Kerry Lutz's--Financial Survival Network

New commodity super-cycle and the end of the super-debt cycle. Real rates are starting to rise and funds will move from equities to other more value oriented options. The change was inevitable. The Fed will do every thing it can to hold down rates, but inflation is coming and perhaps is already here. The currency will eventually be in trouble. All commodities are rising. Malls are collapsing around the country. Gold and silver are consolidating. Get ready. 

CPA Bob Wheeler says that, “We all deal with financial issues and choices every day. Most of what we learned about money came from our family. How they thought and reacted to money choices shaped our thinking today.

But, have you ever stopped to consider that maybe they didn’t know what they were doing? Maybe you set unrealistic goals based on other’s ideas and mandates. If you are overwhelmed with credit card debt, can’t seem to save money and feel hopeless and afraid just thinking about money – it is time for a change.”

It’s time to stop financial self-sabotage and go for it. You need to identify false beliefs and prevail over them. It requires some work, you need to hear what you’re telling yourself and change it. Listen to the undervoice. You need to know where they came from and how you got where you are today. 

Dems are already working on another stimulus package after the one with the $1400 checks. Stocks are rallying but is this how you deal with rising inflation and spiking interest rates? Big $2 trillion infrastructure plan on the way. 

Warren Buffett: bond investors world-wide ‘face a bleak future’. Higher rates for the next decade. 

Return of the bond vigilantes have been comatose for so long and last week they’re back with a bang. 

People are picking on the ARK fund now that it’s seeing massive redemptions. Cathy Wood is the pied piper of this speculative bubble, being fully invest in the most bubblicious of assets. Possible that they’ll be forced to sell major holdings, causing them to fall further, and so on…

Citi says bitcoin is at a “tipping point” and will become the global trade currency of choice.

Bill Gates is now the world’s biggest owner of farmland…does the Great Reset include the 1% monopolizing the food supply?

http://www.financialsurvivalnetwork.com

Stock markets reversed course for the month: Dow added 3.2% to 30932, S&P 500 up 2.6%, Nasdaq finished up 0.9%, Russell 2000 chugging higher at 6.1%, TSX added 3.9% TSX.V up another 10.5%. VIX down to 28. Dollar was .5% to 90.94 and Euro down .5% to. 10 Year yield skyrocketed to 1.44%. Bitcoin went parabolic again up 38.2% to a record 47672. Gold off 6.1%  to 1735. Silver went off 1% to 26.70. PT up 10.8%. PD rose 3.2%  for the month to 2229. Dr. Copper up again 18.3% to $4.19, breaking $4 per pound. WTI up another17.8% to 61.50. Brent up a bigly 18.3% to 55.88. Natgas up slightly 8.2% to a still anemic 2.77. Uranium kept losing down 5.3% to $27.88. 

Ratios: Au/Ag 65 - Pt/Au .68 - Pt/Pd .53 - BRT/WTI 1.08 WT/HH 22.2 and AU/WTI coming back down to earth 28.4.

First, no Brian is not concerned about Friday's gold/silver price rout. He  is focused on the companies. The stocks are not getting hit as hard as physical metal. The investment argument for gold and silver has never been better, especially in light of the rampant money printing. Inflation isn’t like a light switch, you just turn it on or off. It’s a process that once started has to run its course. It’s a chain reaction and we live in a complex world. No one knows how it will resolve itself. Are we headed to a monetary apocalypse?

Brian has 17 companies in his portfolio of which 14 are precious metal concerns. He’s shifted his focus away from base metals. He’s bullish on copper and nickel. $27 nickel was the high, will we hit it again? In his opinion, FPX Nickel is the best nickel play out there. Copper recently broke $4 and is headed much higher. A copper gold company is an ideal investment in today's market. Copper-gold porphyries have the best prospects of any mine out there. A lot of great investment info here. 

I have been investing for the past 4 decades often with great success. During that time I’ve studied thousands of companies’ financial statements, in search of value that others had missed. I know we’re in the age of the Tech Giant and value investing is out of vogue, that’s often the case in frothy markets, but in the long run the market always returns to value. This is why I’ve taken a position in Trillion Energy CSE:TCF  OTC:TCFF

 (sponsor). Listen to my interview and hear CEO Art Halleran explain that there is about US $300 million in natural gas production assets (drill rigs, platforms, pipelines, processing plant, etc.) that is completely absent from Trillion’s balance sheet.

Art is a petroleum geologist with 38 years of experience who’s built a number of successful energy companies. He’s never been more excited than he is about Trillion. And in this cynical investor’s opinion, he’s a straight-shooter who tells it like it is. If a mid-tier natural gas producer wished to acquire the SASB asset, Art said they would pay at least $100 million, or slightly less than $1 per share (as of Friday share price was 11.44 cents and the market cap was about $14 million). But the company isn’t for sale, for the simple reason that in Art’s opinion its value is far greater. That’s because the SASB natural gas field that it’s currently developing is worth several times that number. Art has the experience and the ability to bring that field into production, as well as numerous other promising targets in the area. Best of all, there’s very little capex required, since the platforms and necessary infrastructure are already in place.

Most of Trillion’s assets are in the Black Sea, in Turkish waters. However, they’ve been dealing with the Turkish Government for over a decade and relations have been extremely cordial. They are partners with the Turkish State Oil Company (TPAO). Trillion’s expertise in drilling underwater wells is well demonstrated and they provide skills that aren’t easily obtainable. Right now, the majority of Turkey’s natural gas comes from Russia. All of the SASB production will be purchased by TPAO to reduce the country’s reliance on imports.

Trillion already has cash flow coming from existing oil wells in the area. It knows how to effectively operate in this part of the world. Perhaps most important, Trillion’s gas sells from $6-8 per million btu’s, unlike North America where the same gas is selling for $2.77 per million btu’s. Equally as important, global natural gas consumption is steadily rising, which means future returns over the years could increase greatly.

For all of the reasons above, I’ve taken a position in Trillion and I’m very excited about its future.

Company website: www.TrillionEnergy.com

Soon after he opened his vineyard for business many years ago, the Wealthy Gardener noticed a puzzling fact. Everyone wanted money, but only a few people managed to accumulate it. The reason, he realized, is that most people focus on short term gains instead of achieving lasting wealth.

As he grew old and aware of his dwindling time on this Earth, the Wealthy Gardener began to share his hard-earned wisdom with the financially troubled in his community, patiently mentoring those who asked for his practical advice on the ways of prosperity.

The parable of the Wealthy Gardener is far more than an admonishment to earn more or spend less; it is about timeless principles. As his lessons reveal, financial freedom is a means to power and control over our lives. Without money, we are subject to the demands and whims of others. With money, we are sheltered from the storm, and we can extend that shelter to our loved ones.

Poised to become an intimate financial classic, The Wealthy Gardener will inspire readers to find their own noble purpose and relieve their money worries once and for all. No matter your income level, skillset, or unique economic disadvantages, the lessons in this book will show you the path forward. All you need is the will to work, the desire to succeed, and the motivation to learn.

He continues the lessons in his upcoming book The Wealth Essentials System. It will be out in August. 

It’s a dangerous time to be a novice investor at this particular time, ie Gamestop. The stock had $3 and got to nearly $500. The triggered short squeeze was legendary. Never mistake a bull market for genius. Just because you got lucky doesn’t mean you’ll keep repeating the process. No one really knows what the top is. It’s a process. Bottoms are an event. The signs are all. SPAC’s are another sign of topping. Most  of these deals are garbage, Dan urges caution. There’s nothing new under the sun. 

It’s all about valuation and cash flow and eventually prices go too far and comes back to earth. Innovation disrupters can be profitable, but they can be very dangerous. Avoid irrational exuberance at all costs. 

Dan says that today, life is better for more people on earth than at any time in the past. He believes that cash is the best hedge against market instability indicative of a top. Have plenty of cash, gold, silver and some Bitcoin too. Always take money out of the market from your profits. You’re there to make money so you can have it spend as you want. You're not a Las Vegas gambler doubling down on every bet till you finally crap out.  

Hyperinflation is misunderstood overly feared. To have it you need a major war and the massive destruction of capital assets and lots of people in financial and physical dire straights. A pandemic looks like it could trigger it but we need more than that. 

His view on Cryptos is that they're a burgeoning store of value whose staying power is untested. In the modern world it has a number of potential benefits and vulnerabilities such as the downing of the electrical grid in Texas. People there were not clamoring for Bitcoin, they wanted electricity, heat and hot water. 

In a final world of advice, Dan says, "Prepare don’t predict." We don’t know what will happen and we shouldn’t try. Instead diversification is your best strategy!

When it comes to humans, and new technology, predicting the future has never been easier, so says noted futurist Rebecca Costa.

As the world comes out of its Covid induced coma, most individual behavior will stay the same, but societally it’s going to be a different ball game. What will happen to with the debt? Hyperinflation? Is allowing the economy to hyper-inflate a solution? As we know from history, the government’s best friend is inflation, until it isn't. They are out of options. As Rebecca says, there’s a long tail economic impact.

In an article she  recently wrote about what the government can do about in the next 3-6 months to head off potential disasters in a number of sectors, she mentions individual credit ratings as having taken a hit. Of course it's not on government's radar at all, but to individuals it's extremely vital. Lower credit scores create a piling on effect Millions of people have seen their scores tanks, through no fault of their own. It's a government induced disaster. Lower credit scores mean higher costs of credit or the inability to obtain any credit at all. Fairness is lacking. 

Government is reacting to the situation rather than getting out ahead of it. Perhaps a roll-back of credit ratings to pre-pandemic rates or a limit on the negative impact during this time is in order. 

We need pragmatic problem solvers to lead us. People who will catch these things before they go exponential. The problems are known and yet nothing is being done. The result is too much uncertainty about their eventual response.

Rebecca sees subprime mortgage collapse 2.0 in the offing. The financial institutions were responsible for 1.0 and now they’re going to make the same mistake again. People should be permitted to rewrite their loans for a longer time period. Massive restructuring needs to be on the table. Make mortgages assumable so the property can stay in the family. Same with student loans. Simple elegant solutions that work. 

Rebecca informs us that there’s a direct correlation between happiness and trust. People who trust their government are generally happier than those who don’t. We can’t wait for a time to governmental trust to be restored. We also don't see it happening in the near future. 

Nothing goes up forever. Stimulus mania seems to have no end in sight. It's time for a solution, PonziCoin, it promises infinite returns for very little risk or investment. Who can say no? Time to sell your home? You're going to need a replacement home. If you like your home, keep your home. You need to have a plan. It's not so important what you do as long as it falls within your plan. Even though many believe that fundamentals don't matter, the reality is that they do. Never lose sight of that fact. We all need to wake up and demand more out of our government. Make your plan and have contingencies. 

What happens when you combine a completely out of control congress with an overly compliant central bank and a slow growing economy that has been ravaged by an extreme response to a pandemic? You wind up exactly where we are now. As Michael explains, today's economic foundation is built upon sand or perhaps even a sink-hole. Eventually it's got to crumble and that's why you need to protect yourself now. Precious metals are one way and positioning your portfolio for the inevitable is another and better yet why not combine the two. 

Recently, the nickel and base metals markets have been on fire. Worldwide stainless-steel demand (of which nickel is an integral component) increases at a steady 5% annually, but the big story is booming EV (electric vehicle) demand. Recently Elon Musk made clear his intent to utilize nickel as a substitute for cobalt in EV batteries, provided that there is a reliable supply of carbon-neutral, energy efficient metal. That’s where FPX (sponsor) comes in. The Baptiste deposit’s nickel metallurgy means there's no smelting necessary, leading to lower costs and greater environmental friendliness. Nickel is trading around $8.84 per pound, just over its historic $8 average. Copper recently broke $4 per pound and base metals have rapidly appreciated. With nickel demand ready to take off, looming supply deficits and a lack of new world-class projects, there’s a compelling case for vastly higher prices. The bill for decades of sector underinvestment has now come due.

CEO Martin Turenne explains why the British Columbia Baptiste deposit is undervalued relative to peers and FPX’s PEA supports that point. Its Van target is close by and it has a bigger surface footprint and larger, higher metal grades than Baptiste. FPX is trading at just 5% of the project’s estimated $1.7 billion value The market has yet to factor Van into FPX’s valuation.

Owning over 20% of the company, management’s interests are closely aligned with those of shareholders. As a CPA, Martin has kept a very tight rein on FPX’s finances; dilution has been kept to a minimum.

With approaching future supply issues, the apparent beginning of a new commodity super-cycle and at least one or more world-class projects, FPX is uniquely situated to cash in on Elon Musk’s demand for carbon-neutral nickel.

Company Website: https://fpxnickel.com

Tickers: TSX-V: FPX - OTC: FPOCF

Famed hedge fund investor Michael Burry puts out a serious warning for increased inflation and perhaps hyperinflation.

If he’s right, kiss low interest rates goodbye. And think what that will do to real estate values.

The next few years are going to be extremely difficult.

Watch the 10 year Treasury. If it keeps going up it’s game over.

Even in the absense of runaway inflation, this seems like the top of the market. 

Outsized real estate gains could soon be a thing of the past. 

Put/Call ratio is highly unbalanced, its highest since 2000.

Small business are leveraged to the hilts now. 

Everyone is expecting the mother of all bail-outs. 

Don’t worry about risk because the government always makes good on anything. 

Why did they do impeachment 2.0? Are they deliberately fanning the flames of rebellion? Is this just a case of creating a phony external threat in hopes of unifying the country? If so, it’s been a Big fail! This form of manipulated unity is over. It’s pure deflection to use resentment from the left towards a portion of the population to somehow bring the people together. Trump turned resentment politics in on itself and made the ruling class the target of citizen anger. And this has led them to failure. How do they explain that Trump’s support is now stronger than ever.

Next gun control is back on the left’s agenda, which is of course doomed to failure. More people than ever have been lining up to purchase firearms. Sales are through the roof. Is it just Biden’s effort to drum up his base. Dems are going through their own civil war now. The neo-liberals are circling the wagons, pushing crazy far-left ideas that will hopefully go nowhere.

Looks like #KillerCuomo is finally getting his just dessert. The truth is out and now the calls are being heard for resignation or impeachment by member of both parties. If Cuomo goes down, how much longer for Newsome, Murphy the Murderer, Ava Braun Whittmer and Wacky Wolf in Pennsylvania. Let’s see if Cali turns Red. Dr. Steve seems to think so. We’re a little more skeptical about this turn of events. 

Fellow survivor Rob Kirby joined me for a talk about the current financial woes. The dollar has already used up 8 of its 9 lives and has done so recklessly. When we speak of the demise of the dollar, we’re in a crypto-currency contagion. It looks bubblicious. To Rob’s eyes cryptos are doing exactly what gold and silver have not been allowed to do. We’re experiencing hyper-inflation in cryptos, stocks and real estate. However, Rob is skeptical of the party continuing in the real estate sector. As economic conditions continue to worsen, with half the population not working and not earning, residential will wind up suffering the same way that commercial has collapsed. Mortgage rates can’t go any lower. Banks will not continue to extend credit should real estate prices move any higher and will tighten lending standards, thus shrinking the eligible pool of borrowers and purchasers. Anti-dollar financial assets will continue to increase. Crypto especially looks good. The long arm of the powers that be have so suppressed physical bullion that it’s becoming increasingly scarce and is becoming unobtainium. 

Options for getting out of Dodge. Uruguary is the best choice of a lot of bad choices. Doug has visited over 155 countries and has lived in 10. The entire world is heading in an anti-freedom direction. People eventually vote with their feet. See Rhodesia before the fall. Panama is another possible choice. It’s a developing country with improving infrastructure. Roads and sidewalks will improve over time. Doug believes that you need to divorce yourself from the political system. It’s all lies. Sociopaths and criminals, but slick ones at that, are running the show. 

According to Doug C-vid is one of the great scandals and scams of all time. It’s a serious virus but it ain’t the plague. People’s response to Covid is indicative of their attitude towards life. Time to start living again and stop worrying. For people under 60 there’s little danger and for people under 30, virtually no risk. Doug observes that mask mandates are completely absurd. Perhaps even more indicative, it appears that Influenza has disappeared. Always remember, you can’t believe anything you hear from the media. It has corrupted science and will cause widespread disbelief in science as well as important studies and meta-studies.

What will come next? International travel is dead. It’s like trying to leave Saigon on the last helicopter after the Fall. The leaders are happy with the current state of affairs. In the year 2030 you’ll have nothing and you’ll be happy. All you can do is insulate ourselves. Try to be as wealthy as you can and hide.

Next book on the list is Terrorist

InternationalMan.com Doug Casey’s Take

Since the big silver pullback the metal hasn’t been doing much, however the stocks aren’t doing much since then either. We’re not seeing a big move to over $30 for right now. Platinum has hit $1300. Silver has been holding up better than gold for the past several months. Corrections and consolidations in the past have shown silver has often held up better than the yellow metal. You make the big money by riding the trend. The big big move is ahead of us. Could be two years more or less. Focus on the big picture. A little more time. Platinum trend looks beautiful although Jordan confesses that he’s not the expert on this metal. There’s resist at 1400-1500. Copper has also made the huge move. Jordan sees crypto as no threat to the precious metals sector. Crypto’s returns have far eclipsed PM. Gold made a huge move last year, a spectacular move going from 1200-2100. He’s not concerned about the prolonged correction. This is how these markets work. Look for a huge crypto correction, half a currency and half a tech stock. There’s limited history for cryptos. Regulation is coming. Insurance or a lottery ticket, best way to look at it. You need to be careful. 

Mining stocks have probably hit a bottom. It can take a while, but when it happens, it will often take the market by surprise. Not enough sellers left in mining stocks, time to be buying. Next move up probably later in the year or early next year. Jordan’s not fearful of a March type correction since he believes that gold and precious metals will hold up better than most are expecting. 

The recent Covid-19 pandemic has seen a rash of people revising their estate plans or creating them for the first time. Estate and tax laws change all the time and it's something that most of us, myself included, don't really want to deal with. My recent bout with Covid drove home this point only too well and led me to do a complete estate plan overhaul. But for the sake of modern medicine, I might have left my children with a real nightmare. Which is why you shouldn't wait for tragedy to strike, you need to take care of this now. Interesting fact, 3-4 people surveyed left provisions in their will for the care of and support of their family pets. Sound don’t leave Rover with no place to go, should something happen to you. 

If you’ve survived the pandemic induced depression to this point, you need to find a way to thrive. Stop waiting for vaccine, the government, for the economy ro recover and someone to save you. John has ways to help you. Basic business growth strategy will no longer cut it. They way you used to do business is not going to work any more. Never become irrelvant. The world could care less about your problems. You need to learn how to make money no matter the political or economic situation. www.PositiontoWinBook.com.

Stop the #Scamastocracy!

The #SilverSqueeze is alive and well. Time to frontrun SLV and buy physical Silver!

Robinhood attack left a mark on the silver market and SLV.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/silversqueeze-hits-london-slv-warns-limited-available-silver

Exposing the Robinhood scam: here’s how much Citadel paid to buy your orders 

They have alienated an entire generation of millennials. They don’t want to know until they have to know. They feel entirely betrayed, rightfully so. They’ve done the world a favor by teaching the to be cyncial and to think critically. A painful lesson at that. 

How long before the Fed tries to manipulate long-term rates lower?

 Cannabis, alt-agra, mushrooms, and cryptos – everything alt is hot 

Amazon workers could ‘make history’ with union vote

Energy trader: we’ve officially hit “holy s*it levels”

Grid goes down in TX. NG spiked! Energy is getting erratic and this could be significant. Watch out for more craziness. 

 Flaw of large numbers: Cathie Wood’s ARK fund may have too much cash

When bubbles hit, fund managers become household names and are hailed as geniuses. The ARK fund innovation ETF. She bought Tesla stock right before it ran up. And now the next crap shoot is coming. 

Looks like Asia could be the place to go. Positive growth rates ahead. The World Economic Forum’s agenda appears to be taking place. Build Back Better! Every country has the same talking points. Everyone is calling for the Great Reset. They think that they can further their climate change agenda by destroying all jobs that aren’t green. Coal miners should learn how to build solar cells. Many people cannot make the transition to the new economy and where does that leave them? Crazy ridiculous coming down from the elites who never used their hands to change a light bulb. The stakeholder economy should be the shareholder economy.

Don’t take away our steak. Meat will be a special treat. UN says we should be eating bugs. The Elites have risen to the level of the truly absurd. Pickety is urging European governments to default on their debt and crush the pension funds. Confidence in government is collapsing and that will increase the price of gold. A similar situation to the 1980’s. We’re getting to that point now. Similar to what brought down Rome.

The velocity of money peaked in 2007 and with the pandemic, it’s gone waterfall. If you don’t trust the future. You hoard money. Inflation will spur people to buy more. Collapse in production of many products and impairment of the supply chain.

Short squeeze may have happened but Martin’s computer was long for nearly a year. The shorts were braindead. The short squeeze happened because of high frequency trading. Markets can’t handle gapping, they shut down as a result. Much more volatile and dangerous. Naked shorts are allowed. The real problem emerged in the 1980’s and re-emerged here. Increase margin requirements and crash the longs. At the end the professionals got the rules changed and then shorted. Commodity traders took over Wall Street and that was the end of buy and hold.

Precious metals are heading higher. Martin has been forecasting for a while that silver would rise faster than gold. Gold is over regulated around the world which has kept it down. Impeachment could be the straw that breaks the camels back when we look back in history. Political vendetta that has been staged. It’s been planned for weeks. And now we have the Pelosi wall becoming permanent around the Capitol.

What’s happening now in Britain is a model for the world. No more legitimate elections again. Serious problems. Will Trump be the next Grover Cleveland? Compuuter is show 2022, panic cycle. Not seen since the Great Depression. Breakup 3rd party coming. Republicans and Democrats getting ready to split.

Copper prices will continue to increase. Electrification won’t be successful. The power grid can’t support it. Renewables are not the answer. War on pipelines is happening and people are going to freeze. Maybe that’s what it’s going to take to bring people to their senses.

The pandemic has been used to terrify the populace. Completely crazy. There’s an excuse for everything. The Amish aren’t getting Covid because they don’t watch TV.

Stock markets are making new highs, temporary choppiness. There’s tons of cash and what else is there? Trillions of dollars can’t buy Gold or Silver. Big money is fleeing bond market and heading to the market. Not a question of making money, just getting it back. First target 35000-37000. Dow 65000!

Trillium Gold (sponsor) just announced that continued drilling intersected 16.1 g/t gold (Au) over 3.9m, 124.66 g/t gold (Au) over 0.24m, 49.56 g/t gold (Au) over 0.3m, all with visible gold. This on top of its previously announced bonanza gold grades of up to an astonishing 139 g/t at its 100% owned flagship Newman Todd project in Canada’s premier Red Lake mining district.

The project was only sparsely been drilled or tested at depths below 400 meters. Remarkable potential is present as mineralization remains open along strike and depth, and potentially in postulated parallel features. Gold mineralization has been intersected in over 40% of holes drilled to date. A network of very gold-rich veins have been traced for at least 2.2km along strike.

The recently acquired Gold Centre project is in the highest-grade gold camp in North America. producing over 29.5 million ounces since the early 1900’s, with grades of more than 1/2 ounce per ton. And Trillium has a number of other promising projects in its growing portfolio. 

Excitement is running high, which is why any time Russell isn’t restricted, he’s busy buying shares. He currently owns or has warrants and options on 3 million shares. Management and insiders own 38%, 22% is owned by institutions, and 38% by the public. Russell seeks to be held accountable for his successes and failures. His philosophy is that a shareholder in any company is entitled to that respect. A very refreshing view.

And he has the track record to deliver as he has done it before. After leaving the financial sector, he held executive positions at Cayden Resources and Auryn Resources. As SVP with Cayden, he was instrumental in its sale CAD$205 million to Agnico Eagle. Could there be a similar outcome for Trillium.

And should lightning strike twice, Trillium is extremely well positioned to deliver to its owners. It has plenty of cash available to finance its ambitious drill program and when the results start flowing, considering the tight share structure, just 52.3mm shares (fully diluted), we could see very outsized shareholder gains, which is why we’re shareholders as well.

Six straight days of advancing indexes and today the market gapped up and now has reversed. The Fed has said they’re going to keep the ball rolling. Everyone wants to be right. In terms of fundamentals, Mish sees hopefulness, but has no problem with letting the price dictate. Is it crazy the market is hooked on stimulus. Chatter is dangerous. Eventually all bull markets end with a bust. The also reality is that we’ve got a new crop of individual investors. Stimulus fueled stock prices. Valuations have gotten too high in some areas and not others. 

Lessons from Gamestop, can we still have a free market short squeeze? Robinhooders’ data is the product. Social media revolution brought 10 million people into Gamestop. Mish talks about using this opportunity to make money. There has to be some funadament reasons to look at a stock in the first place. Look at the charts and then place your bet. 

Low risk always leads to low return. High risk can lead to potentially high return or high losses. After 10 years of near constant appreciation, we need to figure out if prices can keep going higher. Never mistake a bull market for genius. The real estate crash will happen in these high tax states and could lead to depressed sales in low tax states. And beware of higher interest rates, they may well be coming. 

Oh wait there is. Tom Hardin, the infamous Tipper X was an up and coming hedge funder in the early 2000's when he found himself wrapped up in an insider trading scandal that saw 85 notable Wall Streeters indicted. Now fast-forward to 2021 and what has really changed. Naked shorting is rampant, despite laws prohibiting the process. However, for some reason, they're seldom enforced. The more things change in the financial markets, the more they stay the same.