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Perhaps ironically, one of the most famous 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse paintings is by a Russian:
- Pestilence (on a White Horse -> COVID !?)
- War (on a Red Horse -> PUTIN !?)
- Famine (on a Black Horse -> HYPERINFLATION !?)
- Death (on a Pale Horse -> TOO LATE !?)
- Meduza
- DW
- Ahead
Yury Trutnev, Russia’s deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, doesn’t want to brag. “It would be wrong and dishonest,” he told Russian milblogger Semyon Pegov on November 6. Instead, Trutnev very modestly — reluctantly, even — revealed that he once confronted a Ukrainian armored vehicle while hiding in a tower, armed with only a sniper rifle. Clearly understanding Trutnev’s “humility,” Pegov titled the interview: “YURY TRUTNEV — THE PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY ARMED WITH A SNIPER RIFLE.”
President Donald Trump confirmed he is “looking at” an exemption for Hungary from recently imposed U.S. sanctions on Russian oil. The discussion took place during his meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House on November 7, 2025. Trump noted the geographical difficulty for Hungary to secure oil and gas from alternative sources, stating, “We’re looking at it, because it’s very difficult for him to get the oil and gas from other areas. As you know, they don’t have, they don’t have the advantage of having sea.”
For nearly two months, the Russia–Kazakhstan border has turned into a parking lot. Thousands of trucks loaded with goods worth millions of rubles have been stuck there since early September, when Russia suspended freight crossings citing falsified customs declarations. Drivers say even those carrying legitimate cargo have been stuck for weeks, leading some to abandon their trucks. The independent outlet Okno looked into what’s happening on the ground. Meduza summarizes their reporting.
More than 10,000 people gathered in the Latvian capital on Thursday night to protest a bill that would see the country exit the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women. The demonstration went ahead even after President Edgars Rinkēvičs refused to the sign the bill and parliament tabled it upon reconsideration. Meduza visited the demonstration and asked participants why they decided to protest even after lawmakers backed down.
“The first time I went on a long group hike was in the early 1980s when I was a university student,” says Bakhtiyor Sharipov. “The Tajik mountains have been a part of me ever since.”
2025.11.05
Harvest Gold (TSXV:HVG) is exploring three large 100%-owned gold exploration properties in the world-renowned Abitibi region of Quebec, the seventh-ranked mining and exploration jurisdiction in the world.
The properties combined cover over 50 km of favorable strike along mineralized shear zones.
The Abitibi is a geological formation dominated by Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI). Harvest Gold controls three large prospective land packages (Urban Barry, Mosseau and La Belle) all overlaying the same geological contact within the Urban Barry Greenstone Belt.
Major economies are experiencing their lowest growth levels since 2008, and western economies are currently suffering a bout of “Stagflation Lite.” But warnings of a copycat 1970’s level of full-blown stagflation are increasing.
At AOTH we believe gold is the perfect hedge against the unique combination of stagflation, recession, and policy risks facing markets in 2025 and 2026.
Continue reading Video – Western Economies currently drinking Stagflation Lite at Ahead of the Herd.
2025.11.04
One of a government’s most important roles is to ensure a safe water supply for its citizens, and to defend its citizens against threats to clean water resulting from industrial users who draw the water from the same sources as residents and then contaminate it.
Recent reports show the BC government is failing in this role and endangering the lives of people living in northeastern British Columbia and their environment.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a staggering $2.7 trillion was spent on militaries in 2024. If current trends persist, global military spending is projected to reach $6.6 trillion by 2035.
Continue reading Video – The global cost of militarization at Ahead of the Herd.
We have surpassed the limits of economic, fiscal and inflationary indebtedness. Government irresponsibility is going to cause the next financial crisis.
Continue reading Video – Debt causes the coming economic crisis at Ahead of the Herd.
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Pulled conclusions from pooled data compilations
Using some of the world’s largest companies by market cap & some of the most quoted indices + two most sung alternatives: data for this millennia where available
- At 134x, Apple is the absolute stock price growth winner; with Amazon at 45x and Google at 32x
- Despite the lack of interest or dividends, gold at 6.6x looks good compared to any other stock or index!
- Barrick Gold on the other hand seems to be poorly correlated to anything including the gold metal itself!?
- But Barrick is the only stock producing negative correlations with most of the indices including a relatively high -0.77 with the Euronext100 index
- If one wast trying to get something totally uncorrelated on purpose- it would be hard to beat: gold and the Euronext100 index at -0.03; or Barrick and the Hang Seng index at 0.04; or gold and Merck at 0.16; or BTC and the FTSE index at 0.19
- Correlation against a basket of indices & alternatives is best in Disney and Google (0.81-0.82), albeit at different growth multiples
- If an average historical P/E is somewhere in the 20x range, then the current S&P quoted average which is in high 30s is as warned high, BUT: only Amazon and Visa seem to be widely out of range (justified by growth in online transactions?), with many below current & historical averages
- In the current world of no interest & no inflation, maybe the higher P/E averages are justified..? For how long, that is a different question…
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