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Smart Macro: Short-Term Bounce in Housing, Leading Employment Indicators Turn Negative

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April 21, 2023 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Financial Sense Wealth Management CIO Chris Puplava discusses the latest data on housing, which has seen a slight rebound in some metrics, and why this is likely to be temporary given what we see in a wide range of other leading indicators. If...

Housing Recovery Doubtful Amid Affordability Crisis, Recessionary Headwinds

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Apr 18, 2023 – US housing has seen a moderate surge in activity as mortgage rates have fallen from their highs. Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows an array of recent data on housing affordability, new and...

A Titanic Mistake: Why a Fed Pause Will Not Avert Recession

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Apr 12, 2023 – The tightening of lending standards by banks, even before the collapse of SVB, is making it difficult for consumers and businesses to borrow, resulting in a decline in loans outstanding. The NFIB Small Business lobby surveys small businesses each month and...

Weekly Update: Deposit Outflow from Banks Continues

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April 10, 2023 – People persist in withdrawing funds from the banking system. Initially, the exodus targeted small, regional banks and shifted towards larger institutions, but now both small and large banks are experiencing the impact...

Smart Macro: Narrow Market Meets Economic Turning Point

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Apr 7, 2023 – Are we at a major turning point in the economy? Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, explains how government data often fails to identify crucial turning points, and warns that we may be experiencing one...

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Weekly Update: Corporate Debt Issuance Slowing to a Crawl

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Mar 27, 2023 – Corporate debt issuance has slowed to a crawl, showing signs of freezing. The same condition appears to be occurring in the junk bond markets as well. Today, we ask the question of whether things are getting better or...

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Chris Puplava on Rapid Change to Fed Policy Outlook, Labor Market Turn

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Mar 24, 2023 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Chris Puplava, Chief Investment Officer at Financial Sense Wealth Management, discusses how the stock market is seeing a short-term rally on hopes that the Federal Reserve is nearing...

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Weekend Edition: Markets Rocked by Rate Hike Fears, Largest US Bank Failure Since 2008

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Mar 10, 2023 – It was an eventful week for stocks: Fed Chairman Jay Powell signaled the possibility of much higher rates and a major bank in Silicon Valley went bust, the largest such failure since the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. Today...

Weekly Update: US Facing 'Great Reset' on $6T in Debt

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Mar 7, 2023 – Interest rates are on the rise and it's not just the US economy that's affected but also the US government as a whole. Financial Sense Wealth Management CIO Chris Puplava shows how $6 trillion of US debt is due this year and...

Big Picture: Is the Commodity Bull Market Still Intact?

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Mar 3, 2023 – After this week's wrap-up, Financial Sense's Jim Puplava speaks with Jim Welsh at Macro Tides and Ryan Sweet at Oxford Economics about the outlook for the economy and the markets. Then, in the latter half of today's program...

Weekly Update: Why March Is Likely to Be Key Inflection Point for the Market

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Feb 28, 2023 – There was a significant switch in the Wall Street narrative in January-February of this year from fears over a hard-landing recession to a 'no landing' scenario. Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, discusses what led to...

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Weekend Edition: John Roque, Greg Weldon Discuss Market and Economic Outlook

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Feb 24, 2023 – After this week's market wrap-up with Ryan Puplava, Financial Sense Newshour interviews John Roque and Greg Weldon about this week's sell-off in the markets as Wall Street now grapples with stickier inflation and higher...

Weekly Update: Banks Are Tightening Up, Here's What That Means for Corporate Profits and the Economy

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Feb 14, 2023 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how bank lending standards point to a further weakening of the US economy as well as further pressure on corporate profits. Chris discusses how the business cycle...

Weekly Update: The Truth Behind Last Week's Blowout Jobs Report

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Feb 7, 2023 – Last week the US received a blowout jobs report for the month of January exceeding all economists' expectations. There's just one major problem: the majority of hiring was for lower paying services jobs while higher paid...

Next Move in Yields Will Likely Determine Market's Fate

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Jan 23, 2023 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how the next move in government bond yields will likely determine whether the market trends higher or lower from current levels...

Weekend Edition: US Debt Ceiling Trouble, Rural Backlash Against Renewables, and Anti-Dollar Investing

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Jan 20, 2023 – After this week's market wrap-up report, Financial Sense Newshour speaks with Gene Inger to discuss his technical outlook on the market. Next, energy expert Robert Bryce explains the increasing backlash by rural communities across...

Weekly Update: US Debt Markets Likely to Face Trouble This Year

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Jan 17, 2023 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how a whopping third of outstanding US debt is set to mature this year alone at the same time that foreign institutions and investors are stepping back from...

It May Be Time to Rethink Your 401K Investment Strategy

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Jan 17, 2023 – Did you know employers can face lawsuits over a 401(k) they provide their employees? Jim and Chris Puplava discuss the two most common causes for such lawsuits and the minimum steps that should be taken...

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Weekly Update: Preparing for a Hard Landing

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Jan 10, 2023 – According to the data we show today, the odds are very high for a recession to occur this year and this is not yet priced into the market. Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, covers a wide array of data...

Weekly Update: Fed Rate 'Pivots' Are Not the Most Important Thing for the Market

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Dec 5 – With signs of a weakening US and global economy, there is a growing amount of talk around a 'Fed pivot' away from further tightening. However, this is not the most important thing to the market outlook. Today, we show the message coming from...

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