Financial, Economic and Social Mood Update (February 3, 2022)

The total global cryptocurrency market hit a record high market capitalization on November 10, 2021.  Bitcoin BTC and over 17,762 other privately launched electronic digital cryptocurrencies have been surging in value over the past decade.  They have already matured to a large degree, having replaced 85 percent of commercial and investment banks all over the world.  Traditional commercial and investment banks as we have come to know them over hundreds of years will likely cease to exist by the end of the first trimester (i.e., one-third) of 2022 – this is how rapidly things are changing over into the new digital financial system.  The cryptocurrency market reached a record high value on November 10, 2021, but it has lost 42 percent of its value since then.  Recent stock market activity points to an emerging stock market collapse – in particular an emerging high technology equity market collapse to rival or exceed that of the historical dot.com bust.  Here is a short interesting video from Elliott Wave International with respect to the emerging crash:  https://www.elliottwave.com/Social-Mood/5-Trends-We-re-Watching-Beyond-the-Markets-in-2022?rcn=220123socez&utm_source=com&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=ar-frup&utm_content=220123socez.

We are all aware that most of the world is experiencing both hyperinflation and a shrinking labor pool.  There is an increasing amount of evidence which points to the emerging deflationary collapse which follows the hyperinflation – much like from 1923 to 1949, but much worse this time around.  The NASDAQ exchange has many more companies listed than either the blue chip Dow Jones 30 Industrials or than the S&P 500 Index, and one-third of the 3,554 companies listed on the NASDAQ have already lost a staggering 50 percent of their market value in merely ten (10) weeks. These 3,554 publicly listed corporations now comprise all publicly listed corporations in the entire USA – essentially the same demographic as the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index.  The Dow and the S&P are “Blue Chip” indices – in other words, they list the 500 largest companies in the country in the case of the S&P 500 Index.  The entire US stock market has lost 15 percent of its value since November 22, 2021.

The hyperinflation has come about due to bad government policy, both in terms of the central banking system as well as in terms of bad fiscal and economic policy.  The central banking system has done nothing but encourage debt, whereas bad fiscal & economic policy stems from both socialist thinking and from the desire to “socially engineer” the human population.  The result has been to “dumb down” the human population and to deliberately make them dependent upon their so-called rulers.  Demographic changes (often encouraged via social engineering) are now making things even worse.  Put simply, the global human population is experiencing a demographic collapse.  The traditional nuclear & extended family structure is pretty much gone, there is little procreation, the population is ageing profoundly – and this last point is of course pushing the mortality rate higher.  All of this spells big trouble for national economies and for the entire global economy. 

Why are demographics so important to the economy?  Think of it this way: if you are a business owner, your demographics are your customers.  If your customer base shrinks or dies out, your business will die out as well.  We are seeing the evidence of this in the real estate market, which is now in the process of peaking.  I recommend you view “Reventure Consulting” on YouTube.  The young man Nicholas Gerli who owns this channel does an excellent job of research for the real estate market.  He was once employed by a large real estate investment firm, and is now self-employed.  Here is his most recent video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOz8cI8yZ8.

The so-called “pandemic” is also a very major “excuse” for the collapsing global economy.  The motor vehicle industry is experiencing a massive collapse largely due to the switch to so-called “green energy” and to an acute computer chip shortage.  By the way, most computer chips for vehicles are sourced out of one country – Taiwan.  This demonstrates how overdependence upon one source is a terrible idea.  The severe global lockdowns due to the so-called “pandemic” have absolutely crushed small business, which always has been, is and always will be the major dynamic force in any and all economies.  I am referring to the “Mom & Pop” businesses which are the backbone of the global economy – as many as 40 percent of them have already been destroyed due to restrictive and unfair tyrannical government “lockdowns” – which have in turn allowed large discount retailers (such as Wal-mart and Target) or online retailers (such as Amazon) to thrive at their expense.