{"id":50441,"date":"2020-01-06T07:57:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50441"},"modified":"2020-01-06T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:57:37","slug":"2020-begins-with-a-bang-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50441","title":{"rendered":"2020 Begins With A Bang (Literally)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/2020-begins-with-a-bang-literally\/\">2020 Begins With A Bang (Literally)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A heck of a lot happened this week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ed5Bh_DbHPU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It sure didn\u2019t take long for 2020 to get interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest development of the new year happened Thursday when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi\/us-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ\">the US military assassinated Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, Iran\u2019s most powerful figure after its Supreme Leader, in a surgical drone strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an extremely serious action; one that Iran is highly likely to respond forcefully against. As the world anxiously awaits what will happen next, #wwwiii suddenly is a top twitter trend.[<strong>Update<\/strong>: since this original publication of this article, the US has conducted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/round-two-us-drone-airstrikes-kill-six-pro-iran-militia-commanders\">further airstrikes<\/a>&nbsp;on Iranian targets located in Iraq, Bagdad\u2019s \u2018Green Zone\u2019 which contains the US Embassy has come under attack, and there are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/explosions-reported-near-us-embassy-baghdad\">unconfirmed reports<\/a>&nbsp;that US aircraft have hit Iranian targest in Syria.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris has been furiously processing the news flow on this on an hour-by-hour basis in his latest post on the topic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/world-war-iii\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to better understand the context behind the current US-Iran tension as well as breaking developments from last night\u2019s bombing and the likely repercussions,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/world-war-iii\/\">read the post and follow Chris\u2019 updates<\/a>in its Comments section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, Chris released&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/gold-price-ready-to-explode\/\">this prediction<\/a>&nbsp;that gold was poised for a big price move. Sure enough, gold closed the week up $40\/ounce, certainly helped today by the geopolitical worries escalating between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The yellow metal is now up nearly $100\/oz from a month ago, and over $200\/oz from a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems to be finally emerging from its 7-year slumber. Even the long-beaten mining shares are up nicely over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The start of a new bull market in the precious metals may indeed be upon us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WTF?! (What The Fed?!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first trading day of the year saw the S&amp;P 500 close at an all-time high, suggesting that Fed liquidity was still driving the show as it did for the entirety of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Begins With A Bang (Literally) A heck of a lot happened this week It sure didn\u2019t take long for 2020 to get interesting. Iran The biggest development of the new year happened Thursday when&nbsp;the US military assassinated Qassem Soleimani, Iran\u2019s most powerful figure after its Supreme Leader, in a surgical drone strike. 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