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The one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has seen countless emotional news segments and heartstring-plucking articles, wall-to-wall social media posts, and public demonstrations decrying the evils of Vladimir Putin throughout the western world.

For what's probably the first "anti-war" protest of most of their lives, American liberals gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC over the weekend to bravely condemn the leader of a foreign government thousands of miles away. There they were joined by empire managers like the virulent warmonger Samantha Power, who spoke at the rally opposing Russian warmongering at the capital of the most warlike nation on the planet.

For the last year, mainstream westerners have been using this war to act out their fantasies of being courageous up-punching anti-imperialists, fighting powerful bloodthirsty tyrants in defense of the needful, all while living directly under the thumb of the most tyrannical regime in the world. They mindlessly regurgitate the propaganda of the most powerful empire that has ever existed, parrot the same lines that are already being said all day long by all the most powerful institutions in the western world, all in service of the hegemonic agendas of the largest and most murderous power structure on earth, while pretending to be standing in opposition to the powerful.
The way the war in Ukraine allows mainstream liberals to play-act as rebellious anti-imperialists is a good illustration of how the empire gives people the illusion of fighting the power without their ever opposing the empire.
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We saw this same trend take place in the US throughout the Trump administration, where mainstream liberals branded themselves "The Resistance" like they were socialist revolutionaries or insurgents opposing Hitler in Nazi-occupied France. In reality Trump's presidency had little actual impact on the comforts of their lives, because beneath all the narratives Trump was a fairly normal US president whose most heinous crimes were all of the customary variety we see in all US presidents — including his predecessor and his successor. Democrats just spent four years LARPing as brave revolutionaries, and then he left office and the game ended.

In exactly the same way, Trump's presidency allowed right wingers to pretend they were part of a movement against the establishment, despite Trump never actually challenging the establishment in any meaningful way. They believed he was fighting the Deep State even after he imprisoned Assange. They believed he was "ending the wars" even as he ramped up aggressions against Russia which helped bring us to where we are today, killed tens of thousands of Venezuelans with starvation sanctions, vetoed attempts to save Yemen from U.S.-backed genocide, worked to foment civil war in Iran using starvation sanctions and CIA ops with the stated goal of effecting regime change, occupied Syrian oil fields with the goal of preventing Syria’s reconstruction, greatly increased the number of troops in the Middle East and elsewhere, greatly increased the number of bombs dropped per day from the previous administration killing record numbers of civilians, and reduced military accountability for those airstrikes. They believed he was draining the swamp after packing his cabinet with establishment swamp monsters.

Trump supporters are just George W Bush supporters LARPing as Ron Paul supporters. They role-play a fight against the empire that is never actually happening anywhere except in their imaginations.

Everyone Was Wrong About Trump
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For four years this went on, with Democrats acting like they were fighting the power because Trump was the power and Republicans acting like they were fighting the power because Trump's enemies were the power. And the entire time real power went completely unchallenged, because the empire always marches forward regardless of the imperial puppet who's sitting in the White House.

And as the war drums with China heat up we're seeing Trump supporters turn into the mirror image of the mindless Ukraine flag-waving liberals we're seeing today, swallowing every narrative their media feeds them right down their throats without the slightest twinge of critical thinking gag reflex. Now we're seeing the same people who used to spew vitriol about Muslims in the Middle East suddenly metamorphose into heroic human rights champions for Muslims in Xinjiang, and the same people who've been shining the bright light of truth on propaganda about Russia suddenly switch it off because they believe Biden is a Xi Jinping puppet.
Imperial narrative managers actively foster these delusions of revolution and up-punching among the mainstream herd because it's a great way to kill the possibility of any real revolutionary zeitgeist. If you can give people the illusion that they are fighting the power without their ever actually fighting the power, then you can always remain in power.

It doesn't take much. Just a few trusted voices in their ideological echo chamber posing as passionate opponents of tyranny and abuse, and people's natural desire to oppose those things does the rest. It naturally feels right to oppose the depravity of the powerful on behalf of the weak and defenseless; all they have to do is divert that healthy human impulse into something illusory.

Here's hoping enough of us learn to see through the illusion one day.
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Contrarian Speculator Reveals:The Great Monetary “Reset” of 2023
How You Can Be on the Right Side of the Largest Wealth Transfer in History
Join a new class of multi-millionaires…
or get knocked down the economic ladder forever.

America is on the cusp of its worst crisis in nearly a century...
We’re staring at a multi-faceted catastrophe unlike any we’ve seen before... and the time to prepare is short.
That’s precisely why we have put together this urgent briefing.
It very well could end up being the most important dispatch you’ll read all year.

What you’ll see in the next few minutes could forever change your thoughts about what’s in store for America in the coming weeks…
And YOUR financial future.
Ray Dalio, the world's largest hedge fund founder, recently said the coming crisis will be:
Bigger than what happened in 2008.”
But that could prove to be far too optimistic...
Here’s the bottom line.

We are at a critical juncture, and what’s coming next could change everything.
We will likely see incredible volatility in the financial markets as thousands of businesses potentially go bankrupt and inflation spirals out of control.
It could decimate your life savings, 401(k)s, IRAs, pensions, and Social Security.
But we’re not just talking about a stock market crash or a currency collapse…
It’s something much bigger… with the potential to alter the fabric of society forever.

And usher in the largest wealth transfer in history.
In fact, even though most people don’t realize it, this transfer of wealth has already started... and is now accelerating.
Those who do nothing to prepare—especially those at or near retirement—are looking at a disaster of biblical proportions.
Prospering—or just holding on to what you already have—won’t be easy.

That’s why the actions you take today could radically alter your life.
The good news is that you don’t have to become a victim...
You have to decide—basically right now—how you’re going to play your cards.
Unfortunately, following conventional financial advice is likely a recipe for disaster in this environment.
It’s crucial that you can sift through the noise, misinformation, and outright propaganda to put the pieces together correctly to see the true Big Picture.
Countless millions throughout history were wiped out financially—or worse— in times of profound change because they failed to see the Big Picture and take appropriate action.

Don’t be one of them.
The rest of this dispatch will give you the tools to show you how.
Let us be clear. This is not a vague prediction.
We’ve seen the exact same story play out on a smaller scale dozens of times around the world.
A common feature is that once financial crises are set in motion, there’s nothing that can stop them. So you might as well find a way to profit from them—if you can see them coming.

In short, the coming crisis doesn’t have to blindside you, your family, or your portfolio.
Quite the contrary.
We’ve mentioned what happens to people who get the Big Picture wrong.
But what if you get the Big Picture right?

You can not only avoid financial disaster but can set yourself up to potentially make life-changing profits and join a new class of multi-millionaires.
That’s the difference between being on the right and wrong side of the ongoing wealth transfer.
It’s a rare fortune-building opportunity for those who see the writing on the wall and take the proper action today.

One Simple Concept
Wealth is not going to disappear. It's just going to change hands...
From those who don’t understand what is happening to those who do.
In fact, the historic wealth transfer is already underway… and it could be a disaster for most people.
But it could be a fortune-building opportunity of a lifetime for the select few who understand what is happening and position themselves accordingly.
Today, we will show you what we think is the best way to be on the right side of this massive wealth transfer… including where and how to get positioned in three niche areas of the market.

All you have to do is make a financial move that anyone can use regardless of their investing experience or level of wealth.
The Rothschilds and other wealthy families have been using this technique for centuries.
During the Great Depression, legendary investor Sir John Templeton used this move to triple his money and eventually become a billionaire. He remarked, “The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.”
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As told in the movie The Big Short, a group of hedge fund managers who saw the housing crash coming used this strategy to make a fortune.
Warren Buffett—one of the greatest investors of all time—once said: “You want to be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy.” He made an estimated $10 billion with this approach after the 2008 crisis.

Dozens of the most successful investors—like Ray Dalio—are using it right now.
We’ve personally used this strategy many times to generate enormous profits—including a 10x return in the wake of the March 2020 Covid stock market crash, as we'll discuss later.
However, this financial move is a complete secret to 99% of investors.
That’s why, today, we are pulling back the curtain to show you how anyone can do it too.
And potentially build an entire nest egg in one move—right from your home computer.
Just think if you were able to make a life-changing profit from a single trade…
It could mean setting you up to live the life you want.

1. You wouldn't have to work again… or worry about scraping by in retirement.
2. You could travel the world in First Class.
3. You could buy a new vacation home on the beach.
4. And you could have plenty left to help your family.

Instead of getting wiped out by the coming crisis, imagine multiplying your money by 5x, 10x, 22x, or more in just a matter of months…
These are the kinds of opportunities we’re aiming for here.
Let us clarify...

1. You do NOT need to buy any cryptocurrency.
2. You do NOT need to trade options.
3. You do NOT need to short stocks.
4. You do NOT need to use margin, debt, or other complicated strategies.

All you need is a regular brokerage account that you probably already have.
So, let's take a closer look at what is happening and how to get positioned for enormous profits as all plays out.
The Great Financial “Reset”
We’re on the cusp of a global monetary reset that could see...

1. A supranational digital currency replaces the US dollar
2. The end of paper currency
3. The birth of an Orwellian surveillance system that monitors and controls every penny you earn, save, and spend

Unfortunately, the pieces of such a system are already being put into place.
A necessary first step is to weaken the US dollar significantly… and then offer the new system as a solution.
To do that, they would have to transfer the value out of the dollar and send it somewhere else.

It could be the biggest wealth transfer in history… and those holding US dollars would be on the losing end.
Here's how we think it is all going to play out...

The Largest Wealth Transfer in History
The primary weapon they are using is the printing press of the Federal Reserve and other central banks.
It's the mechanism to transfer wealth away from ordinary savers and investors and redirect it somewhere else.
For example, did you know the US government has printed more money recently than it has for its entire existence?
In just a matter of months recently, the US government has expanded the money supply by more than 40%.
It’s the biggest monetary explosion that has ever occurred in the US.

In short, if your after-tax wealth hasn't increased by 40% over the past year or so, then you aren't keeping pace with the monetary debasement.

You are on the road to serfdom.
But that’s nothing compared to what is ahead of us.
The coming money printing could be unlike anything we’ve ever seen before…
And it will likely lead to the biggest wealth transfer in history…

If you are holding US dollars, stocks, or bonds… that value could be siphoned off by the money printing and sent somewhere else… unless you take action today to position yourself.

Consider this.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the total federal deficit for the next ten years to be over $15 trillion... and that's with the unrealistic assumption that there will never be a recession.
In other words, unless Congress makes some politically impossible decisions to cut spending, the US government will have endless multitrillion-dollar deficits.
So, who will finance this, conservatively, $15 trillion shortfall?
The only entity capable is the Federal Reserve’s printing presses.

Allow me to simplify it into three steps.
Step #1: Congress spends trillions more than the federal government takes in from taxes.
Step #2: The Treasury issues debt to cover the difference.
Step #3: The Federal Reserve creates currency out of thin air to buy the debt.
In other words, the US government couldn’t even dream of financing its budget deficits without printing money.
This is what Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is all about. It’s a policy of printing money to finance growing multitrillion-dollar deficits forever.
Unfortunately, not only is MMT already here, but it’s about to go hyperbolic.
It all happened faster than anyone could have imagined. There was no debate or discussion, and voters didn’t get to weigh in. Instead, the government just implemented MMT.

Here’s how hedge fund legend Paul Tudor Jones describes it:
The depth and magnitude of the economic drop-off took Modern Monetary Theory – or the direct monetization of massive fiscal spending – from the theoretical to practice without any debate. It has happened globally with such speed that even a market veteran, like myself, was left speechless.”
There’s another powerful reason the US government can’t stop—or even slow down—the printing presses.

That is because inflation is a big bonus to debtors. It allows you to borrow in dollars and repay in dimes.
And since the US government is the biggest debtor in the history of the world, it is the single largest beneficiary of inflation.
The amount of federal debt is so extreme that even a return of interest rates to their historical average would mean paying an interest expense that would consume more than half of tax revenues.

If that were to happen, interest expense would eclipse Social Security and defense spending and become the largest item in the federal budget.
Further, with price increases soaring to 40-year highs, a return to the historical average interest rate will not be enough to reign in inflation—not even close.
A drastic rise in interest rates is needed.

However, if that happened, it would mean that the US government is paying more for the interest expense than it takes in from taxes.
In short, the Federal Reserve is trapped.

Raising interest rates high enough to dent inflation would bankrupt the US government.
Here’s the bottom line.
The US government has no choice but to continue printing ever-increasing amounts of currency to finance itself—notwithstanding any token moves to tighten.
In short, we’re looking at is the most reckless monetary policy in the history of the US…
It’s a doom loop from which they cannot escape.
The people really in charge know and understand all of this.

In short, the US government is fast approaching the financial endgame.
It needs to raise interest rates to combat out-of-control inflation… but can’t because it would cause its bankruptcy.
In other words, it’s game over.

They have no choice but to “reset” the system—that’s what governments do when they are trapped.

Here’s the bottom line.
The current monetary system is on its way out. Even the central bankers running the system can see that.
So they are preparing for what comes next as they attempt to “reset” the system.
I suspect it could all go down soon… and it’s not going to be pretty.

It’s going to result in an enormous wealth transfer from you to the parasitical class—politicians, central bankers, and those connected to them.
All of this could have enormous consequences for YOU and YOUR portfolio.
This rampant money printing could have the effect of transferring wealth out of anyone holding US dollars, stocks, and bonds... and diverting it somewhere else.
In other words, if you do nothing, you could be on the wrong side of this historic wealth shift.

That wealth could be transferred out of the savings of millions of people and routed somewhere else…
It would be a financial disaster for most people.
It could also be a catastrophe for much of the stock and bond markets as thousands of businesses potentially go bankrupt and inflation spirals out of control.
It could decimate your life savings, 401(k)s, IRAs, pensions, and Social Security.

That's why being exposed to the broad financial markets could be a recipe for disaster.
You need to be positioned in the niche areas of the market where the wealth is likely to flow as the transfer gets underway in earnest in the weeks ahead.

Here’s the bottom line.
Unfortunately, there is nothing anyone can do to stop the Great Monetary Reset.
The only thing you can do is to try to make sure you're on the receiving end of the wealth transfer.
Later, we’ll reveal three ways you can do just that.

It's a unique moneymaking situation that you won't hear about anywhere in the news…
And it could create a whole new class of post-crisis multi-millionaires from everyday people on Main Street.
How You Can Be On the Right Side

It bears repeating…
In the coming crisis and monetary reset, wealth will not get destroyed. It is just going to change hands.
The key is to observe distortions in the markets and position yourself to profit.

In other words, you can’t change the waves in the ocean, but you can learn how to surf them.
That’s how anyone—no matter your investing experience or level of wealth—can learn how to "flip" the coming financial chaos into a fortune.
The bigger the distortion, the bigger the profit potential...
And there is no bigger distortion than all the money printing and currency debasement going on right now.
Making the right moves—or not—today can mean the difference between making a crippling mistake and potentially profiting from the most unprecedented wealth-building opportunity of our time.

Luckily for you, we're revealing everything.
We will show you how to get exclusive access to a renowned contrarian speculator and international investor.
His unique insights will give you an unfair advantage with information and analysis that most won't have.
Now, we’d like to introduce you to Nick Giambruno.

Nick is the Founder of The Financial Underground, an independent research provider, and Editor in Chief of its premium investment research publication Contra Speculator.
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Nick Giambruno is a Frequent Speaker at Investment Conferences Around the World
Nick travels the world searching for lucrative investment opportunities in overlooked and misunderstood markets.
He is a longtime friend and colleague of legendary investor and best-selling author Doug Casey.
I've known Nick, and we've worked together closely since we met in Beirut well over a decade ago.

Let me say that of the many people I've known in the investment business, Nick stands out for sterling ethics, logical and independent thinking, broad knowledge and experience, and excellent judgment.

That's why I always read what he writes—and suggest others do the same.
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Doug Casey, Legendary Investor, and Best-Selling Author
Nick has been to over 60 countries and met with countless heads of state, central bankers, presidents, and prime ministers.
He has been to Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Haiti, Turkey, Argentina, Syria, Nicaragua, Bosnia, Colombia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Iran, and many other volatile countries most people wouldn't dare go to.

Nick's “boots on the ground” approach gives him unique insights into what is really happening in the world and the trends that move financial markets.
Nick specializes in identifying distortions in the markets and finding ways to generate enormous gains from them.

He's been to countless countries that have experienced hyperinflation and banking crises… he knows what really happens during a monetary reset and what you should do.
Nick is known for spotting Big Picture geopolitical and economic trends ahead of the crowd and finding investments with the potential for life-changing profits.
Nick has a proven track record of seeing crises before they come and knowing how to get positioned.

Below we highlight some examples of the biggest wins from his personal portfolio and previous recommendations from earlier in his investment research career.
But, of course, it is not a full track record, and not every trade was a winner. And past performance is not an indication of future results. But it does give an idea on the kinds of opportunities he is aiming for.

Turning the Covid Crash Into a 10-Bagger
Recall the Covid stock market crash of 2020, where the S&P 500 abruptly tanked 34%.
Millions of investors were hit hard.
However, Nick made a single trade recommendation that led to a 996% gain in less than ten months.
That’s more than a 10x return... and turns every $10,000 invested into $109,600.
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Scoring Big Profits Amid Cyprus Banking Crisis
Then there was the financial crisis in Cyprus.
That's when a sovereign debt crisis morphed into a banking collapse, and the government confiscated customer deposits.
Panic quickly spread. Cyprus' stock market crashed more than 90% from its previous peak, and most investors left it for dead.
And that’s when it caught Nick’s attention.

Crises and extreme markets don't scare him away. They attract his interest.
Nick immediately caught a flight to Cyprus and went to work.
Shortly after landing, he was in a private meeting with the CEO of the Cyprus stock exchange. And visiting the headquarters of the most well-run businesses in the country.
He identified several compelling stocks and flipped Cyprus’ crisis into a lucrative investment opportunity.

1. Two retail-focused stocks nearly doubled, both gaining 97%.
2. A technology company more than doubled, soaring 172%
3. A luxury hotel operator more than triples, gaining 214%

Upon hearing what Nick had done in Cyprus, the legendary investor and best-selling author Jim Rogers had this to say:
That's brilliant, I wish I had thought of it.

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Jim Rogers, Legendary Investor, and Best-Selling Author
Months after Nick visited Cyprus and made his recommendations, billionaires Wilbur Ross and Daniel Loeb also decided to invest in Cyprus in a big way.
Lessons From the Land of Starving Billionaires
If you’ve ever seen Zimbabwe in the news, it probably wasn’t positive.
There's a good reason for that.

The country has been in crisis for years. Hyperinflation has totally destroyed the local currency and brought havoc to the economy.
Nonetheless, Zimbabwe is rich in natural resources… gold, platinum, diamonds, and fertile farmland.
That’s why Nick organized a trip there with legendary investor Doug Casey.
During his "boots on the ground" trip, Nick uncovered an investment opportunity that would double.
Nick also met with Gideon Gono, the man who made everyone “trillionaires.”
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From left to right: Nick Giambruno, Doug Casey, Gideon Gono
Gono was the head of Zimbabwe's central bank during the infamous 2008-2009 hyperinflation.
His signature is on the 100-trillion-dollar Zimbabwe note. It’s the largest denomination of any bill ever printed.
Today, it’s completely worthless, except for novelty use.
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During the meeting, Gono recalled his dilemma as the head of the central bank in the 2000s.
Zimbabwe was flat broke at the time. And it needed to pay the army.
Now, you're asking for serious trouble if you don't pay the army in any country. But it’s especially critical in Africa.
Stiffing the Zimbabwean army would have immediately invited a coup.
Printing money was the only way the government could pay the army and its other bills. There was no other option.

So when the government ordered Gono to print, he printed.
Gono described it as being “in a car without gas,” with the government ordering him to drive from point A to point B.
In other words, they gave him an impossible task.

Gono and everyone else knew what they were doing.
You didn’t need to be a financial genius to see that printing money to cover rising deficits would eventually result in hyperinflation.
And that's precisely what happened.
The Gono episode shows the dark force behind central banks.

Even though most politicians, economists, and mainstream pundits won't admit it, central banks exist to help governments finance themselves by stealthily transferring wealth away from the average person's savings.
It’s the hidden, but real, reason why central banks exist.

What Gono did is no different than what the Federal Reserve is doing right now.

The result was a disaster for the average Zimbabwean... and it will be a disaster for the average American as well.
It transferred all the wealth stored in Zimbabwe dollars and moved it somewhere else—namely to those with scarce and valuable assets.
In a minute, we'll show you what you can do to not only protect yourself but potentially make transformative profits as this familiar pattern plays out closer to home.

Triple-Digit Profits in Ukraine
In 2014, protesters built a large encampment in Maidan, Kyiv's central square.
Riot police skirmished with them from time to time.
Then everything came to a head when mysterious snipers opened fire on both the protestors and the police. They killed over 90 people.
The protestors used the incident as a catalyst to storm the presidential palace.

Ukraine’s pro-Russian president promptly fled the country.
It was indeed a "blood in the streets" situation.
Investor sentiment had reached the point of maximum pessimism.

The Ukrainian stock market had crashed over 95% from its previous peak in US dollar terms.
Nick Giambruno then went to Ukraine to survey the rubble and discovered a high-quality agricultural company.
At the time, it was trading for about half the value of the cash it held in the bank.

About four months after Nick initially recommended it, he locked in a 103% return—a double.
Around the same time, he also sold out of a similar company in the region for a 105% return—another triple-digit return.
A Proven Track Record of Spotting Trends Early and Generating Outsized Profits
Nick Giambruno is also known for spotting Big Picture investment trends ahead of the crowd.
For example, he identified the legal psychedelics and cannabis megatrends years before most investors figured out what was happening—and positioned his model portfolio for huge profits.

1. He recommended locking in some profits after one cannabis stock he recommended skyrocketed 619%.
2. Nick recommended the shares of a promising legal psychedelic company the day it went public. About nine months later, and after the stock had gone up by more than 10x, he recommended cashing out and selling.
3. Another cannabis stock he recommended soared more than 11x—1,021% to be exact. This one also had a fat yield and returned over 46% of the initial investment in just dividends.

Another time, Nick recommended an investment to profit from a misunderstood geopolitical trend in Korea.

1. It went on to soar by 5 times.

By identifying big trends early, Nick has also been able to score huge wins in natural resource stocks, including:

1. 117%, 139%, and 183% on niche energy companies
2. 199% on a company that produces rare metals
3. A 5-bagger with a gold play

Nick was an early investor in a royalty company focused on the niche metals used to produce batteries for electric vehicles. His investment went up 595%—or nearly 7x.
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Nick Giambruno
Bitcoin—specifically niche Bitcoin mining stocks—was another megatrend that he was early to.
While most investors didn’t—and still don’t—understand this trend, Nick positioned himself and his model portfolio for enormous profits.
Here are a few examples of the gains from his Bitcoin mining stock recommendations:

1. 205% and 329%
2. 564%—or more than 6x
3. 903%—or more than 10x

One Bitcoin mining stock Nick recommended went up an incredible 2,123%—more than 22x—in just 77 days.
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Nick also identified an early-stage Bitcoin mining company, bagged a 13,784% return, and multiplied his money by more than 138x.
That’s enough to turn every $5,000 into over $690,000.

Now, this section has just been a sample of some of the biggest wins from Nick’s personal portfolio and previous recommendations from earlier in his investment research career.
But, of course, it is not a full track record, and not every trade was a winner. And past performance is not an indication of future results.
However, it is worth noting the above stories and examples because they illustrate two important concepts:

1. The power of getting in on a big trend early before the crowd understands what is happening.
2. How you can flip a financial crisis into enormous profits by positioning yourself correctly.

It’s also worth mentioning that Nick “eats his own cooking.”

He’s putting his own money into the same ideas he shares with you in Contra Speculator. So you can be confident you're getting his best ideas. Also, we always disclose if we have a personal position and when we sell—giving a full 24 hours' notice before we sell.
Consider this your invitation to join Nick Giambruno as he continues to discover huge investment trends ahead of the crowd and uncovers smart speculations within those trends.

Here is what some people have had to say about Nick’s work:

Thank you for all you taught me and for helping me make investments that allowed me to do some things that would otherwise not have been possible.

Had I had more money to invest, I wouldn't even have to think about money now.

The important thing is that I learned what I needed to know, and that was worth every cent I paid.– Bernadette G. –

Thank you very much for your insights, in-depth explanations, and historical context. And for the profits.– Luigi N. –

I have benefited tremendously from your recommendations.

Also, out of all of the investment professionals that I follow, your process of emailing your readers at various times to take profits (or to sell for other reasons) gave me the greatest confidence in who you are as a person, as a professional, and your investment strategy.

I don't know any other subscription that offers that in the way that you did it.– Jane B. –

Nick Giambruno has provided excellent insight into serious cultural and economic issues, and I appreciate his positions on very difficult subjects. – Phil M. –

URGENT The Crisis Has Already Started...

As we showed you earlier, we are facing a crisis of historic proportions that will usher in the biggest wealth transfer in history.
Inflation is already hitting record highs, which means the wealth transfer has already begun.
The situation is truly urgent.

You still have some time to position yourself on the right side.
But markets are moving quickly, and the window of opportunity is closing.
We need to stress that the wealth transfer is going on RIGHT NOW.
The choice is yours.

You can have the chance to join a new class of multi-millionaires… or get knocked down the economic ladder forever.
As we’ve shown you, it is in times like this that renowned speculator Nick Giambruno thrives…
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Good evening Thickpipe

As you can see by all my posts since your last one, I have been very busy working on our Forex business. I am looking forward to your report being posted on Monday, February 27, 2023.

Thank you...


Benny

Good evening Benny,

I don't know where to start , I'm not a report type of person but here is what I think I learned this past week. Please keep in mind that I am new at this and I am not educated as most users of Forex Factory. I feel like I'm getting it; but deep inside I know I don't really know anything other than I can control my perception, my feelings, and how I perceive the information that comes my way. Other than that, the market will do what the markets will do. So here it goes...

Patience is key, timing and trends are your friend to safety. You've taught me how markets dips and showed me the importance of information released. I began to enter orders that allowed me to get into trades at a price that suited me, then I set my gains at a reasonable profit. I normally fence in my buy and sell at the norms of about 12 hour span. By this I mean that I look at the highest price for that period and set my buy in a few pips lower. Then I set a reasonable profit out once again looking at the chart and looking at the lowest dip in that period.
Then my second method I learned, needs a little patience and lots of attention. This I use in time of high money flow. I look at a per second chart and see the markets perception to the information or daily mood and I trade when the trend is in my favor. Trade when money flows, this Benny took me a while to truly understand you.

-To do this, brings me to my second point; believe is your decisions, trade with confidence and don't feel remorse when the market does not go your way . Instead look at it as a possibility to scale in more profits. Make smaller trades , don't stress your margin in case you need to wait out a storm. Never give up, never feel discouraged, sell a portion of your position if your trade goes bad to keep your self afloat. BUT, get out, take a loss, don't hold on to negative feelings and stop yourself from trading and making profits to change that mood. You will see that you will make it back sooner than you think. At the same time you are keeping your mental health stable and that for me was the winning formula I learned from you Benny. That was the confidence builder I needed. The pinnacle of this learning journey was turning around my account when I thought that I messed up. Taking those first big losses and still being able to be profitable brought me to another level.

-This takes me to my third point. Take profits and don't make pride make decisions. Any profit is better than a loss. When I began I wanted to make 500$ profits trading 50 units us30. At times I would log in and see profits of 250$ or less and would not take it waiting for the big kill. Don't be lazy! Take profits reset orders, this way you got money in the kiddy and get the possibility to get in a better profit from a reversal. Trade smaller amounts of units and scale in when you believe its right. I find that I prefer to scale in to set of 30 unit than one of 50 units or 100. This way I get some price guarantee .This can go both ways of course and sometimes you lose the right and have to be patient. Then sometimes, I hear news and I get out of trades that I feel uncomfortable in. For example, in some cases I sold out at 50$ profit because I was not feeling it.

- I know this might sound funny but walk away from your work station when trading is done, don't over trade and don't get tempted, stick to what you understand. Most importantly keep learning.

And that wraps up my trading report from the average Joe lol

Thanks a million Benny!

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February 26, 2023

China Tells Biden “Let He Who Tied The Bell Around Tiger’s Neck Take It Off”

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A compelling new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first noting President Putin assessing what the resource starved socialist Western colonial powers are plotting against the Russian Federation and its world’s largest natural resource wealth valued at over $75 trillion, which makes it impossible to sanction: “After liquidating Russia they will probably admit us to the so-called family of civilized peoples, but only by parts, each part separately...What for?...For ordering those parts around and putting them under their control”, says he then revealed why this plot will never succeed: “Moscow is striving to create a multipolar world rather than one that is centered around the United States...In the end, such a stance – the fight for a multipolar world, for respect for each and everyone in the international arena, for taking into account everyone’s interests – I don’t have the slightest doubt, will prevail”—and in knowing that the demonic socialist Biden Regime is fully intending to carry out its plot to destroy the world’s largest nuclear weapons power Russia in order to rape it of its massive natural resource wealth, President Donald Trump posted the warning message to the American peoples yesterday: “This is the most dangerous time in the history of our Country...World War III is looming, like never before, in the very dark and murky background...‘Leadership’ is solely responsible for this unprecedented danger to the USA, and likewise, the World...HOPELESS JOE BIDEN IS LEADING US INTO OBLIVION!!!”.

To defend against the godless socialist Western colonial powers, this report notes, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu declared today: “Russia will have to push the threat off its borders to a distance depending on weapons the West will supply to Ukraine”—a declaration that followed Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev warning: “That is why it is so important to achieve all the goals of the special military operation…To push back the borders that threaten our country as far as possible, even if they are the borders of Poland”, after which he revealed: “By the way, we’ve also studied enemy weapons, which were captured in the form of trophies and dismantled piece by piece in our military design bureaus...We’ve learned a lot of useful things for ourselves and turned the enemy’s experience to our own advantage”.

In a further warning to the American peoples, this report continues, President Trump factually observed: “Ukraine has asserted total dominance over the United States...We’ve given them probably $150 billion, and Europe has given them almost nothing”—as the socialist Biden Regime pours the economic lifeblood of the United States into Ukraine, it caused American global banking giant Morgan Stanley top strategist Mike Wilson to gravely warn: “US stocks have soared to unsustainable highs and could crash 26% within months...Many fatalities in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the death zone, either directly through loss of vital functions, or indirectly by wrong decisions made under stress or physical weakening that lead to accidents...This is a perfect analogy for where equity investors find themselves today”—and is a “death zone” warning for the American economy joined by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky threatening: “Should it stop funding the war effort, if they do not change their opinion, they will lose NATO, they will lose the clout of the United States, they will lose the leadership position they are enjoying in the world”.

Late last week, this report details, Russian Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia to the United Nations revealed that Russian-European Union relations “no longer exist” and factually observed: “A year after completely severing ties with our country, the GDP growth of the EU has stuck near zero...At the same time, record inflation rates are measured by double-digit indicators...Rejoicing that it jumped off the ‘Russian gas needle,’ the EU got hooked on ‘hard drugs’ – expensive American liquefied natural gas”—by hooking itself on American “hard drugs” liquefied natural gas instead of close and abundant cheap Russian energy, Bloomberg News just reported: “Germany’s government will have to allocate more than $1 trillion by 2030 to deal with the risks and challenges that have arisen due to the energy crisis”—is an “energy crisis” about to become more critical after Russia shut off its oil pipeline to Poland and Germany this morning—and for what has become of the socialist European Union, the leftist New York Times, in their article “War In Ukraine Has Changed Europe For Good”, today reveals: “The war in Ukraine has transformed Europe more profoundly than any event since the Cold War’s end in 1989…A peace mentality, most acute in Germany, has given way to a dawning awareness that military power is needed in the pursuit of security and strategic objectives...In short, the war has laid bare the path before Europe: how to transform itself from peace power to muscular geopolitical protagonist”.

As for the “peace mentality most acute in Germany”, this report notes, the warmongering leftist New York Times failed to report: “Up to 50,000 people gathered at Brandenburg Gate yesterday, as demonstrations also take place in other German cities, calling for peace talks to end the conflict in Ukraine and demanding Berlin cease supplying Kiev with weapons”—and at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, it saw German Parliament member Sahra Wagenknecht factually telling the tens-of-thousands of German peoples demanding peace: “The purpose of the Ukraine conflict is not to defend any values but to expand United States and NATO influence under the pretext of solidarity with Ukraine...George Orwell knew that if everybody believed in the lie disseminated, then this lie went down in history and became true...So, we clearly say that we do not believe your lies any longer...We know that weapons kill, and tanks exist to wage war...And we know that our freedom is not protected in Ukraine”.

While the European Union transforms itself into a “muscular geopolitical protagonist” to do the bidding of the socialist Biden Regime, this report concludes, yesterday it saw China refusing to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine at the G20 summit of finance ministers—shortly after which it was reported: “Twitter CEO Elon Musk polarized his followers with a tweet declaring there was “no question” that the 2014 change of government in Ukraine was a “coup””—in point of fact, the private American intelligence company Stratfor (aka “The Shadow CIA”) called it “the most blatant coup in the history of mankind”—a coup masterminded for the socialist Obama-Biden Regime by Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in 2014, who overthrew the democratically elected government in Ukraine and replaced it with a neo-Nazi regime, which led to President Putin ordering the Special De-Nazification Operation to liberate Ukraine last year—shortly after which Supreme Socialist Leader Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping to demand he stop President Putin, but the socialist Biden Regime didn’t publish the full transcript of this call—and as to why the socialist Biden Regime didn’t publish the full transcript was revealed by leftist New York Times diplomatic correspondent Edward Wong, who posted the message: “Xinhua released a longer readout of the Biden-Xi call…It indicates no change in China’s stance…Xi didn't suggest a role China could play in ending the war…And he used a favorite phrase of his to cast blame on the US: "Let he who tied the bell on the tiger’s neck take it off””. [Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]

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[Note: The WhatDoesItMean.com website was created for and donated to the Sisters of Sorcha Faal in 2003 by a small group of American computer experts led by the late global technology guru Wayne Green (1922-2013) to counter the propaganda being used by the West to promote their illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq.]
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Monday, Feb 27, 2023 - 10:45 AM

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Somebody once described equity pricing to me as a dog that walks on a leash with a man, down a path through the woods.
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The path represents the underlying fundamentals of the company or the market, and the dog represents investor sentiment and market valuation about said company or market.

As the man walks down the “fundamentals” path, the dog strays wildly, side-to-side, on the leash. First to the far left side of the path, then back to the right - and in the interim, everywhere in between. It’s distracted, chases woodland creatures, tries to smell items and is just generally excitable. That’s investor behavior.

The one constant is that, at the end of the day, the dog always winds up walking down the path in the same direction as the owner. The point being that no matter how far he temporarily strays from one side to the next, the fundamentals continue to dictate the long-term course.

I found this to be an apt analogy for how I feel about equity markets heading into this week. My longer-term readers know that I still continue to believe equity markets are wildly overpriced and eventually will cripple under the reality of 5% interest rates, persistent inflation, a debt-strapped consumer and depleted savings.

But once again, another week has gone by where my prophecy of a market decline has not been fulfilled - in any meaningful fashion, at least. The market was down about 3% last week, but is still up 3.4% for the year.
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Among the pieces I’ve written over the last couple months are several talking about the fact that, even though I haven’t been proven immediately right on a number of my prognostications, waypoints in the midst of our “walk through the woods” continue to indicate to me that the market remains on the same “path” I figured it would be on heading into the year.

And so sometimes I feel the need to write these annoyingly repetitive thoughts in order to keep myself sane. Sometimes I do it in order to remind myself that patience is needed for my thesis to play out and sometimes I write because current events continue to reaffirm my stance. This piece is all three.

My content over the last couple of months has been replete with the thoughts of those I respect, like my friend Kenny Polcari, who believe that interest rate hikes aren’t going to pause or pivot anytime soon. In fact, Kenny often cites Fed governor Jim Bullard (who is on the hawkish end of the Fed spectrum) like I do to make unpopular points you don’t often see in the mainstream media - like the idea of rates possibly going to 6%.

Putting aside the fact that I think that 6% rates would be a mathematically guaranteed path to economic destruction, those are the types of theses that one has to pay attention to now, I believe.

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The Fed has been consistent in its stance that it is looking for a trend of inflation coming down before it reevaluates its monetary policy stance. And while we had a couple of promising prints to end 2022 and start 2023, this past week’s data failed to keep with that trend. The PCE deflator and the Fed minutes this week seemed to offer little solace regarding the Fed’s future stance on rates
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The natural inclination for investors at this point is to try and twist a pretzel of a narrative that somehow ends in the Fed easing relatively soon. I can’t fault the market or investors for having this mindset - it is a product of 20 years of easy money policy to expect that everything will just “work out” somehow. To some psychological degree, it is still “swimming downstream” or “traveling with the wind at your back” to believe that everything is going to be fine and that the Fed is going to be able to achieve a soft landing.

But the uncomfortable and unfortunate reality of things is that the market likely hasn’t yet digested the full effects of the rate hikes we’ve already had, let alone future rate hikes, or even holding the funds rate where it is right now for longer. Again, those economic realities have seen personal savings zapped while debt charges to all-time highs. As Zero Hedge posted in January 2023:
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And then there are other trends that appear to be screaming out that reversion to the mean is coming. For example, look at this chart of 10Y real rates versus the S&P 500 forward PE that Zero Hedge posted last week:
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And remember last week I pointed out the fact that the bond market appeared to be in the midst of a historic panic attack wherein, if historical norms are to be observed, it appears to be signaling an imminent and intense recession. The spread between the two year and the 10 year treasury today has moved to almost 90bps, the largest spread since 1981.
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And so, make no doubt about it, if we stay the “path”, there will be a tipping point wherein consumers are simply tapped out and market valuations are forced to contract both as a result of less spending, and also eventually a shift in market psychology.

This past week’s data continues to reaffirm that the Fed has no impetus to ease up on its strategies and it certainly doesn’t confirm that the Fed has been successful in halting inflation for the long term.

The market simply remains a dog that has wandered off the path toward the side of euphoria, optimism and bullishness, despite the underlying direction of the economic path it’ll be forced to travel down. The idea that the market is up this year, while the Fed has done nothing to alter or change its course and the underlying data doesn’t support such a move, is stunning to me.

The market and the economy become two distinctly separate entities during a period of quantitative easing. When there’s free money flooding the market, the market does whatever it wants regardless of the underlying economy. During a period of tightening, like now, the opposite happens: the market becomes tethered again to the economy. This means an optimistic market can no longer be the tail that wags the economic dog. Instead, investors are being force-fed a reversion back to reality that they may not even have had time to stop and taste yet.

As the drill sergeants said in the mess hall during the movie Renaissance Man, “We eat now, we taste it later!”

This means that despite the market being optimistic, it’s not changing my opinion for the outcome of this year. Rather, I think this optimistic start to the year will only be viewed historically as a bear market rally and a temporary and marked dislocation from fundamentals.

Remember: the market reacts to the Fed’s moves with a lag. This means that any turmoil we see over the next couple of months will likely have started with Fed policy changes that were made months ago. And if the Fed holds course, this literally means not that the worst is almost over, but rather that the worst may not have even started yet.

The market and the economy are the two feet of the man walking down the path. So far, only the stock market shoe has dropped. When the other shoe drops, it’ll become clear what direction we are truly walking in, dog in tow.

I continue to believe the sectors and equities I am personally invested in for the year will give me an advantage versus just pouring money into index ETFs throughout the year. As I have said in many of my pieces, I strongly believe markets in 2023 are going to be driven by both a residual crash coming from this year’s rate hikes and then an eventual Fed pivot, which will be late and down the line, with a fair amount of geopolitical risk on the side.

When I put together my 23 Stocks To Watch In 2023 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here), I tried to keep all of this in mind - I wanted to create a somewhat diversified, risk adverse, plan for myself heading into the new year. Whether or not I’m right, we’ll know in about 10 months.
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26 Feb, 2023 10:55

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Putin reveals Moscow’s main issue with US

The Russian president said his country is opposed to the emergence of a unipolar world that revolves around Washington’s interests
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly, including lawmakers of the State Duma, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other officials, in Moscow, Russia. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov

Moscow is striving to create a multipolar world rather than one that is centered around the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. In an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday, he argued that Washington was trying to mold the world exclusively to fit its own agenda.

Putin suggested that America’s “satellite states” are also well aware of these “egoistic” intentions. However, for the time being, they have chosen to turn a blind eye to this due to “various reasons connected first and foremost with huge dependence in the economic sphere and defense,” the Russian leader said.

Some of Washington’s allies also see confrontation with Russia as a unifying cause, eclipsing any differences between them and the US, he added.
As an example, Putin cited the US government’s efforts to attract European businesses to American soil, as well as a submarine deal last summer, which saw Canberra abruptly exit a contract with a French manufacturer in favor of a US competitor. That incident was humiliating for Paris, the president said.

Putin emphasized that Moscow “cannot and will not behave like this.”
In the end, such a stance – the fight for a multipolar world, for respect for each and everyone in the international arena, for taking into account everyone’s interests – I don’t have the slightest doubt, will prevail.

Putin also claimed that Western elites will only be satisfied and prepared to “admit us into the so-called family of civilized nations” if Russia disintegrates into several independent states. In such a scenario, he said, the West would “place [the resulting countries] under its control.” He added that the disintegration of Russia in such circumstances would call into question the existence of the Russian people in its current form.

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Commenting on his decision earlier this week to suspend Russia’s participation in the New START Treaty – the last remaining nuclear accord between Moscow and Washington – Putin argued that the move was required to safeguard Russia’s security as well as its “strategic stability.”
According to the Russian president, he opted for this course of action in light of a more aggressive NATO, which “has announced as its prime goal” Russia’s strategic defeat.