Brent Crude continues to climb above the $40 a barrel mark as the OPEC+ team and U.S. companies cut back on production while consumption is increasing. U.S. oil production is likely to fall by 50 percent over the next 12 months, according to an 18 June analysis published by Oilprice.com. The number of oil and...
Tag: jun 23 2020
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GOLD SHINES, DOLLAR DIVING
As Trend Journal subscribers well know, we were the first to call the “Gold Bull Run” a year ago when gold was trading at $1,332 per ounce. Today, gold hit its highest level since October 2012, up $17, closing at $1,770 as the dollar descended. After the U.S. government went some $3 trillion deeper in...
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DANGER ZONE: INDIA/CHINA BORDER DISPUTE HEATING UP
For decades, there have been ongoing border disputes between India and China in the remote Himalayan region that stretches 2,200 miles. What is referred to as the “Line of Actual Control” has never officially been agreed on. Escalation of military conflict between China and India in this region has been a global concern for many...
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WELCOME TO “GENERATION LOCKDOWN”
Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials all have had their stresses and challenges, but none had to come of age during an unprecedented global shutdown. In Europe, the new generation born just before and after the year 2000 is now being referred to in some circles as “Generation Lockdown.” While it’s well documented that over...
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LONELINESS LOCKDOWN BLUES
As we have noted from the outset of the COVID War, the politicians, with their rules and regulations, have sucked the joy out of life. And the people are feeling it. Human beings are hard-wired through evolution to work in groups and socialize. Yet, in America, a loneliness trend has been growing recently. As reported...
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MORE SELLING OF COVID FEAR: TINY NUMBERS, BIG DEAL
It was headline news last week. Front pages in newspapers and top Breaking News on TV: COVID-19 returned home to China. Coronavirus: Beijing spike continues with 36 new cases Another 36 cases were also recorded on Saturday. The city had previously seen no new cases in more than 50 days. – BBC, 15 June China...
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SCARING THE YOUNG, KILLING THE OLD
Little children, much too young to think for themselves, are now growing up with fear, anxiety and mistrust of others as part of the New ABnormal. What will their lives be like, going to school, socially distanced from classmates, and interacting in a fear-based culture? And those in charge are instilling fear among the young...
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MASKED BY MASKS
For those who remember the TV series “The Lone Ranger,” each episode ended with people saved by the heroic figure to utter, “Who was that masked man?” There was a reason the Lone Ranger was always virtually “alone”: masks are mostly associated with not wanting to be recognized for who one really is… a bank...
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FACE MASKS: DANGERS & THE DEMENTED
As we have been reporting continuously in the Trends Journal for months, there are no strong epidemiological studies or scientific evidence concluding that healthy people wearing face masks will significantly prevent the spread of the virus. And the mainstream media, such as CNN, which began spreading the COVID Fear and Hysteria from the onset, even...
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U.S. MARKETS
As we have made abundantly clear in the Trends Journal with copious facts and figures, the rise in the equity markets on Wall Street have no correlation to the dire economic conditions that have hit Main Street. We have been reporting since last year, when the Federal Reserve pumped some $7 trillion into the repo...
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