from Stansberry Research
Investors Can Generate Massive Income from Royalties
by Greg Wilson
Casey Research
How would you like to take a $2 million investment and turn it into over $1 billion?
That’s a 50,000% return!
We all dream of investments like that.
While it sounds far-fetched, it’s a true story.
That galactic return involved a special type of deal called a royalty.
Below I’ll share the story, and I’ll explain how a royalty can generate massive wealth.
But more importantly, I’ll clue you into a new type of royalty opportunity that not many know about today.
Stocks and Precious Metals Charts – Spring – Gold and Silver Snap Back, Stocks Dip
After a deep overnight spike lower in the precious metals futures, designed to run the stops and skin the spec long out, gold and silver managed to snap back in the NY trading hours.
Early this morning I was telling some guys to look for the big cap miners and the silver fliers to lead the way higher ahead of the bullion futures if we were going to get a reversal, or at least a relief rally.
And that is what happened.
I did short the broader stock index, but only to provide a little hedge for the stock exposure in new miner longs taken on yesterday afternoon.
But that worked too, in its own right, as a little air from yesterday’s moon launch leaked out.
“Experts” Demand Submission to Restrictions for Three More Months
by Mac Slavo
SHTF Plan
The “experts” say humans don’t have the right to live freely and not be slaves to the government. They say that the rulers should avoid “lifting” COVID restrictions for several more months even though cases have plunged and their precious vaccines are being injected into anyone who will take it.
These rulers and their mainstream media propagandists have effectively built a prison around the minds of far too many people. “We should not ease up, allow indoor dining, big groups … getting rid of mask mandates. We have to hold on for another two or three months in this condition,” said Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who was a health adviser for the Obama White House and was a member of the Biden Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board. “We’re still having on average 2,000 deaths a day. We cannot become inured to that.”
Teen Chased Through Park by Crazed German Police for ‘Violating Covid Rules’
by Dan Lyman
InfoWars Europe
A teenager was hunted down by out-of-control German police officers attempting to enforce ‘COVID rules’ in a park in Hamburg last week, according to reports.
Wild footage from a chase through Jenischpark in the suburb of Othmarschen shows a 17-year-old fleeing from cops careening across a field in a police wagon as more officers pursue on foot.
The patrol vehicle can be seen spinning wildly as it almost hits two running officers before striking an obstruction and nearly crashing into the teen ‘fugitive.’
Gold & Silver Bull Catalysts, Liquidity Train, Ice-Age, Plus Quote of the Week
from King World News
Here is a look at gold and silver bull catalysts, liquidity train, ice-age, plus the quote of the week.
On A Roll
March 2 (King World News) – Holger Zschaepitz: Good morning from Germany where financial repression continues. Real yields (10y Bunds-inflation) plunged to -1.64% after inflation jumped to 1.3% in February from -1.0% in January. Real yields are now NEGATIVE for 58 consecutive months, another fresh historic record (see chart below).
About That +6.8% GDP Forecast: Remember That GDP = Waste
by Charles Hugh Smith
Of Two Minds
Any economy stupid enough to rely on the insane distortions of GDP “growth” as its primary measure will richly deserve a Darwin Award when it inevitably collapses in a putrid heap of squandered resources and capital.
We’re told the gross domestic product (GDP) measures growth, but what it really measures is waste: capital, labor and resources that are squandered and then mislabeled “growth” for PR purposes. If we only manage what we measure, then we’re mismanaging our economy by promoting waste as the only metric we measure and incentivize.
Forecasts now predict a rousing 6.8% “growth” in 2021 GDP. In other words, the amount of resources and capital being squandered is going parabolic and we love it!
50 million autos and trucks stuck in traffic, burning millions of gallons of fuel while going nowhere? Growth! All that wasted fuel adds to GDP. Everyone who works from home detracts from “growth” since they didn’t waste fuel sitting in traffic jams. That’s bad! Wasting millions of gallons of gasoline is “growth”!
What’s That Thing Called a ‘Constitution’?
by Karl Denninger
Market-Ticker.org
Amendment 5 — you know, that quaint document?
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
The CDC’s “eviction moratorium” is claimed to be for public use — to reduce the spread of Covid-19.
It is clearly a taking, by a government.
It’s unconstitutional unless the landlord, in each and every case, is fully compensated for what was taken.
Every Government agency, every employee of same and every lawmaker at all levels is charged with following the Constitution.
Party Like It’s 1984
by James Howard Kunstler
Kunstler.com
Chalk up a fatal blow to The Patriarchy. That avatar of toxic masculinity, Mr. Potato Head, has been dumped into the same humid chamber of perdition where the ghosts of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Theodore Bilbo, and Phyllis Schlafly howl and squirm — liberating the billions of potatoes world-wide from the mental prison of binary sexuality. The move by Hasbro (bro? really??) may yet disappoint the legions in Wokesterdom as a-bridge-not-far-enough while they await the debut of Transitioning Potato Head, complete with play hormone syringe and play scalpel, so that the under-six crowd can begin to map out their own gender reassignments without the meddling of Adult 1 and Adult 2, formerly known as Mommy and Daddy.
Was it mere coincidence that the action in Toyland happened the same week that one Rachel Levine was grilled in hir Senate confirmation hearing for the post as Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services? The hearing tilted toward transphobia when Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) asked zie, a little too aggressively, if they were in favor of pubescent children opting for sexual reassignment in opposition to xyr parents. The nominee, who hirself transitioned from “male” to “female” in 2011, answered that transgender medical issues are “complex and nuanced.” True (perhaps). And probably more than a Senator who transitioned from ophthalmologist to politician might appreciate.
War Zone Washington?
More than 5,000 members of the National Guard descended on Washington, D.C., following the January 6 riot.
by Christian Britschgi
Reason.com
Following the January 6 riot in which five people died, more than 5,000 members of the National Guard descended on Washington, D.C., ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The U.S. Capitol was subsequently surrounded with fencing and razor wire, and crowds of uniformed men and women lounged in the halls of Congress. “The last time there were troops sleeping in the Capitol itself was during the Civil War,” the United States Capitol Historical Society’s Jane L. Campbell told Roll Call. Plans are now underway to make many of the defenses permanent.
Church Desecration in Europe Under Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim
American Thinker
A few days after Muslim migrants firebombed an 800-year-old Swedish church twice over the course of four days — once on Jan. 20, 2021 and another on Jan. 24 — a Feb 4 report came out saying that 829 “hate crimes” against churches in Sweden have been reported between just 2012-2018, or about 138 attacks on average every year.
Thus, the churches of Sweden join those of other Western European nations that have taken in sizeable Muslim migrants. In France, for example, two churches are vandalized every day. According to a 2019 PI-News report, 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols (crucifixes, icons, statues) were registered in France in 2018. This represents a 17 percent increase compared to the previous year (2017), when 878 attacks were registered — meaning such attacks are only going from bad to worse.
Will Senator Toomey Engage in Koch-Speak at Today’s Senate Confirmation Hearing?
by Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
The Senate Banking Committee will convene today to conduct confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s nominees to fill two key Wall Street watchdog posts: Gary Gensler to Chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Rohit Chopra as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
As a result of Democrats taking control of the Senate, Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, is the new Chair of the Senate Banking Committee. Curiously, however, the prior Republican Chair of the Senate Banking Committee, the mild-mannered Mike Crapo of Idaho, is not the Ranking Member of the Committee. He has been replaced by a man far more likely to engage in aggressive Koch-speak, Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. (Toomey was all set to become the new Chair of the Senate Banking Committee but then things went south in Georgia and Democrats picked up two additional seats in the Senate.)
How Hard Did the Winter Storm Slam the Economies in Texas, Other Areas? This Index, Designed to Track the Pandemic Recovery, Shows How Hard
by Wolf Richter
Wolf Street
Nationally, visits to “places of commerce” remained anemic. Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Nashville, which had been near the top, plunged to the bottom.
The high-frequency index of people visiting “places of commerce,” designed to track the progress of the US consumer economy during the Pandemic, has inadvertently turned into a measure of just how hard Texas and other states in the south-western US were hit by the winter storm in mid-February.
The index by the American Enterprise Institute, relapsed today, counts the number of people, based on cellphone GPS data, visiting “places of commerce,” such as offices, stores, malls, restaurants, hotels, movie theaters, airports, hospitals, other places of commerce and other points of interest in the 40 largest metro areas, and compares the number of visitors in the current week (Feb 15 – Feb 21) to the week ended January 15, 2020.
Bullion Banks Sell Even More Silver: Do They Have It?
by Clint Siegner
Silver Seek
Anyone with a naked short in the silver futures market risks getting squeezed by physical buying. Demand for delivery of COMEX silver bars is rising, even as the paper price of the metal fell more than 4.5% last week.
Silver shorts sold contracts representing a whole lot more silver than they have available to deliver again last week.
The disconnect between paper prices and physical demand is getting more ridiculous by the day.
It is also getting more dangerous for COMEX market participants – long and short. The COMEX functions on confidence, which can vanish suddenly.
The Economics and Ethics of Government Default, Part II
by Kristoffer Mousten Hansen
Mises.org
The Nature of Government Debt
People holding public debt will list such debt among their assets, alongside other financial assets. The public debt, thus, at first glance looks like it is part of people’s capital invested in productive endeavors, and from the point of view of the individual investor, this is indeed the case. Investors do not necessarily look at what their funds are used for when making an investment. They are focused on the security of their principal and the expected return. However, the economist takes a different view of credit and can distinguish two general kinds of investment: consumer credit and producer credit.
Consumer credit is loans made for purposes of present consumption. Investors transfer saved funds to people who spend them on present consumption. The saved-up capital is thus destroyed or transformed into durable consumer goods such as houses and cars. Producer credit, on the other hand, is lent to entrepreneurs who wish to expand their production.
Eleven Senate Democrats Push Biden to Include Recurring Checks, Jobless Aid in Next Big Bill
The lawmakers want to phase the benefits out as economic conditions improve, so Americans in need of support do not suddenly lose aid.
by Jacob Pramuk
CNBC.com
Eleven Senate Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to put recurring direct payments and enhanced jobless benefits in the economic recovery plan he will try to pass this year.
In a letter to the president announced Tuesday, the lawmakers said Congress should not cut off additional support to workers while the economy recovers from Covid. Though the senators did not say how large they want the payments to be or how often they want them to come, they said they hope the aid will phase out only as the job market improves.
“This crisis is far from over, and families deserve certainty that they can put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads,” the senators wrote. “Families should not be at the mercy of constantly-shifting legislative timelines and ad hoc solutions.”