Chinese goods on hold with the proviso to halt the $267 billion on China if the upcoming meeting between the two Presidents arrives at an amicable solution.

Arch Crawford, head of Crawford Perspectives for 41 consecutive years rejoins the show with intriguing insights on the recent financial market swoon. Our guest advises investors to hold a core position in gold, which could develop a base near current levels while monitoring a key resistance point on gold of $1,370 as a sign of pent-up bullish demand. Arch Crawford has closed all long positions in US equities and is holding short-term index puts, in case the current consolidation breaks support. The host proposes a 20% correction is a most likely outcome if recent weekly lows are breached. Nevertheless, if equities hold support in 2018, next year is expected to lead to new record levels and the epic selloff will be delayed until 2020, according to Crawford Perspectives. Key reasons for the equities downturn include quantitative tightening (QT) where Fed officials are reversing the decades-long constrictive rate policy while curtailing purchases of toxic debt, resulting in higher real rates. The threat of a global trade war persists; financial history is replete with tales of failed tariffs that rarely bode well in the long-term for countries that adopt the sanctions. Such Fiscal policies attract rent-seeking behavior that typically lines the pockets of political allies without improving overall economic welfare. The host proposes that corporate officers prepared for imminent tariffs by accumulating key strategic resources, resulting in significant price increases, inadvertently igniting a US equities market advance. However, now that corporate warehouses are fully stocked with requisite resources inelastic demand is yielding to more elastic conditions, leading to lower US corporate profit estimates and by proxy, shares prices. Tariffs are de facto inflationary resulting in higher prices across the economic spectrum, to the detriment of working / middle class citizens. For instance, two previous failed experiments in US trade tariff policy include, "The Tariff of Abominations of 1825," that lead to an economic contraction and soaring unemployment as well as the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Trade Tariff Act, which reportedly exacerbated the 29% unemployment rate during the Great Depression (Hoye, 2018). Officials are advised to proceed cautiously with the current trade tariffs to avoid a crushing global economic-contraction, collapsing global trade and widespread unemployment. Last Thursday news that United States and China increased efforts to resolve lingering trade disputes, according to a Financial Times report indicated that both the United States and China doubled their efforts to hammer out a reasonable solution to the eight months old trade dispute between two largest global economies. The potential silver lining to the entire fiasco is being spearheaded by President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, slated to meet later this month at a G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to one media source. Evidently China has agreed to remove several demands on the U.S. Government regarding Chinese trade practices. Officials in the US have also purportedly extended an olive branch by putting upcoming tariffs on Chinese goods on hold with the proviso to halt the $267 billion on China assuming the upcoming meeting between the two Presidents arrives at an amicable solution.

FREE OFFER! - Crawford Perspectives is offering the Sept. Report for those who respond today (arch.ah.crawford@gmail.com)

Bill Murphy of GATA.org returns to the show with fresh insights on the PMs rally. A new precedent was set within the Central Bank realm this week with the the Bank of England refusing to honor its custodial arrangement and return 14 tonnes of gold held on behalf of Venezuela (MacLeod, Goldmoney, 2018). Standard anti-money laundering concerns were cited as the chief reason for the refusal, which is similar to saying, "We don't trust you, so we'll hold on to your gold for now, old boy." The very fact that the lenders of last resort within the central bank cartel are experiencing dissent among the ranks could send reverberations throughout the system and perhaps the financial markets. Meanwhile, as the unfortunate FANG stock pullback continues, with Facebook (FB) off nearly 50% from the July 2018 peak, and the longest remaining Dow Jones Industrials component, General Electric (GE) plunging from over $30 last year to $8 today, investors adhered to the key hallmark of every successful investment portfolio, diversification, leading to increased inflows into gold ETFs (figures 1.1-1.3).

Why is the Price Trend Key to success? Enhanced Modern Portfolio Theory via Long-Memory Regimes (Waltzek, 2016), (EMPT) the price trend scientifically represents the most accurate estimate of future value, as the price contains 99% of pertinent information, the best guess of the top minds, worldwide. Recent headlines indicate that the oldest remaining Dow company, the hallmark of US Corporate America, General Electric, GE is struggling to remain solvent. However, although GE could be ejected from the Dow 30, just a year ago the former Blue Chip was a high flyer:

Figure 1.1. GE Share Price Near Record 1 Year Earlier



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However, within a few weeks price plunged below key trend indicators, suggesting to fundamental investors such as TV show legend JC, "It's time to back up the truck on GE shares..." Conversely, EMPT registered the opposite signal, suggesting the most prudent course of action was hedging / selling shares while the herd was buying:

Figure 1.2. Trend Warning Signs Flashing for GE Share Holders


Note. Chart provided via written permission from Stockcharts.com.

As if on cue, the negative price trend change resulted in a collapse from from $25 to $8. Yet according to competing theories of EMPT, the warning signs not only did not exist but should be ignored, de facto evidence that MPT requires revision, i.e. EMPT:

Figure 1.3. GE Share Price Plunge

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Figure 1.4. Elon Musk & Joe Rogan - AI, Robotics, Space Exploration, Engineering & Life - Epic Interview (Explicit Language, 21+)

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Rob Kirby & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - November 14th, 2018.

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Bob Hoye & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - November 1st, 2018.

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Highlights

• Bob Hoye of Institutional Advisors returns with his latest market insights. The new trade tariffs.
• Tariffs on Canadian lumber this January pushed the mean new home price higher by over 10% as a direct result.
• Although the current economic system is far from flawless, solid monetary policy has solidified the global economy in the wake of the Great Recession.
• Low rates stimulated corporate expansion / output while stabilizing the financial institutions.
• Although economic slowdowns are painful, the process tends to redistribute useful resources from less to more-productive enterprises / sectors.
• New technologies lead to key innovation, greater productivity and a highly efficient business environment.
• Now that the economic vessel is no longer taking on water, policymakers are reversing the process, lowering rates, decreasing QE operations.
• Three key economic threats are facing the global economy, Quantitative Tightening (QT), higher real rates, and a global trade war.
• Economic history shows that tariffs rarely bode well in the long-term for countries that adopt the sanctions.
• Fiscal policy tends to attract rent-seeking behavior, line the pockets of political allies and do little to improve overall economic welfare.
• The tariff dilemma creates a new inflation wild card for global monetary policy, as taxes are intrinsically inflationary, resulting in higher prices across multiple economic segments.

Figure 1.1. Toccata "Dorian" BWV 538 Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 - 1750 ) - Luciano Zecca

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Andy Schectman & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - February 31st, 2018.

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Highlights

• Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Institute returns from the first World Series game (Boston 2018 Champs 4-1) with his latest PMs investing insights.
• Our guest outlines must hear methods for purchasing PMs, including an opportunity to profit market anomalies.
• A rare, once in two decades opportunity is presenting itself in the numismatics market.
• Rare gold coins are selling at nearly 1:1 or the same price as plain bullion coins of similar gold weight.
• Miles Franklin is currently positioning client accounts to maximize the benefits of this anomaly. Protecting client's best interests is the primary directive at Miles Franklin.
• His firm requires mandatory background checks and a large surety bond to better protect clients.
• The Miles Franklin storage program involves Canadian Brinks security, without percentage of value fees.
• They offer a fully insured Brinks safety-deposit box in Vancouver and Toronto. Clients hold the only key / spare with 24/7 access.

Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Institute returns from the World Series (Boston 2018 Champs, first time since 2013) with his latest PMs investing insights, the left field seats cost the bargain price of a $1,200 gold coin! Boston Red Sox owner John W. Henry is a Trend Following Trading Legend, who regularly deployed Sabermetrics to improve team results, which clearly helped clinch the 2018 World Series Championship. JP Morgan has amassed nearly 1 billion ounces of silver, 8 times the infamous Hunt Brothers silver corner stockpile of 1980 and 1/3 the size of the former national strategic silver stockpile. In addition, our guest outlines must hear methods for purchasing and storing PMs, including a golden opportunity to profit market anomalies. Andy outlines why investors should consider swapping overpriced palladium coins for undervalued platinum numismatics. Miles Franklin is currently positioning client accounts to maximize the benefits of this anomaly. Protecting client's best interests is the primary directive at Miles Franklin. His firm requires mandatory background checks and a large surety bond to better protect clients. The Miles Franklin storage program involves Canadian Brinks security, without percentage of value fees. They offer a fully insured Brinks safety-deposit box in Vancouver and Toronto. Clients hold the only key / spare with 24/7 access. FedEx air delivery is also available (www.privatesafedepositboxes.net). Miles Franklin employees the same auditing firm as the StreetTracks GLD ETF. Please call his brokers or Andy directly (brokers direct line 1-800-822-8080; Andy's mobile 1-612-290-2729).

Figure 1.1. Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Live UNCUT Performance - Janine Jensen

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Professor Raymond Moody M.D. Ph.D. & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. Part II- October 25th, 2018.

 

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• Part II of the talk with Dr. Raymond Moody, author of best-selling Life after Life (1974) and founder of The University of Heaven follows.
• The host is reunited with the former forensic therapist 30 years after sitting in Dr. Moody's undergraduate class.
• Dr. Moody embarked upon a remarkable-lifelong scientific journey to uncover Our guest outlines his proposed methods for reformatting human thought processes resulting in a more logical, proactive vantage point.
• Experiences that typically defy explanation, such as near death, out-of-body, extraterrestrial, spiritual, change-of-dimension, etc.
• The host proposes an intriguing extension of the Life-After-Life, Near Death Experience phenomenon - Salvinorin-A.
• Research indicates salvinorin-a holds the key to experiencing Life-After-Life-Alive.
• By convincing the portion of the brain that hosts consciousness, that life has ceased albeit temporarily, 15 minutes (only with care of health professionals).
• Researchers note marked reduction in substance abuse in their patients after only one exposure to the unique pharmacological agent.
• The dialogue includes recent breakthroughs in combating the addiction plague, a major health crisis that results in over 100,000 US fatalities per year, 88,000 alcohol related, primarily males.

An estimated 88,000 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. ... In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).

Figure 1.1. Life After Life - Dr. Raymond Moody, MD

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Dr. Stephen Leeb & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - October 24th, 2018. * Mp3 file.

 

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• Best selling author, Dr. Stephen Leeb returns with a solid outlook on the gold Watch for $100+ silver and $10,000 gold in the coming years.
• The correlation is drawn between the PMs sector and China's Yuan currency, a nation that makes money interchangeable with gold.
• The discussion includes an investigation into the socioeconomic issues plaguing the modern world, such as overpopulation and scarcity of resources.
• When countries direct funds to research and investment, the total production possibilities curve expands.
• This vastly increasing the overall benefits to society including GDP, income per capita, institutional / legal system enhancements and overall productivity / employment (figure 1.1.).
• The dialogue shifts to the shortage of natural resources conundrum, Albert Einstein famously outlined one way to combat limited food resources.
• By embracing a vegetarian lifestyle, not only does violence drop exponentially, but key grains are instead consumed by humans, vastly reducing the overall cost of living.
• Einstein wrote, "In a letter to Max Kariel he said, "I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience," and soon became a vegetarian.
• Einstein's famous quote, "Nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
• Dr. Leeb agrees that it is advisable for US officials to return to this time tested success strategy, following the footsteps of its trading partner, China.
• The US is advised to review Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, to embrace, learn and adopt the habits and traditions of the rapidly self-actualized China.
• China is ascending the hierarchy pyramid, scaling to new possibilities in unity / harmony.
• Dr. Leeb and the host recommend the sci-fi work of Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End, a trilogy of science fiction novels by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin; recap of The Dark Forest.

Best selling author, Dr. Stephen Leeb returns with a solid outlook on the gold sector; watch for $100+ silver and $10,000 gold in the coming years. Moreover, the correlation is drawn between the PMs sector and China's Yuan currency, a nation that makes money interchangeable with gold. The discussion includes an investigation into the socioeconomic issues plaguing the modern world, such as overpopulation, scarcity of key resources and the possible tools to combat these issues. When countries direct funds to research and investment, the total production possibilities curve expands, vastly increasing the overall benefits to society including GDP, income per capita, institutional / legal system enhancements and overall productivity / employment (figure 1.1.). The dialogue shifts to the shortage of natural resources conundrum, Albert Einstein famously outlined one way to combat limited food resources, by embracing a vegetarian lifestyle, not only does violence drop exponentially, but key grains are instead consumed by humans, vastly reducing the overall cost of living, "In a letter to Max Kariel he said, "I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience," and soon after became a vegetarian. Einstein's famous quote, "Nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." Dr. Leeb agrees that it is advisable for US officials to return to this time tested success strategy, following the footsteps of its largest trading partner, China. The US is advised to review Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, to embrace, learn and adopt the habits and traditions of the rapidly self-actualized example of China, ascending the hierarchy pyramid, scaling to new possibilities in unity / harmony. Dr. Leeb and the host recommend the sci-fi work of Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End, a trilogy of science fiction novels by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin; recap of The Dark Forest, click each book image below for a preview:

Near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

Figure 1.1. Shifting Production Possibilities Curve via National Research and Investment

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Ralph Acampora CMT, Altaira Wealth Management & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - October 18, 2018.

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• Returning to the show, Ralph Acampora a highly respected name on Wall Street and the co-founder of the Chartered Market Technician (CMT).
• The former Director of Technical Research at Smith Barney, outlines a more rosy picture on US equities than the typical analyst.
• The Dow Jones Industrials / Transportation indexes recently touched a new record levels, confirming a Dow Theory buy signal.
• The discussion includes technical support levels for the XAU gold shares index.
• Sector rotation (where investors redirect profits from to sectors with better technical outlooks / valuations) continues to support the bull market thesis. One proviso - the next rally must lead to new record highs or more ominous conditions could unfold.
• Our guest discounts the risk of interest rate hikes - not until rates climb to 5% should analysts sound the alarm.
• According to one media report, the 30 year US Treasury actually outperformed US shares just slightly over the 35 year bull market.
• This could lead to a profound reaction as soon as 2018 due to expected FED rate hikes.
• Listeners / readers are encouraged to sign up for to his free Twitter account with an active subscriber base of 26,000+.

Returning to the show, Ralph Acampora a highly respected name on Wall Street and the co-founder of the Chartered Market Technician designation (CMT). The former Director of Technical Research at Smith Barney, Kidder Peabody, Prudential Securities and Knight Securities outlines amore rosy picture on US equities than the typical analyst, which is wrongly focused on recent tariffs on US trading partners. On the contrary, the Dow Jones Industrials / Transportation indexes recently touched a new record levels, confirming a Dow Theory buy signal. In addition, the discussion includes technical support levels for the XAU gold shares index. Sector rotation (where investors redirect profits from to sectors with better technical outlooks / valuations) continues to support the bull market thesis. One proviso - the next rally must lead to new record highs or more ominous conditions could unfold. Our guest discounts the risk of interest rate hikes - not until rates climb to 5% should analysts sound the alarm. According to one media report, the 30 year US Treasury actually outperformed US shares just slightly over the 35 year bull market, which could lead to a profound reaction as soon as 2018 due to expected FED rate hikes. Listeners / readers are encouraged to sign up for to his free Twitter account with an active subscriber base of 26,000+.

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President Niko Cacos, CEO, and Director of Blue Sky Uranium Corp. & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - October 17, 2018.

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• President Niko Cacos, CEO, and Director - Blue Sky Uranium Corp., winner of the Explorer of the Year Award, makes his show debut.
• Headquartered in Argentina, Blue Sky Uranium Corp. is a leader in uranium discovery in the region.
• The Blue Sky mission involves rewarding loyal shareholders with exceptional returns via a portfolio of high uranium yielding, low-cost producers.
• Given the current portfolio that includes rights to over one million acres of property, their team is on track to outperform investor’s expectations.
• The Company is a member of the Grosso Group, the most prestigious in Argentina and Joseph Gross is a very good friend of the show.
• Listeners are encouraged to listen to Mr. Grosso’s Golden Arrow interview Golden Arrow, Executive Chairman, CEO, & President, of Golden Arrow.
  Blue Sky’s flagship Amarillo Grande Project was an in-house discovery with the potential to become a key domestic supplier of uranium.
• The Ivana deposit, at Amarillo recently completed a drilling program via 61 holes drilled with positive results.
• Amarillo Grande has characteristics of sandstone-type uranium-vanadium deposits.
• The Amarillo Grande project includes solid vanadium potential with estimates of vanadium content running as high as 200% the uranium content.
• Some early drill results indicate even higher vanadium content levels according to reports.
• This was irrelevant until the amazing Vanadium bull run of 2017/ 2018 where price has skyrocketed over 4x from around $5 to $25 as of this interview.
• Company literature indicates ongoing mineralogical, metallurgical, and process engineering studies at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC).
• Listeners are encouraged to direct their web browsers to goldseek.com and Bloomberg.com and enter the ticker symbol BSK.V – OTC: BKUCF.

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CEO Joseph Grosso & VP Brian McEwen, & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - October 11, 2018.

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• Joseph Grosso - Golden Arrow, Executive Chairman, CEO, & President, of Golden Arrow returns to the show with colleague, VP Brian McEwen.
• Joseph Grosso has spearheaded mineral exploration ventures in Argentina for over twenty years.
• Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Golden Arrow is a silver producer, mineral explorer and prospect generator.
• Golden Arrow is a member of the Grosso Group, a management company specialized in resource exploration.
• The firm maintains a strong record of mineral discovery, and community / government relations.
• Golden Arrow is poised to maintain its reputation as a trusted explorer throughout Argentina.
• Exciting new developments include the exciting acquisition of your new Chilean property, Atlantida Copper-Gold Project in Chile’s 3rd Region.
• VP Brian McEwen discovered and negotiated on copper-gold deposits.
• Estimates indicate the potential for mineralization and define a significant copper-gold resource.
• Company literature reveals a deep porphyry copper-gold target with higher gold grades that together cover an area of approximately 225 hectares.
• The Atlantida Project is under New Golden Explorations Inc., which is 100% owned by Golden Arrow (Golden Arrow, 2018).
• The Chinchillas project is targeted for production in 2018.
• Completed joint venture with major silver producer Silver Standard (now SSR Mining).
• The mining-friendly location in northwest Argentina that supports an impressive infrastructure, including access to highways, and ample water resources.
• The Don Bosco Copper-Gold Project, holds exploration licenses encompassing five areas in Western La Rioja Province, Argentina.
• The project is feasible year round, supported by a paved highway that facilitates accessibility (Golden Arrow, 2016).
• Golden Arrow has additional properties of interest in the San Juan Province, including the Mogote Copper-Gold Project, the Caballos Copper-Gold Project, and Potrerillos Gold-Silver Project – the firm owns 100% of all three properties.

Joseph Grosso - Golden Arrow, Executive Chairman, CEO, & President, of Golden Arrow returns with an engaging overview of his firm as well as how the corporate affiliation with Silver Standard creates a synergistic opportunity for Golden Arrow shareholders. Golden Arrow is an explorer and prospect generator focused on identifying, acquiring, and advancing precious and base metal discoveries through high quality deposits. Exciting new developments include the exciting acquisition of your new Chilean property, Atlantida Copper-Gold Project in Chile’s 3rd Region. This extensively drilled copper-gold deposit with an historic resource estimate. Estimates indicate the potential for mineralization and define a significant copper-gold resource. Company literature reveals a deep porphyry copper-gold target with higher gold grades that together cover an area of approximately 225 hectares. The Atlantida Project is under New Golden Explorations Inc., which is 100% owned by Golden Arrow (Golden Arrow, 2018). Golden Arrow is a member of the Grosso Group, a management company specialized in resource exploration. At the helm of the Grosso Group, Joseph Grosso has spearheaded mineral exploration ventures in Argentina for over twenty years. With a strong record of mineral discovery, and community / government relations, Golden Arrow is poised to maintain its reputation as a trusted explorer throughout Argentina. The Chinchillas project is targeted for production in 2018. Completed joint venture with major silver producer Silver Standard (now SSR Mining). Another compelling aspect is the mining-friendly location in northwest Argentina that supports an impressive infrastructure, including access to highways, electricity, and ample water resources. The Don Bosco Copper-Gold Project, holds exploration licenses encompassing five areas in Western La Rioja Province, Argentina. The project is feasible year round, supported by a paved highway that facilitates accessibility (Golden Arrow, 2016). Golden Arrow has additional properties of interest in the San Juan Province, including the Mogote Copper-Gold Project, the Caballos Copper-Gold Project, and Potrerillos Gold-Silver Project – the firm owns 100% of all three properties.

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• Axel Merk, head of Merk Investments returns to the show after a two year hiatus with a unique and positive outlook on the gold sector.
• Merk Investments is monitoring the yield curve closely; while inversions typically mark recessions, occasional false signals are still possible.
• Using central banking policy as a guide, the new Fed Chief, Jerome Powell is expected to continue raising rates a bit too far similar to predecessors.
• The market has not yet fully priced the additional rate hikes and impending inflationary pressures.
• This conclusion leads to the key takeaway point: given Merk's economic outlook, where paper assets with cash flow exposure to much higher rates suffer relative to commodities, such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium and crude oil, the PMs should outperform US equities and make a compelling alternative to competing asset classes.

 

• Bill Murphy of GATA.org rejoins the show with encouragement for PMs bulls.
• Gold miners just found a 90 kg $15 million "mother lode" gold nugget in Western Australia after only 4 days of work.
• Both Bill Murphy and co-guest Michael Pento agree that gold will soon ascend beyond $2,000 creating vast fortunes.
• Silver could be the sleeping behemoth as 7.5 billion global inhabitants scramble to shield their shriveling purchasing power.
• A potential global, systemic currency-fiasco could shift the 80 : 1 gold to silver ratio to the more historical norm of 10 : 1.
• Silver could catapult to to triple digits, post haste.
• Palladium is approaching $1,000 as analysts forecasts indicate the industrial metal could eclipse the current gold price, $1,300.
• Silver could outpace the expectations of even the most staunchly bullish investor, climbing 100 fold in the coming years to four digits.
• Ronan Manly of BullionStar supports Gata.org's efforts; the LBMA is regularly trading 130 times more paper contracts than bullion available in the vaults and 11 times more paper gold is trading world wide than has ever been mined.

Bill Murphy of GATA.org returns to the show with encouragement for PMs bulls. Gold miners just found a 90 kg $15 million "mother lode" gold nugget in Western Australia after only 4 days of work. In similar fashion, both Bill Murphy and coguest Michael Pento agree that gold will soon ascend beyond $2,000 creating vast fortunes seemingly overnight for prepared gold investors. However, silver could be the sleeping behemoth as 7.5 billion global inhabitants scramble to shield their shriveling purchasing power from the ravages of a global, systemic currency-fiasco, the 80 : 1 gold to silver ratio could close abruptly and return to the more historical norm of 10 : 1, catapulting silver to triple digits, post haste. Case in point, palladium is approaching $1,000 as analysts forecasts indicate the industrial metal could eclipse the current gold price, $1,300. In similar fashion, silver could outpace the expectations of even the most staunchly bullish investor, climbing 100 fold in the coming years to four digits, especially given John Williams' and Nick Barisheff's $10,000+ gold thesis. Moreover, the analysis of Ronan Manly of BullionStar supports Gata.org, the LBMA is regularly trading 130 times more paper contracts than bullion available in the vaults and 11 times more paper gold is trading world wide than has ever been mined.

Figure 1.1. Musical Ramanujan - Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Winter

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Michael Pento & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - October 2nd, 2018.

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• Michael Pento, President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies LLC returns to Goldseek.com Radio with his latest economic insights.
• While most analysts are oblivious to the current financial risks,
• Michael Pento says the next crisis is already underway.
• Global central bank QE operations will turn negative for the first time since the Great Recession 10 years ago in 2019 (black line in graph) (figure 1.1.).
• Global equities markets, copper, lumber and many key markets are currently signaling economic distress.
• Since the 1950's an economic recession followed 9 out of 10 times after the yield curve inverted; the curve could invert as soon as this Dec.
• The Fed is expected to raise rates for the 4th time this year.
  Pento Portfolio Strategies points to the $20 trillion national debt level and that of China.
• These unsustainable burdens could add to the growing risk of economic contraction.
• Public debt has increased from $4 trillion to $15+ trillion drastically increasing default exposure amid sharply higher rates.
• The Dec. Fed rate hike will push the Pento 20 multivariate regression model into a short position on US equities by the end of 2019.
• For the first time in a decade - commodities, PMs and cash will be the assets du jour.
• Key takeaway: gold and especially the XAU / HUI will skyrocket, with AU quickly ascending above $2,000.

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Gerald Celente & Chris G. Waltzek Ph.D. - September 27th, 2018.

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• Founder of the Trends Research Institute and Globalnomic® Trend Forecaster Gerald Celente returns with essential insights for savvy investors.
• The Global-nomic models indicate the 10 year bull stampede in US shares could end soon.
• US shares could be completing a key cycle top, as corporate insiders curtail record stock repurchases.
• Fed policymakers wind down economic stimulus operations.
• The PMs found a floor around $1,200 - once the $1,450 barrier is eclipsed, the uptrend in gold / silver investments will restart with gusto.
  The guest / host agree that crude oil, the lifeblood of global economic output could soon soar to $100+ per barrel, slamming the brakes on global output.
• The Trends Forecaster is particularly concerned by increased tensions between the super powers and their allies in the Middle East.
• The powder keg could ignite a global conflict of epic scale.
• Health Tip: the avocado could be the most heart-healthy food on earth, surpassing even the banana in potassium.

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Martin Armstrong & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - September 25th, 2018.

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Highlights

• Global financier, Martin Armstrong of Armstrong Economics rejoins the show with his latest market commentary.
• Armstrong's next Investment Seminar - Annual conference is located in Orlando Florida, scheduled for November 16-17.
• According to Mr. Armstrong, "Tangible assets survive," when paper assets evaporate, making collectible items and PMs invaluable during financial crises.
• Last week, Dr. Copper blasted higher by 8%; the semiprecious metal is used extensively in a broad array of industrial products such as electronics.
• From a financial standpoint, copper is often viewed as a key barometer of global economic output, the backbone of the technology sector.
• The strong move higher suggests improving economic conditions in the world’s second largest economy, China.
• Media sources confirm increased demand from the rousing tiger nation and low stockpiles indicative of the perfect conditions for commodities.
• Despite technical damage incurred by the US dollar following the sharp selloff last week our guest believes the Greenback will remain the go-to currency.
• The high yielding US dollar continues to attract global money flows, as investors seek much higher relative dividend yields.
• Our guest expects this trend to also boost US shares prices.
• Health Tip: the host suggests discussing melatonin supplements with a general practitioner to boost the immune system and improve rest, when taken 3 hours before bedtime (figure 1.1.).

Figure 1.1. Melatonin: Miracle Hormone Immune-System Panacea

Note. Video provided courtesy of Youtube.com.

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Professor Raymond Moody M.D. Ph.D. & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. Part I - September 20th, 2018.

 

 

• Dr. Raymond Moody, renowned psychiatrist; author of best-selling Life after Life (1974) and founder of The University of Heaven makes his show debut.
• The host is reunited with the former forensic therapist 30 years after sitting in Dr. Moody's undergraduate class.
• Dr. Moody embarked upon a remarkable-lifelong scientific journey to uncover the truth about life beyond death.
• Our guest outlines an intriguing model of the most frequent experiences outlined by those whose minds / bodies reached clinical death.
• Dr. Moody talks with Dr. Eben Alexander, entered a coma as an atheist but reemerged with a profound / inspirational spiritual-experience.
• He is offering a seminar on his latest findings in human logic in Montreal on October 20th, 2018.
• Some colleagues refer to his findings as the biggest breakthrough in the field since days of Dr. Kurt Godel's Incompleteness Theorem.
• The Central Intelligence Agency was so intrigued by the concept officials invited Dr. Moody to present his hypotheses.
• His work could facilitate scientists in bridging the gap between the macro / micro world's, unifying Einstein's field equations with the subatomic models.
• Another interesting application of Dr. Moody's seminal research might involve improving quantum computing, where binary code is inadequate for programming the language of more probabilistically based, quantum outcomes.

Dr. Raymond Moody M.D., renowned psychiatrist and author of best-selling Life after Life (1974) as well as cofounder of The University of Heaven makes his show debut. The host is reunited with the former forensic therapist 30 years after sitting in Dr. Moody's undergraduate class, who embarked upon a remarkable-lifelong scientific journey to uncover the truth about life beyond death. Our guest outlines an intriguing model of the most frequent experiences outlined by those whose minds / bodies reached clinical death, but who fortunately were later resuscitated. Dr. Moody talks with Dr. Eben Alexander, a Harvard educated and senior neurosurgeon who entered a coma as an atheist but reemerged with a profound / inspirational spiritual-experience rivaling that of even the most ardent believer (Figure 1.1.). Dr. Moody is giving a seminar on his latest findings in human logic in Montreal on October 20th, 2018, presenting what some colleagues are calling the biggest breakthrough in the field since days of Dr. Kurt Godel's Incompleteness Theorem. The Central Intelligence Agency was so intrigued by the concept officials invited Dr. Moody to present his hypotheses where he facilitates other scientists in bridging the gap between the macro / micro world's, unifying Einstein's field equations with the subatomic models of the quantum world first put foward by physicists Neils Bohr and Heisenberg. Another interesting application of Dr. Moody's seminal research might involve improving quantum computing, where binary code is inadequate for programming the language of more probabilistically based, quantum outcomes.

• John Williams of Shadowstats.com returns to the show with dire comments on the domestic economy.
• US policymakers have attempted to revive the domestic economy via $14 trillion QE policies requiring $100 billion per month in QE operations.
• The last of 9 interest rate increases will occur in the current rate hike cycle as of December, 2018 (Hunter & Pento, 2018).
• The official economic numbers may be skewed - when properly adjusted for Real inflation (10% vs. 3% officially) retail sales are flat to negative.
• All the world's key central banks have plans to lower / halt QE operations by the end of 2018, reversing from net positive QE to net negative QE.
• The plan will contract the Fed's balance sheet while significantly lowering financial liquidity to the detriment of US shares / Treasuries.
• John Williams doubts policymakers will remain hawkish for long as the global QE liquidity must continue to maintain US dollar reserve currency hegemony.
• Given his assumption that the purchasing power of the reserve currency is "doomed," our guest has identified a singular means to escape what he views as inevitable North American, hyperinflation, via gold and silver coins / bars.

John Williams of Shadowstats.com returns to the show with dire comments on the domestic economy. Over the past decade, US policymakers have attempted to revive the domestic economy via $14 trillion QE policies requiring $100 billion per month in QE operations; analysts expect the final of 9 interest rate increases in the current rate hike cycle as of December, 2018 (Hunter & Pento, 2018). Nevertheless, the official economic numbers may be skewed - when properly adjusted for Real inflation (10% vs. 3% officially) retail sales are flat to negative and much of economic output is overstated. Ten years later, all the world's key central banks have plans to lower / halt QE operations by the end of 2018, including the Fed, which will reverse from net positive QE to net negative QE within 6 months. The plan will contract the Fed's balance sheet while significantly lowering financial liquidity to the detriment of US shares / Treasuries and related financial markets, including the key money center-banks (Figures 1.1 & 1.2). However, John Williams doubts policymakers will remain hawkish for long as the global QE liquidity festival must continue to maintain US dollar reserve currency hegemony. Given his assumption that the purchasing power of the reserve currency is "doomed," our guest has identified a singular means to escape what he views as inevitable North American, hyperinflation, via gold and silver coins / bars.

Figure 1.2. US Housing Starts - Leading Economic Indicator Remains Robust

Note. Graph courtesy of Tradingeconomics.com.

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Peter Schiff & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - September 13th, 2018.

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Highlights

• Peter Schiff, head of SchiffGold, Euro Pacific Capital, and Euro Pacific Gold Fund (EPGFX) returns with comments on the financial sector.
• Our guest notes that gold reached a bear market nadir in 2015 and is building a base for a new bull run.
• Once the move begins in earnest, the gold / silver ratio will collapse as silver outperforms gold during much of the advance.
• e Powell to continue with the national rate-hike policy into 2019.
• Although Powell has publicity noted the Fed would "Do whatever it takes to tame inflation" Peter Schiff and the host doubt containment plans will work.
• Policymakers may be taking their cues from misleading economic models.
• Curtailing inflation could prove more challenging than during the last severe deflationary crisis in the early 1980's when the US was a global powerhouse.
• In 2019, investment flows could favor gold as rate hike expectations diminish and the Greenback flounders relative to competing currencies. The flattening yield curve suggests rates could invert next year implying a recessionary environment, lowering demand for US equities in favor of the PMs.

Peter Schiff, head of SchiffGold, Euro Pacific Capital, and Euro Pacific Gold Fund (EPGFX) returns with comments on the financial sector. Our guest notes that gold reached a bear market nadir in 2015 and is building a base for a new bull run. Once the move begins in earnest, the gold / silver ratio will collapse as silver outperforms gold during much of the advance. Washington expressed disappointment with the decision of Fed Chair Jerome Powell to continue with the national rate-hike policy into 2019. Although Powell has publicity noted the Fed would "Do whatever it takes to tame inflation" Peter Schiff and the host question if containing the resulting inflation will be plausible. Policymakers may be taking their cues from misleading economic models as curtailing inflation could prove more challenging than during the last severe deflationary crisis in the early 1980's when the US was the leading, global-manufacturing powerhouse. In 2019, investment flows could favor gold as rate hike expectations diminish and the Greenback flounders relative to competing currencies, thereby increasing gold's investment appeal. In addition, the flattening yield curve suggests rates could invert next year implying a recessionary environment, in turn lowering demand for US equities in favor of the PMs.

 

Figure 1.1. Hurricane Florence Severe Storm WARNING: NC, SC, Virginia.

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• FREE OFFER! - Crawford Perspectives is offering the Sept. Report for those who respond today (arch.ah.crawford@gmail.com)
• Arch Crawford, head of Crawford Perspectives for 41 consecutive years, rejoins the show, commenting on gold, financial markets and Hurricane Florence.
• Florence is a category 4 storm headed directly for the Tar Heel State.
• Gold remains the de facto dollar alternative given that over 96% of the Greenback's value has eroded since 1913.
• Arch Crawford cautions US equities investors that Sept. / Oct. are typically very challenging months for the shares indexes.
• The discussion shifts over to the cryptos, where Ethereum broke below $200, touching $170.
• Although our guest notes positive price behavior, if the panic spreads to Bitcoin it could lead to a retest of $5700.
• The southeast is bracing for winds of up to 130 mph and strong tidal surges by Thursday evening.
• Similar to last year's Hurricane Harvey that decimated Puerto Rico and surrounding islands all the way up to NC.
• Officials have already declared a state of emergency and evacuations are underway.
• The current inland trajectory reveal high odds that the storm will pass due north of Atlanta, covering upper South Carolina.
• The range includes the Greater Greenville region, north to Asheville and Charlotte.
• Western North Carolina will be impacted, such as Cashiers, Glenville, Cullowhee, Sapphire, Sylva, Hayesville, etc.
• It is advisable to check the current storm trajectory daily / hourly as weather patterns are as unpredictable - reliability of forecasts diminish over time.
• Tens of thousands of FEMA trailers distributed in the wake of 2005 Hurricane Katrina still have toxic levels of formaldehyde, literally embalming occupants.
• The VIN numbers are tagged on the trailer hitch side and searchable in the online database.
• All trailer denizens are advised to check the FEMA trailer search online. Any formaldehyde readings above 6-8 ppm are deemed carcinogenic - FEMA trailers regularly register 14 times that figure.

Arch Crawford, head of Crawford Perspectives for 41 consecutive years, rejoins the show with comments on the gold rally, the financial markets as well as Hurricane Florence, a category 4 storm headed directly for the Tar Heel State. Gold remains the de facto dollar alternative given that over 96% of the Greenback's value has eroded since 1913. Arch Crawford cautions US equities investors that Sept. / Oct. are typically very challenging months for the shares indexes. The discussion shifts over to the cryptos, where Ethereum broke below $200, touching $170. Although our guest notes positive price behavior, if the panic spreads to Bitcoin it could lead to a retest of $5700. Meanwhile, the southeast is bracing for winds of up to 130 mph and strong tidal surges by Thursday evening. Similar to last year's Hurricane Harvey that decimated Puerto Rico and surrounding islands all the way up to NC, where power outages were widespread for days following the storm, officials have already declared a state of emergency and evacuations are underway. The current inland trajectory reveal high odds that the storm will pass due north of Atlanta, covering upper South Carolina including the Greater Greenville region, north to Asheville and Charlotte. Western North Carolina will be impacted, such as Cashiers, Glenville, Cullowhee, Sapphire, Sylva, Hayesville, etc. However, it is advisable to check the current storm trajectory daily / hourly as weather patterns are as unpredictable as turbulence where the reliability of forecasts diminish over time. According to the work of Henri Poincare via the Three Body Problem, storms fall into the category of chaotic systems, that that make only initial conditions highly perfectible, so the storm path could shift at a moments notice. Side note - tens of thousands of FEMA trailers distributed in the wake of 2005 Hurricane Katrina still have toxic levels of formaldehyde, literally embalming occupants - the VIN numbers are tagged on the trailer hitch side and searchable in the online database - all trailer denizens are advised to check the FEMA trailer search online. Any formaldehyde readings above 6-8 ppm are deemed carcinogenic - FEMA trailers regularly register 14 times that figure.

Figure 1.1. STATE of EMERGENCY NC / SC / V: Hurricane Florence Threatens NC, SC, Virginia.

Note. Video provided courtesy of Youtube.com.

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Professor Laurence Kotlikoff & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - August 6th, 2018.

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Highlights

• Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, from Kotlikoff.net and author of the FREE book: You're Hired! says gold and silver investors could emerge victorious.
• The shackles of over $200 trillion in total US debt / financial obligations and a potential trade war with key trading partners looms above the markets.
• Investors should procure portfolio insurance such as gold while curtailing US equities / Treasuries exposure.
• Our guest questions the wisdom of threats from Washington to impose an additional $200 billion in tariffs on China.
• The trade skirmish has already impacted lumber imports from Canada that increased the average new home prices by over $9,000.
• The professor notes the US government is bankrupt, which makes long-term Treasuries risky relative to shorter term US notes as well as US equities.
• The American per capital savings rate has plunged in recent decades from 15% (similar to Japan / China currently) to 3%, suggesting very little flexibility of the typical domestic home to withstand unforeseen economic hardships.

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Listeners' Q&A - Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - September 5th, 2018.

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• The Listener's Q&A segment includes phone calls from Marcus, Trenton and John on the timely topics of gold, the Kinesis project and stocks / bonds.
• Marcus starts off today’s discussion with comments on the Kinesis project headed by Andrew Maguire and CEO Coughlin.
• The Kinesis gold backed cryptocurrency project from Down Under appears legit according to Goldseek's top brass.
• We continue to expect big things from Kinesis: paper in .PDF form.
• One key caveat, initial public offerings are very tricky to navigate and involve higher than typical risks.
• For instance, the Komodo ICO, was a stealth currency that had an excellent underwriter.
• It turned out to be one of the best performers in history, but quickly crashed from the 50 fold opening day price to the original tokens at pre-ICO price.
• In most cases and for most investors it is safest to wait until an ICO goes public and organic price discovery reveals the true value.
• The SALT lending platform ICO was legit and vetted every single US investor, spent thousands of hours making sure that everything was above board.
• The price mostly fell from the ICO price, bounced once back to the opening price and to this point is in recovery.
• The Smith - Crown website includes reviews of key ICOs.
• Sometimes discounted, pre-ICO offerings via earliest bird prices are worthy candidates.
• For those with patience who don’t want to spend a single dollar and have a chance at FREE ICOs, simply request a link via email to bookmark a page.
• John from Sunny San Diego asks questions about the COMEX gold / paper contract ratio.
• The GATA.org folks notes little gold to cover the contracts, approximately 1 / 100 ounces / contract; a force majeure could unfold.
• The flattening yield curve reveals expectations that the short yield could eclipse the longer yield by summer of 2019.
• As the Fed wraps up it’s rate hike cycle and central banks in EU / China / Japan turn hawkish, the greenback will be under pressure.
• As market forces favor the Yen, Yuan and Euro in place of the dollar in anticipation of higher yields, the US stock market advance could pause.
• US equities investors may anticipate the rise of alternative currencies and the positive impact on competing indexes such as the Nikkei and the DAX.
• Trenton claims to be an an investor in the sound deck.io blockchain that could potentially ignite a creativity revolution incentivising artistic output.
• Due diligence and vigilance is advisable due to the associated risks of all new projects.

The latest Listener's Q&A segment includes phone calls on the timely topics of gold, the Kinesis project and stocks / bonds from friends of the show, Marcus, Trenton and longtime listener John in Sunny San Diego. Marcus begins the dialogue with comments on the gold backed cryptocurrency project from Down Under, Kinesis regarding key team member's, Andrew Maguire and CEO Coughlin. According to Goldseek's top brass, the Kinesis digital currency project appears to be legit: latest Kinesis project paper in .PDF form. One key caveat, initial public offerings are very tricky to navigate and involve higher than typical risks. For instance, the Komodo ICO was a stealth currency with an excellent underwriter and in such demand pre-ICO that 30 days of attempts were oftentimes required just to place a buy order. While Komodo was one of the best performers in history, following the opening day the token price crashed from the 50 fold the ICO price to the pre-ICO price over a few weeks. The key takeaway point; in most cases and for most investors it is advisable to wait for an ICO to enter the public market arena so that organic price discovery can reveal true value. Another case in point, the SALT lending platform ICO was solid and vetted every single US investor, thousands of hours of professional due diligence followed. Nevertheless, the price dropped abruptly from the opening price and remains in recovery mode. One advisable source for ICOs is the Smith - Crown website. Unless a solid ICO is available at pre-ICO offering earliest bird discounted prices, oftentimes called the beta level, it is typically advisable to wait for a weekly chart bottom following an ICO. Regarding the COMEX gold / paper contract ratio, we’ve heard from years from the GATA.org folks that there’s simply little gold to cover the contracts, something like 1 / 100 ounces / contract and James Turk regularly warned our listeners that a force majeure could unfold at any point where the exchange simply defaulted on the gold obligations. Elsewhere, shifts in the yield curve indicate a flattening yield curve including expectations that the short yield could eclipse the longer yield by summer of 2019, as the Fed wraps up it’s rate hike cycle and the EU / China / Japan finally turn hawkish following the Fed, in turn putting the greenback under pressure. Market forces could soon favor the Yen, Yuan and Euros over the dollar in anticipation of higher yields. It could also put pressure on the US stock market advance as soon as January of 2019, as investors anticipate the rise of alternative currencies and the positive impact on competing indexes such as the Nikkei, DAX, and in Shanghai. Lastly, Trenton claims to be an an investor in the sound deck.io blockchain that could potentially ignite a creativity revolution as artists have greater incentives to create and share their best work. It is advisable that everyone do their own due diligence and remain vigilant to the risks associated with new projects.