If Governments could create jobs by instituting this policy of that plan, why aren’t they? 

There is something they can definitely do, then again that isn’t going to satisfy all those who want Government to regulate or tax society to death. 

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Big Picture transformations that will impact you in an unusually positive way over the next 10 -20 Years. 

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“Predicting the behavior of a sunspot cycle is fairly reliable once the cycle is well underway.” MSFC-NASA

“My opinion is that we are heading into a Maunder Minimum,” saidMark Giampapa, a solar physicist at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Tucson, Arizona. “I’m seeing a continuation in the decline of the sunspots’ mean magnetic field strengths and a weakening of the polar magnetic fields and subsurface flows.”

Meanwhile a sudden flight to lower yields via up ticking CPI and global equity valuation fear. Notice the TSX Real Estate index has been in a trading range since the summer of 2012 and has failed to break through the spring 2013 top. It’s similar to the Canadian real 10 year yield and if that plunges with more CAD dollar sell off, we will probably see more unwillingness to subsidize equity positions, and real estate appraisers (and margin clerks) will become busy again. DIY here.

…more articles HERE

Did you miss Michael Campbell’s World Outlook Financial Conference last weekend? 

5:36pm – Friday, January 31st, Vancouver BC

I don’t remember being as excited about a program as I am about this year’s World Outlook Conference. There is big stuff happening. And you are at the right place, and this is clearly the right time. One of the things we’ve done at the Outlook Conference, I think, is given remarkable advice over the years – well, it’s been 25 years actually. You do that by bringing together the best analysts in the English speaking world. And that’s what I do.

Michael Campbell

Did you miss Michael Campbell’s World Outlook Financial Conference last weekend? 

Don’t worry – we filmed it all, so you can watch – online, where and when you want – as often as you want. See short, mid and long term forecasts on world markets, gold, oil and gas, high tech, real estate and commodities. Plus you’ll get specific stock picks, favourite trades and portfolio protection ideas.

CLICK HERE for the complete agenda and list of speakers including Martin Armstrong, Peter Grandich, Ryan Irvine and 8 other speakers.

Or ORDER and start watching right now!

… and the one question I will not answer until Saturday.

Let me ask you a question – would you really be surprised if there was another major financial shock in 2014 – maybe coming out of China’s shadow banking system? Or maybe arising from the civil unrest in evidence in so many areas of the world as predicted by Martin Armstrong’s incredibly accurate Cycle of War model.

No one should ignore the currency implosions in the emerging markets. Venezuela devalued its bolivar by 44% last week while the black market price is still 600% lower.  Argentina’s peso dropped 16% in a single day, while Turkey was forced to raise its bank rate by 4.5% to over 12% on Tuesday after the lira’s precipitous fall. 

But the question is – what are these abrupt devaluations telling us. What warning are they giving investors?

And what about the impact of the declining Canadian dollar – down 11% since this time last year with not even a technical bounce so far. Is it too late to move money into the US dollar as Martin Armstrong and Jack Crooks we clearly advising at last year’s World Outlook Conference?

What about the over all weakness in the stock market? January looks like it is about to go negative, which a ton of analysts think is very significant for the market performance for the rest of the year – (The January Effect). Peter Grandich issued a bear signal for only the fourth time in 30 years on January 1. Looks like a great call so far. (Peter was one of only two analysts I know to issue a very clear big sell signal in October, 2007 at the market top.)

I’m not sure what it would take to get most people’s attention but clearly some major events are unfolding. I think that deep down most of us appreciate the utter B.S. of pretending that the escalation of government debt and deficits, the massive central bank intervention and the failure to address the aging population and unfunded liabilities comes without consequences. I think even the least sophisticated among us suspect that at some point government finances have to make sense on both a personal level and a societal level.

While I have consistently stated over the past three years that the market wants to go higher – thank primarily to the easy money policies of the Federal Reserves and other central banks – things have changed. The Fed is now tapering and the implications are already being felt in the emerging market currency devaluations.

If those devaluations are Act 1 – what is Act 2? Is the market weakness in January just the first sign? If so it’s a bit scary. 

This is the context that we are operating in today. So how do you move forward when there is so much uncertainty? How do you manage your risk in this environment? Where do you put your money for safety?

There are no easy answers to these questions but personally I’m incredibly interested in the opinions of some of the best analysts I know like the incomparable Martin Armstrong; Timer’s Digest Timer of the Year, Mark Leibovit; the original Wall Street Whiz Kid, Peter Grandich and Canada’s top independent oil analyst, Josef Schachter. All will be speaking at the World Outlook Conference this Friday night and Saturday. 

They’ll be joined by a host of other top analysts including Keystone Financial’s Ryan Irvine who will be delivering his World Outlook Small Cap portfolio, which in all the years he’s been doing it has always returned more than 20%.

There is a lot more happening at the Conference including some essential personal finance workshops and a big emphasis on opportunities in tech investing. And as an added FREE BONUS this year – your ticket to the Outlook also gets you a free pass to the Opportunities in Private Equities seminars. 

In case you don’t know, private equities were previously only the domain of big pools of capital like pension funds or very wealthy individuals but recent changes have made them available to individuals like us. This will be a great chance to learn more about them – and as I said, it’s a free bonus with your Outlook ticket purchase.

Finally – I know you are busy. I looked at Friday night’s tv schedule – you’d be missing Undercover Boss and Hollywood Game Night but we all have to make sacrifices to secure our financial future. We’ve worked hard to bring some of the best analysts in the business to help you navigate the massive financial changes ahead. January has been chaotic in the financial markets. It has witnessed incredible social unrest. Our models tell us this is just the beginning for 2014.

The One Question I Won’t Answer ‘Til Saturday

I’m getting a ton of questions about who my surprise special interview guest will be on Saturday afternoon at 1:30.  All I will tell you is that it is special and it will be a surprise but I am not saying more than that. You’ll have to attend to find out who it is.

Finally

There are going to be some big losers and some winners in the market – our goal is to put you in the latter group. And the World Outlook Conference track record suggests that we can do it. I hope you make time to join us.

For information go to www.moneytalks.net and click on the “Events” button on the top.

I hope to see you there – please come up and say hi.

Mike

Host of Corus Radio’s MoneyTalks

P.S. LATE BREAKING NEWS

Black Swan Trading’s top currency analyst, Jack Crooks, the man who told last year’s Outlook audience to get out of the loonie and purchase the US dollar, as well as recommending selling the yen short (he closed the trade in May for a 300% profit) – has just agreed to join our Saturday Super Panel live from Florida.

In addition Greg Weldon, the analyst most read by other analysts will join the Super Panel live from New Jersey along with Moneytalk’s Victor Adair and Timer’s Digest Timer of the Year, Mark Leibovit. Our four super stars will be asked just two questions:

1. What will the biggest surprise of 2014 be?

2. What’s your best money making idea?