Kerry Lutz's--Financial Survival Network

March 15 is the Ides of March and the day the Debt Ceiling hits its limit. What will President Trump do? What will Congress do? What will investors do? What will you do? What should you do? Trump is a wild card, no pun intended. Precious metals seem to be under selling pressure presently but that could change very quickly as it has in the past. Don't second guess the market, it will show us the way. Keep your emotions out and keep your head. 

Last week the state governors met with members of congress to discuss the fate of Obamacare. They were informed that the elimination of Obamacare would lead to disaster. States that participated in expanded Medicaid would lose billions in funding. Individuals who are receiving subsidies in the health insurance marketplace would wind up uninsured. Chaos would be the guaranteed result. In other words, the republican controlled congress putting its collective head together is unable to come up with anything better than Obamacare.

Was Trump really bugged? Odds are good he was. In fact we all are, Snowden told us that. So what else is new? Get used to it. And tell the Dems to stop bitching about the Russians. It's just another red herring. 

By all rights the stock market advance should have come to its rightful conclusion. We're drowning in a sea of debt, both the debt we've acknowledged and the debt that we'll have to acknowledge when it comes due in the form of unfunded entitlements. It's just a matter of time. It looks like Trumphoria could be running out of steam. The only hope for the stock markets is if the Fed jumps in and starts buying stocks and at this point John believes anything is possible. Or perhaps a touch of hyperinflation, which has always sent the markets higher. 

Arch Crawford joined us. With emotions running high in the political parties, a recent eclipse, the market is being tightly controlled. The Dow keeps going higher but the S&P isn't moving. What is going to happen to change things? Emotions are running high and yet it is having no effect on the market. Currencies are still unstable. Nothing is behaving as it they should be. It's all a mystery. 

Another great month for stock markets with the Dow at new record levels. Metals did well as did the US Dollar. Oil was up, NatGas was down for the second month in a row. Interest rates were down slightly. Bitcoin was the stellar performer, with China's effort to cap the digital currency showing mixed results as it hit a new record. Uranium was doing well but wound up with a slight pull back. Copper is holding steady. Markets continue higher on Trumphoria. 

Larry Schweikart—historian and bestselling author—was a member of the “Renegade Deplorables”, a group of volunteer analysts who supplied the Trump campaign with data the mainstream pollsters completely missed.Joel Pollak—senior editor-at-large for Breitbart News—was an eye-witness to the election from his unique position as the only conservative reporter aboard the Trump press plane in the final weeks of the campaign. Together they explain how Trump really won. 

What's happening Wednesdays with Andrew Hoffman

Today's article - the "strong dollar" Catch-22;

Cartel on the brink - gold and silver pushing up on 200 week moving averages;

Upcoming debt ceiling debacle, European elections, Fed meeting;

Trump's speech - ALL platitudes, no substance;

The upcoming Trump-flation crash;

Record high Bitcoin prices - which is exactly what PMs will do, once the Cartel is inevitably defeated.

Trump's trade agenda may be hitting bumpy waters ahead. He's got enemies on the right and enemies on the left. Not to mention the globalists at the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. The disclosure forms that are required these days are a big mess, but  we do need to know who our government officials have been in bed with. NAFTA has turned out to be a raw deal for the country. Trump is determined to turn it around. Stumo believes that he will turn it around. But there's much more to come. Michael believes that Trump will get much of his way. 

Vincenzo Villamena is an American CPA and the Managing Partner of Online Taxman. He came on to discuss FATCA and other international tax issues. FATCA has placed an undue burden upon Americans doing business overseas making it difficult for them to open bank accounts and conduct financial business. It's also turned the world's banks into an international snitch network. Something needs to change but is it too late? 

Millennials (born between 1980 and 1994) are the most narcissistic - according to a study that consulted both millennials and their grandparents' generations. But there is one thing they disagree on: the extent of their narcissism. Older generations think millennials' narcissism goes beyond what millennials themselves will admit.

Millennials do view themselves as a bit more narcissistic than generations before them, but not to the extent that older generations do, according to new research presented Jan. 29 at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in San Diego.

Jason Hartman is always on the cutting edge of investment trends. For so many years he's been espousing his unique successful investment philosophy. I've personally seen  dozens of people invest in single family homes for cash flow and build up incredible wealth using Jason's systems. Now, his investor group is actually financing these deals, which is an incredible opportunity. It enables you to bypass the bank and the lengthy loan review process. You simply find a property, put up your down payment and put in your loan request and meet a simplified loan criteria and it's done. Truly revolutionary. 

According to Shawn Lee of Beacon Wealth Advisors 54% of the country is not invested in the stock market. That's pretty amazing when you consider how much it's gone up since the crash. Are they going to get in right when it turns again? Probably not. If they're not in now, they're not getting in. But what will they invest in? What about their retirements? These are pressing issues that they need to start thinking about immediately. 

Lyn-Dee Eldridge defines herself as the Chief Happiness Officer of the Happiness Jungle. You may ask what is the Happiness Jungle and Lyn-Dee will tell you that it is a place that all happy people come to get de-stressed. Obviously it is a state of mind that all of us have access to if we will only allow ourselves to get there and that is what Lyn-Dee specializes in. 

The news is slow. Not much coming out of Trump. Not much coming out of Europe. Outside of the Academy Awards debacle last night, there's not much going on. We're due for something to happen shortly. Could it be the calm before the storm? John believes that the currency crisis is just around the corner, the question is which corner? We've been waiting a long time for it. 

Comrade Wilhelm Bill Nutz de Blasio is getting to the end of the road. He's facing multiple investigations and his time as mayor of the US's biggest city is coming to an inglorious end. His crimes are numerous, his intelligence isn't. Get ready for his indictment and replacement.

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What's going on with the Republicans? Can they do anything right? Being a member of a political party should be a jailable offense. 

I won't sell out and do a political show no matter how many views, clicks or downloads I might get. I hate politics, other than watching these guys like the Comrade get indicated. 

What's Going On Wednesdays with Andrew Hoffman:

Cartel rapidly losing strength, as too many catalysts (and crashing currencies) are thwarting it;

Imminent collapse of the Euro, and European Union;

Imminent Yuan devaluation?

Historically overvalued stocks and bonds, and historically undervalued PMs;

Surging Bitcoin;

The dying "Trump-flation" meme, as seen via the 2.5% cap on the 10-year Treasury yield.

Ned Schmidt joined us today. Rates are going higher, but so are gold and silver, the metals as well as the stocks. Generally rising rates are bad for stocks, and Ned doesn't think it will be for them this time. Ned doesn't see a large amount of overhead supply coming in the market to keep prices down. The supply just isn't there according to the COT (commitment of traders report). Therefore, what appears to be overhead resistance isn't really strong resistance. Silver has been giving hints of higher prices all along. Someone major is long silver. It's leading gold. They're using it to hedge their stock portfolios. 18.25-18.50 intra is showing where the trend is heading. There's nothing that Trump can do to keep the market going higher forever, contrary popular opinion. 

Trump's tax plan is due any minute. It certainly can't be worse than what we have now. But how much good can it really do? Tax revenues have been falling since 2012. The odds are favoring a recession sooner rather than later. Will this time really be different? Can Trumponomics prevail? Danielle thinks not and believes that reversion to the mean will always win out. 

Now that Trump is president he's beginning to clean house. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson purged the 7th Floor also known as the Deep State at the State Department. There's obviously lots more coming. Massive firings at the EPA, Department of Energy and other superfluous departments. Perhaps the moles will be identified and terminated with extreme prejudice at the intelligence agencies including the CIA, FBI and others. It's getting very interesting. A real fun time to be a Legacy Media Plant. 

Bix Weir talks about the Oroville Dam and why it's so important to California. It's a vital part of California's second largest reservoir and helps store 50 percent of Los Angeles's water. In addition, it helps irrigate much of the Central Valley's crops. The loss of this vital piece of the state's infrastructure is almost impossible to quantify at this particular time. It's been nearly a generation since California built a reservoir and it hasn't properly maintained what it has. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. 

We also discussed the coming DC housecleaning, Pizzagate and the Antarctica discoveries.  

The past decade has been a terrible time to be a saver or a responsible person. Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen have all made sure of that. By rewarding the hedge funds with free money and inflating the currency, along with zero percent interest rates, it's been an awful time to be a saver. But who are or were the savers; they have faces, like your grandmother and the elderly who believed in saving for a rainy day or retirement. Free money has had a corrosive effect upon society and discouraged good behavior and reinforced bad behavior. When will we go back to a better world? Chris has his opinions on the matter, which are well thought out and explained in this interview. 

Marine LePen is going to be elected to head France, at least that's my prediction, but I've been wrong before. But I've also been right, i.e. Trump, Brexit and others. This development according to John could lead to a crisis in Europe and elsewhere. Will chaos result? Or will things just continue on as normal? Is it the end for the elites? Or is it just another step? 

Heather Wagenhals is always on the lookout for scams that can separate you from your hard earned cash. Now they're coming for the professional services providers are being targeted by scammers. The scammers initiate contact, inquiring about the services that can be provided. They're often vague and insist upon keeping communication to email. Then the fun begins. They order up limos and rent studios and all sorts of goodies, promising wire transfers and payments. So watch out!

It's time to get proactive and not wait for your retirement to be here before you know it. Mark is running Boot Camps around the country. Mark is teaching his students how to sell land on Facebook Groups and on Craigslist. There's a number of other places where you can market your properties and Mark knows them all. He teaches you how to sell your property in 30 days or less. Mark believes that you should be buying in the South and Southwest. Few people are anxious to buy property in the frigid Midwest or chilly New England. There's a lot of commonsense and proprietary information that will send you on your way to being a successful Land Geek.  

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