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2020 has proven to be a year unlike any other. It has shaken our confidence in our economic, financial, political and social systems — proving them to be a lot less stable than we’d previously assumed.

Gold’s re-pricing is reflecting that realization. The big question is: How much more uncertainty remains ahead?

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The economic and health consequences of covid-19 are extremely severe.  Expectedly so.  And they are still creating havoc in ways we don’t fully appreciate yet.

So every day counts now, and all your actions matter.  It’s time to build resilience.  At the household level first, and then within your community.  Deepen your pantry, deepen your friendships, and deepen your soil.

The more you can rely on yourself and those around you, the better off you’ll be.

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All of a sudden, the lead stock of the current massive market rally, Tesla (TSLA), is faltering — down nearly $250/share (14.3%) since yesterday’s open.

This is important because Tesla embodies the faith, optimism and exuberance that has been required by investors to support stock prices up at their current levels — which by nearly every conventional measure, are now more overvalued than at any prior time in history.

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Covid-19 is one of the most “alien” viruses our modern health care system has encountered.

Not because it came from extraterrestrials, but because of all of the various different ways it’s able to wreak havoc on the human body. It’s so novel that we don’t have a good natural analog to compare it to.

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What’s it like to actually have covid-19?

On today’s video, Chris interviews Dr. Glenn DeSandre who is still recovering from the virus.

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Chris’ journey raises a great question: What’s your vision?

Where do you want to be, ultimately? And what do you want to be doing when you get there?

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. GDP falls -35%, the worst quarterly drop in the history of the US economy….and the Too Big To Fail banks make record revenues:   Got that? Over 50 million Americans have lost their jobs as a result of the economic carnage inflicted by the covid-19 pandemic. And…

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Ever since the outbreak of covid-19 we’ve wondered why the virus hits some people like a ton of bricks while barely inconveniencing others.

Now we think we have a clue.

New data suggests that the specific types of T-cells you have in your immune system determine how severely your body will react to the coronavirus upon infection.

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Globally, cases are mounting fast, with the time it takes to hit the next million infected shorter than ever.

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Like a windstorm toppling a hollowed-out tree, SARS-CoV-2 didn’t cause the current recession so much as it exposed how rotten things already were.

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