by Chris Martenson, Peak Prosperity:

Chris and I have been clear about this: the central banks inflated the post-GFC “recovery” much higher and for much longer than we thought possible.

Multiples higher. And years longer.

So to much of the world, Peak Prosperity’s warnings of the inevitable repercussions were dismissable. Hey, the sky’s not falling and my portfolio continues to go up each month. Therefore, you guys are wrong.

Hard logic to argue with when the ears are then shut.

So we’ve simply persevered, confident that once the central banks’ happy juice begins to wear thin, the reality we’ve been predicting will re-assert itself. And those who have been listening to us and following our advice will be the better prepared ones.

And it finally seems like that time has arrived.

Many of the developments we’ve predicted are fast unfolding. Such as:

• Last November, in Earn More On Your Cash Savings (With Less Risk), we noted that interest rates had bottomed and were likely headed higher. We pointed about the wisdom of purchasing short-term Tbills with your ‘dry powder’ cash reserves using the TreasuryDirect program to get 20x or higher returns than the banks offer. Since then, interest rates have continued to rise and are now nearly double what they were when we issued our report.


• Last December 9th, in If You Don’t Own Any Bitcoin Read This, we counseled folks to resist the FOMO, warning of a coming South Sea-style bubble burst price wipeout in the crypto space. The Bitcoin mania topped out a week later, and is since down 75%. The other cryptos are down substantially more.


• This June & July, in A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall and The Case For Starting To Build A (Small) Short Position, we noted the mutiplying fundamental and technical reasons why the markets looked weak. So weak that we felt those with a speculative bent and sufficient reserve capital could consider taking a short position. Two months later, the markets began rolling over and are down ~10% from recent highs.


• Concurrent with our general market warning, in The FAANG-nary In The Coal Mine, we specifically cautioned investors about the vulnerability of the perennial-darling FAANG stocks. Since then, most FAANG stocks are down ~20%

The point here is that developments are finally beginning to align much better with the reality-based lens we look through here at PeakProsperity.com.

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