Predictions made by William Stickevers on January 1, 2017 in the Global Outlook 2017 Webinar
Trouble for the Chinese Yuan
“Emerging markets are vulnerable on two fronts: capital outflows in response to higher interest rates in the U.S.; and trade restrictions that will hurt economies that depend heavily on U.S. markets. That spells trouble for Brazil and China, which statistically have the highest negative rate.” (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- China’s Oil Plans Will Be a ‘Wake Up Call’, Graticule’s Levinson Says (Bloomberg Business, Oct 23, 2017)
Emerging Market Collapse Begins
We’re going to see an emerging market collapse occur. We see things unravel big time in March and the spring, and then really come to a head in the summer.
Look at China’s economy, it’s falling apart. The Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto alignment is hitting the Chinese Jupiter. Transiting Neptune is on the second house cusp, opposing the Chinese Saturn in the eighth house of its debt. So you have to realize that Trump is planning to invoke a trade war. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- China Slashes Import Tariffs on Consumer Goods In Boost For Trump And Western Exporters (Zero Hedge, Nov 24, 2017)
- China quietly gears up for possibility of trade war with United States (Washington Post, Jan 18, 2017)
Russia Resurgent, Capitalize on Opportunities
You have a resurgent Russia. 2017 will be a year of opportunity for Russia. It will capitalize on those opportunities. Some sanctions against it will be lifted by Trump. Europe is going to change its position with Russia. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Cracks in EU Unity on Russia Sanctions Get Wider (Strategic Culture, Oct 20, 2017)
- Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan: Emerging Alliance (Strategic Culture, Nov 8, 2017)
- ‘We Must Take Countermeasures’: US Anti-Russian Sanctions Anger German Business (Sputnik News, Sep 17, 2017)
- Exchange rating Russia down and out (The Duran, Oct 16, 2017)
- Russia embraces the Fourth Industrial Revolution (The Duran, Nov 29, 2017)
Russia Going To Confront NATO
Russia is going to confront NATO and that’s something Trump is going to have to deal with. So Russia flexes its muscles and no doubt it will certainly do what it has to, to assert its hegemony in the region. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Russia could cut off internet to Nato countries, British military chief warns (The Guardian, Dec 14, 2017)
- Russian Industry Should Be Ready for War, Putin Tells Military (Russia Insider, Nov 24, 2017)
- Russia and NATO War Games in Europe See New Player: China (Newsweek, Jul 1, 2017)
Russia Going To Be More Aggressive in the Baltics, with Turkey and certain Eastern European Countries, Expansion
Russia is going to be much more powerful, much more influential. It’s definitely going to shape the policy, especially in Eastern Europe, it’s going to be much more aggressive in the Baltics, with Turkey, with certain countries in Eastern Europe. So Russia’s on a big expansion comeback. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Russia’s Arms Sales to Middle East Countries Spike to Record-High Levels (Strategic Culture, Nov 18, 2017)
- Iran, Russia, Turkey to call for int’l conference on Syria (The Bric Post, Nov 23, 2017)
- Austria, Hungary and Czechs Form Anti-Soros, Pro-Russia Alliance – Russian TV (Russia Insider, Oct 31, 2017)
- Putin Is Mediating A Secret Deal Between Assad And Netanyahu, Bombshell Report Reveals (Zero Hedge, Nov 27, 2017)
European Referendums
In 2017 when the French and Dutch vote for their new prime ministers, it will set the stage for a series of Euro referendum votes later in the year. First with the British Exit, then with Trumpzilla, then the Italians reject with a referendum, then will be France, followed by the Netherlands. They’re all trying to escape the grasp of the European Union. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- The EU Is Alive and Well, But the Referendums Are Coming (Pew Research, Jun 26, 2017)
- Italy referendums: Lombardy and Veneto ‘back greater autonomy’ (BBC, Oct 23, 2017)
- French territory New Caledonia to hold referendum on self rule (The Guardian, Nov 3, 2017)
- Netherlands to hold referendum on new surveillance law (Reuters, Nov 1, 2017)
Italian Banking System Busting, Nationalization, Populist 5-Star Movement Gain More Power
The Italian Republic banking system is busting all over the place. Look at Pluto opposing the Venus-Saturn of the Italian Republic chart. So we have Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto in the second house, Saturn moving into the second house, opposing the Venus-Saturn.
The banks are going to be nationalized. The government will not be able to hold the banks, the populist five-star movement will gain more power in Italy. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- How Monte dei Paschi Ended Up on the Verge of Nationalization (Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2017)
- EU clears Italy’s $6 billion state bailout for Monte dei Paschi (Reuters, Jul 4, 2017)
- Italy forced to bail out two more banks for 5.2bn euros (BBC, Jun 25, 2017)
- Two Italian Zombie Banks Toppled Friday Night (Zero Hedge, Jun 24, 2017)
- Italy’s Latest Bank Bailout Has Created A Two-Speed Eurozone (Forbes, Jun 26, 2017)
- Italy to wind up two failing banks at potential cost of €17bn (The Guardian, (Jun 25, 2017)
- Populist Five Star Movement’s (M5S) candidate, Giancarlo Cancelleri, received 34.6 percent of the vote, almost doubling its result compared to the last regional elections in 2012 (Deutsche Welle, Nov 6 2017)
Deutsche Bank – Massive Liquidity Crisis
Deutsche Bank is sitting on a large pile of non-performing loans and has $72.8 trillion in derivative contracts connected with those underperforming loans, an amount that is 20 times greater than the German GDP, and it has a leverage ratio of 40 to 1. At the time of its collapse in September 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings had a leverage ratio of 31 to 1. Deutsche Bank in Germany has a 40 to 1 leverage. So you have to realize, if Deutsche Bank goes down, they cannot save it and if things do not improve, we could see a massive liquidity crisis across the globe that begins the derivatives unwind. It will be much bigger than the Lehman collapse. Deutsche Bank would trigger a systemic banking contagion, the likes of which the world has never seen before. Look where it was, at $10. This is one of the largest banks in the world. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Deutsche Bank Downgraded, Fitch “No Longer Expects Franchise To Recover This Year” (Zero Hedge, Sep 28, 2017)
- How Deutsche Bank’s high-stakes gamble went wrong (Financial Times, Nov 8, 2017)
- Deutsche Bank pays $220m over rate manipulation (Financial Times, Oct 25, 2017)
- Deutsche Bank Faces Possible $60 Million Derivative Loss (The Street, Jun 27, 2017)
Another Crisis – Boom and Collapse of the Shadow Banking System, the Debt Bubble, Housing Bubble, the Dow Jones
Look at where we are now in November 2016. We have this square aspect. We’re seeing the boom and collapse of the shadow banking system, the debt bubble, the housing bubble, the Dow Jones.
We’re seeing a beginning emergence of another crisis. Here’s Jupiter and Pluto on March 30, 2017, Jupiter exactly opposing Uranus on the midheaven. And so in terms of how it has an impact on the markets, when Jupiter is in a backwards square from Pluto, that the stock keeps going down ten days before the aspect to roughly eight days after the aspect. And this is a huge difference, from the 90-degree square opening where the DOW went down five times and up one time, compared to the 90-degree opening. So basically what we’re seeing here is downward pressure, astrological correlations are showing we are looking for a market top around the time of the Jupiter-Pluto conjunction. That doesn’t mean the market collapses exactly. But it indicates we’re hitting the top, and then after that the support levels drop dramatically.
At the same time interest rates keep heading north in 2017. With the head of the Federal Reserve saying, “Don’t worry, the interest rate hikes have already been baked in.” With a $20 trillion debt bond, and the stock market all down here with the cake. So you can see people know what’s coming. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Fed Raises Rates For Third Time In 2017 As U.S. Economy Chugs Along (Forbes, Dec 13, 2017)
- Bank of America; “This Could Get Ugly, We Think” (A polite euphemism for marketwide crash) (Zero Hedge, Aug 29, 2017)
- All Eyes On The 10Y Treasury Which Is Blowing Above 2.60%, Nears Gundlach’s ‘Redline’ (Zero Hedge, Jan 18, 2018)
- The Greatest Investment Bubble (Barron’s, Dec 9, 2017)
- GOLDMAN SACHS: There’s an attractive way to profit from the $1.3 trillion student-loan bubble (Business Insider, Dec 9, 2017)
Trump vs. The Fed
What’s going to happen, is Trump will fire everyone, he’s going to muzzle the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve is going to be under massive stress. This probably is a period when he will evoke major measures he’s going to enforce new policies. He’s already said what he’s going to do. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Doug Casey On The New Fed Chair (Zero Hedge, Nov 27, 2017)
- Powell, sounding a lot like Yellen, promises rate hikes and little policy change (CNBC, Nov 28, 2017)
- It’s Trump’s Fed Now: With so many vacancies, the president will have a shot at molding the central bank (Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec 14, 2017)
Gold to Rise
Gold starts making major moves in 2017. Because there’s going to be inflation, stagflation, hyperinflation, and deflation which has been ongoing since 2007; we’re going to have all of that. At the same time a lot of prices will be inflationary or hyper inflationary at some point as they go back to printing money or using certain protective measures to keep the economy going. We’re also going to have deflation of debt and deflation of the bubble assets that the credit bubble has created. So debt will implode and property values and stocks will begin to decline rapidly. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Why the Price of Gold Kept Climbing in 2017 (The Motley Fool, Dec 29 2017)
- Gold Bullion Price Up 12% in 2017 as Stock Markets Add 20% (Buillion Vault, Dec 20, 2017)
- US Inflation Grows 2.1% in 2017 (US Inflation Calculator, Jan 12, 2018)
- US GDP Rise Deflationary Risk: However confident the Fed is of recovery, there is growing evidence of a slide into outright deflation (The Guardian, Sep 2, 2017)
- Dealing with the effects of one bubble creating more (Aug 20, 2017)
Iran Enters the Global Economy in 2017
Basically Iran enters the global economy in 2017. I do not see an overthrow of the Iranian government. I believe we will see an election and the conservative politicians will still be in power. They’ll still be beholden to a supreme leader who distrusts the U.S. But these politicians who will come in in March will understand that they need to re-enter the global economy and therefore they will increase oil production with China and Russia intervening and protecting them, regardless of the unsustainability of the fake Iran nuclear deal. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Iran-China trade up 22% in Jan.-Oct. (Tehran Times, Nov 30, 2017)
- Hungarian trade delegation due in Tehran in early Dec. (Tehran Times, Nov 29, 2017)
- Non-oil trade up 8%, exports hit $28.5b (Tehran Times, Nov 27, 2017)
- India ready to develop communication ties with Iran (Tehran Times, Nov 26, 2017)
- Iran’s tourism industry is booming (CNN, Sep 5, 2017)
Israel Retain East Jerusalem and Maintain 1967 Borders, Trump to Rescue, Israel Bolder with Foreign Policy Military
Israel … I don’t see this Palestinian State taking off the way everyone thinks it will. The blackbox is very positive for Israel. I believe it will retain East Jerusalem and maintain 1967 borders. I think Trump will come to the rescue. He is basically firing the UN team, he told the head of the UN, “Things are going to change.” He’s coming to the rescue of Netanyahu. That’s where that’s going. I see Israel as emboldened again, it will assert itself, it will assert U.S. policy on Iran. So you will see Israel acting much bolder in its foreign policy military prowess than it has by this date next year. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital and Orders U.S. Embassy to Move (New York Times, Dec 6, 2017)
- Israel Gives Official Confirmation Of Covert Ties With Saudi Arabia (Zero Hedge, Nov 19, 2017)
- “Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination To Provoke War (Zero Hedge, Nov 11, 2017)
- Israel Working With Saudi Arabia On Iran “Contingency” Attack (Zero Hedge, Nov 17, 2017)
- Israel Ready To Share Intel With Saudis “Against Iran” Ahead Of Possible War (Zero Hedge, Nov 16, 2017)
Saudi Arabia Economic Crisis
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is basically running out of money, it’s going to start defaulting. You’re going to hear the word ‘default’ early this year.
There are layoffs happening all over the place, there’s a 70 percent decline in oil for the past 18 months. There’s massive austerity throughout the nation including the rich. They’re emptying their pools, all these architectural projects have come to a grinding halt. Large scale projects are in a slump, everything is breaking down. The filthy rich are no longer driving gas guzzling SUVs. At the same time, their oil reserves — Russian news reported that their Ghawar Field, the largest oil-producing field in the world is running out of oil after 65 years of continuous production. They’re going to employ the CO2-EOR (Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery) process to extract the last of the field’s oil. A recent Citigroup study suggests that Saudi Arabia is going to run out of oil by 2030, maybe even earlier. So that will really shake things up. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Saudi Arabia borrows $9 billion with first Islamic bond sale (CNN Business, Apr 14, 2017)
- Saudi Arabia avoids financial crisis – now for the hard part (Reuters, May 4, 2017)
- In boost to reform, Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approves bankruptcy law (Reuters, Feb 18, 2018)
Turkey Moving Away from EU, NATO and Turning Toward the Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO
Turkey undergoes an existential crisis. The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is really Turkey’s version of Adolph Hitler. Since he assumed power in 2014, he’s become extremely ambitious and nationalistic.
Erdogan has been setting his geopolitical sights on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). He’s a dialog partner with them, strategic deals have been cut for the Russian gas transit and Chinese investment. For all practical purposes it seems that Turkey has increasingly been moving away from the European Union, moving away from NATO and turning toward SCO. This is going to be the thing to watch, what Erdogan does. His outrageous behavior and acting unilaterally in dealing with the Syrians in their crisis is very telling about that’s going to happen in 2017 as things really begin to unravel. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Erdogan’s top Presidential aid says Turkey should consider withdrawing from NATO (The Duran, Nov 20, 2017)
- Turkey threatens to remove US radar systems from its soil and indicates future intentions for Syria (The Duran, Nov 19, 2017)
- Turkey replaces the US as Russia’s key Middle Eastern partner from the “other side” (The Duran, Nov 13, 2017)
- Turkey to Serbia’s rescue? A strange new reality in a strange new time (The Duran, Oct 11, 2017)
- CONFIRMED: Turkey and Iran to conduct bilateral trade in national currencies (The Duran, Oct 10, 2017)
- The power bloc: Turkey is done with the EU, and now eyeing a Pakistan, Russia, China alliance (The Duran, Sep 8, 2017)
- CONFIRMED: Turkey to expand trade ties with Vietnam (The Duran, Aug 24, 2017)
- Turkey to sign customs deal with Eurasian Economic Union (The Duran, Aug 18, 2017)
- Turkey BLASTS US and EU sanctions against Russia (The Duran, Aug 11, 2017)
Spanish Government “Collapse”
Look where Pluto is going through, right through Spain. We could see a collapse of the Spanish government, or bond market, or economy. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Spain PM Fires Catalan Government, Calls Snap Elections In Retaliation For Independence Vote (Zero Hedge, Oct 27, 2017)
- Battle Lines Drawn in Catalonia (Strategic Culture, Oct 20, 2017)
- Catalonia Declares Independence (Strategic Culture, Oct 11, 2017)
U.S. To Confront Beijing in South China Sea
U.S. ready to confront Beijing in the South China Sea. This is a black swan event that could erupt. The reason why I say that is look at the geodetic Pluto right in the South China Sea. Look at the geodetic Mars, right within orb of Pluto. And Uranus, Jupiter, and Pluto are all by the South China Sea.
I don’t know if you’ve been following this, but things are starting to get hot. China has installed anti-aircraft weapons, all types of weapons, built islands in the South China Sea. They’ve basically told the U.S. to stay out of there. Trump signals he’s ready to confront Beijing on territorial issues there. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Trump Provokes China Again, Sends Another Destroyer To South China Sea (Zero Hedge, Aug 10, 2017)
- China Sends Warships, Fighter Jets To Intercept US Destroyer In South China Sea (Zero Hedge, Jul 2, 2017)
- Indonesia, Long on Sidelines, Starts to Confront China’s Territorial Claims (New York Times, Sep 10, 2017)
- Course Correction: How to Stop China’s Maritime Advance (Foreign Affairs, Jul/Aug 2017)
- Trump Provokes China Again, Sends Another Destroyer To South China Sea (Zero Hedge, Aug 10, 2017)
- China Sends Warships, Fighter Jets To Intercept US Destroyer In South China Sea (Jul 2, 2017)
Trump Administration
We look at the fact that the annular solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 is one of the most significant eclipses because it’s at 28° Leo. The eclipse path cuts through the United States which implies civil strife and terrorism. It’s also conjunct the U.S. President’s chart. Trump has Mars and his ascendant at those degrees. It’s also an eclipse that is conjunct the fixed star, Regulus, one of the royal stars of Persia. The 1979 eclipse at this degree coincided with the fall of the Shah of Iran. And this eclipse equals to the Mars-Saturn and Sun in the U.S. national horoscope and this eclipse will conjunct the ascendant Mars of Donald Trump. So this is certainly going to stress-test the new administration and the style of leadership. Look at the eclipse path going right through Washington, with Sun-Moon-Saturn conjunction. So big changes are coming to the United States, bigger than what a lot of people are ready to handle or can accept. (William Stickevers, Jan 1, 2017)
- Trump’s White House has had unprecedented turnover: Here’s who has left the administration (CNBC, Aug 18, 2017)
- Trump’s top 10 accomplishments of 2017 (The Hill, Dec 25, 2017)
- Trump administration announces new travel restrictions (CNN Politics, Sep 25, 2017)
- The Year in Trump: Memorable Moments From the President’s First Year in Office (TIME Magazine, Jan 11, 2018)
- Trump Has Quietly Accomplished More Than It Appears (Aug 2, 2017)
- How America Has Changed During Trump’s First Year In Office, By The Numbers (NPR, Jan 20, 2018)
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