Christopher Puplava, CRPC®'s Contributions

Weekly Update: Corporate Debt Issuance Slowing to a Crawl

Mar 27, 2023 – Corporate debt issuance has slowed to a crawl, showing signs of freezing. The same condition appears to be occurring in the junk bond markets as well. Today, we ask the question of whether things are getting better or...

Chris Puplava on Rapid Change to Fed Policy Outlook, Labor Market Turn

Mar 24, 2023 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Chris Puplava, Chief Investment Officer at Financial Sense Wealth Management, discusses how the stock market is seeing a short-term rally on hopes that the Federal Reserve is nearing...

Weekend Edition: Markets Rocked by Rate Hike Fears, Largest US Bank Failure Since 2008

Mar 10, 2023 – It was an eventful week for stocks: Fed Chairman Jay Powell signaled the possibility of much higher rates and a major bank in Silicon Valley went bust, the largest such failure since the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. Today...

Weekly Update: US Facing 'Great Reset' on $6T in Debt

Mar 7, 2023 – Interest rates are on the rise and it's not just the US economy that's affected but also the US government as a whole. Financial Sense Wealth Management CIO Chris Puplava shows how $6 trillion of US debt is due this year and...

Big Picture: Is the Commodity Bull Market Still Intact?

Mar 3, 2023 – After this week's wrap-up, Financial Sense's Jim Puplava speaks with Jim Welsh at Macro Tides and Ryan Sweet at Oxford Economics about the outlook for the economy and the markets. Then, in the latter half of today's program...

Weekly Update: Why March Is Likely to Be Key Inflection Point for the Market

Feb 28, 2023 – There was a significant switch in the Wall Street narrative in January-February of this year from fears over a hard-landing recession to a 'no landing' scenario. Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, discusses what led to...

Weekend Edition: John Roque, Greg Weldon Discuss Market and Economic Outlook

Feb 24, 2023 – After this week's market wrap-up with Ryan Puplava, Financial Sense Newshour interviews John Roque and Greg Weldon about this week's sell-off in the markets as Wall Street now grapples with stickier inflation and higher...

Weekly Update: Banks Are Tightening Up, Here's What That Means for Corporate Profits and the Economy

Feb 14, 2023 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how bank lending standards point to a further weakening of the US economy as well as further pressure on corporate profits. Chris discusses how the business cycle...

Weekly Update: The Truth Behind Last Week's Blowout Jobs Report

Feb 7, 2023 – Last week the US received a blowout jobs report for the month of January exceeding all economists' expectations. There's just one major problem: the majority of hiring was for lower paying services jobs while higher paid...

Next Move in Yields Will Likely Determine Market's Fate

Jan 23, 2023 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how the next move in government bond yields will likely determine whether the market trends higher or lower from current levels...

Weekend Edition: US Debt Ceiling Trouble, Rural Backlash Against Renewables, and Anti-Dollar Investing

Jan 20, 2023 – After this week's market wrap-up report, Financial Sense Newshour speaks with Gene Inger to discuss his technical outlook on the market. Next, energy expert Robert Bryce explains the increasing backlash by rural communities across...

Weekly Update: US Debt Markets Likely to Face Trouble This Year

Jan 17, 2023 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how a whopping third of outstanding US debt is set to mature this year alone at the same time that foreign institutions and investors are stepping back from...

It May Be Time to Rethink Your 401K Investment Strategy

Jan 17, 2023 – Did you know employers can face lawsuits over a 401(k) they provide their employees? Jim and Chris Puplava discuss the two most common causes for such lawsuits and the minimum steps that should be taken...

Weekly Update: Preparing for a Hard Landing

Jan 10, 2023 – According to the data we show today, the odds are very high for a recession to occur this year and this is not yet priced into the market. Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, covers a wide array of data...

Weekly Update: Fed Rate 'Pivots' Are Not the Most Important Thing for the Market

Dec 5 – With signs of a weakening US and global economy, there is a growing amount of talk around a 'Fed pivot' away from further tightening. However, this is not the most important thing to the market outlook. Today, we show the message coming from...

Weekly Update: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Nov 14 – The good: In the short-term, we see extremely high bearish sentiment on top of improving technical breadth measures, which typically mark a bottom in the stock market. The bad: This is probably a temporary rally and we could...

Weekly Update: Analysts and Investors Still Shunning Top-Performing Energy Sector

Nov 7 – Today, we look at fund flows and the number of buy, sell, and hold recommendations by the analyst community for many top tech firms vs. the leading outperformers within the energy sector. In addition, we also show the impact of bank...

Tech Bust Meets 'Old Economy' Revenge

Oct 28 – Ryan Puplava gives this week's market wrap-up. Bruce Fraser gives a technical update on the market and says we are seeing a similar setup to the 2000-2002 period. Next, Financial Sense Newshour's Jim Puplava speaks with Greg Weldon...

Weekly Update: How China and Japan Are Adding to Global Market Turmoil in Treasury Sell Off

Oct 24 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, shows how we've now seen more wealth destruction take place than in 2008-2009 as Japan and China sell off significant amounts of US Treasury holdings. Why are they doing this...

Weekly Update: Spike in Corporate Bond Yields, Gas Inventories at Record Lows

Oct 17 – Corporate bond yields are spiking at the fastest rate we've seen in many years and the creator of the widely-watched Treasury volatility index says the US Treasury market is broken with the current swings underway. Today, we look at this and...

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