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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 !?)
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The Russian authorities appears to be blocking or throttling Telegram. According to the head of the Internet Protection Society, by the evening of March 16 the messenger’s availability had dropped to 75 percent, which means that one in four messages fails to reach its recipient. Kommersant reports that over the past week, the share of failed requests to Telegram domains has risen to nearly 80 percent on average.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Telegram has seen the rise of Russian-language channels specializing in graphic footage from the front, including combat killings, executions of prisoners, and the desecration of corpses. The independent outlet iStories examined more than 50 of these channels and identified the individuals behind some of them. They determined that these channels are run mostly not by soldiers, but by civilians — often teenagers. Meduza shares the investigation’s main findings.
For weeks, Russians have been bracing for a nationwide block of Telegram, the country’s most widely used messaging app, expected in early April. Reports of such plans first surfaced in late February, when RBC cited sources close to the Kremlin following a series of disruptions earlier that month. Now, however, it appears the authorities have moved ahead of schedule. Over the weekend of March 14–15, users in multiple regions reported major outages, with many unable to use the messenger at all. Here’s what we know so far.
Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov has been added to the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted list, Mediazona reports.
An investigation by journalist Andrey Zakharov has found that the son of a senior Federal Security Service official holds a position — and likely a financial stake — in the holding company that supplies the hardware used to restrict Russian internet traffic and surveil users.
2026.03.18
A severe heat wave hit the just-completed 2026 Indian Wells professional tennis tournament in California, with temperatures soaring toward 39 degrees Celsius or 102 Fahrenheit. Players faced stifling conditions, with temperatures exceeding 90F in the shade.
A heat dome in March?
Indian Wells is in the Coachella Valley desert, so heat this time of year isn’t unusual. What is different is the fact that an early heat wave has spread across much of the Western United States.
2026.03.17
Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the. Herd:
You recently cut a deal with Canadian Goldfields Discovery (TSXV:CGM), you’re selling Miminiska, the project that we were going to work on first. I’d like to know more about the deal and what you like about it.
Bruce Counts, CEO, Storm Exploration:
Broadly, it’s a $5.8 million transaction, that’s the total consideration. Those payments occur over a nine-month period.
Continue reading Under the Spotlight – Bruce Counts CEO Storm Exploration at Ahead of the Herd.
2026.03.14
Inflation, higher interest rates and a strong dollar are bad for gold prices. On the other hand, war, geopolitical stress, bad job reports and stagflation are good for gold.
The consensus on gold prices for 2026 is cautiously bullish, with many analysts expecting the precious metal to consolidate at higher levels.
I believe gold will see resistance at $5,000, with $100-200 moves on either side for the short term at least.
Continue reading All signs point to gold price strength – Richard Mills at Ahead of the Herd.
By Jeremy Szafron – Kitco News
As the Strait of Hormuz enters its 11th day of closure, the true battleground may not be in the Middle East, but within the U.S. Treasury market.
While markets initially anticipated lower yields following the geopolitical shock, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has instead climbed to 4.2%. According to Luke Groman, founder and president of Forest for the Trees, the ongoing energy crisis is exposing clear limitations within the global financial system.
By David Nield – ScienceAlert
Research points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.
Led by scientists from the University of Leipzig in Germany and Shandong University in China, the 2025 study identified the cell receptor GPR133 (also known as ADGRD1) as being crucial to bone density, via bone-building cells called osteoblasts.
Variations in the GPR133 gene had previously been linked to bone density, leading researchers to turn their attention to the protein it encoded.
Continue reading Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis 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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