As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on February 4, 2020 (Run time 13 min 43 sec) In Update #13, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports: "As the Wuhan Coronavirus spread worsens, the financial markets are throwing one hell of party, hitting record highs. Yet the world's #2 economy, China, just hung up a big "CLOSED" sign . . . stocks should be tanking hard here. How can they shrug off the virus' threat to global trade? Chris believes that government intervention is at play here. There are few things that send the soothing signal that "All is well" more than higher stock prices do. As politicians say: "When it gets serious, you have to lie". Folks, it looks like the Coronavirus is so...

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on February 3, 2020 (Run time 9 min 39 sec) In Update #12, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports: "With over 20,000 people now confirmed infected, the Coronavirus outbreak continues increasing at an exponential rate. And that's based on official data from the Chinese. There are many reasons to suspect those numbers are low vs reality . . . possibly much lower. As Chris explains, even though we'll have a lot more clarity on the coronavirus within two weeks, the time to make your preparations for the pandemic arriving in your community is NOW. Why? Because the downside to preparing early is very low, while the downside to being late is extremely high. The imperfect data we do...

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on February 2, 2020 (Run time 16 min 00 sec) In Update #11, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports: "The official data on the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus continues to suggest a geometric growth rate. Which explains why more and more infectious disease experts are now openly calling the virus a full-blown global pandemic. It's worth noting at this point that the data we do have, mostly from the Chinese government, is still scant and suspect. Many think the situation is China is worse than is being reported -- potentially much worse. Frustratingly, the Western press seems bent on downplaying the coronavirus threat, many trying to convince us that the standard flu is more dangerous. Which is...

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on February 1, 2020 (Run time 11 min 31 sec) In Update #10, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports: "Late on January 31, 2020, the US officially declared coronavirus a "national health emergency". So they are starting to claim that it's "too late" to do anything to stop the spread of coronavirus. Is it? Even if it's too late to stop it, we may still be able to slow the spread substantially. The latest numbers from China may be offering our first hope of that. At ~12,000 cases, they are our first sign the virus may no longer be spreading at a geometric rate. China's quarantine efforts may be starting to pay off. (Or, we may just...

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on January 31, 2020 (Run time 19 min 27 sec) In Update #9, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson issues the following alert that he'd hoped not to have to deliver: A new study coming out of China reports that the Wuhan Coronavirus has an Ro of 4.1. That means it's much more contagious than previously feared. If indeed the case, an Ro of 4.1 means there is NO way of stopping this virus from becoming a full-blown global pandemic. This study has not yet had time to be peer-reviewed, so the data may change. But going with the data available *right now* in this fast-developing situation, it is time to start preparing yourself and your loved ones....

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on January 30, 2020 (Run time 5 min 33 sec) In Update #8, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports that science journal "The Lancet" just released a study that finds initial evidence that men are substantially more vulnerable to Coronaviruses than women. Chris walks through the science behind the findings, explaining it in simple layman terms. (This is Blog Post #715) Chris Martenson, is a former American biochemical scientist and Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation.  Currently he is an author and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and the environment at his site, www.peakprosperity.com....

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on January 30, 2020 (Run time 15 min 23 sec) In Update #7, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports that on 1/30/2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Wuhan Coronavirus is indeed now a pandemic. If that's not scary enough, the WHO then proceeded to downplay the risk to public health and went to great lengths to make it clear it doesn't recommend placing restrictions on global trade & travel at this time . . . when we may be in dealing with a viral outbreak as (or more) virulent than the Spanish Flu (aka The Great Influenza). "This is nothing less than a political decision to keep business/commerce flowing without regard to public health....

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on January 29, 2020 (Run time 10 min 48 sec) In Update #6, on the Wuhan New Coronavirus (officially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson reports that the sudden lack of new information coming out of China is suspect. In this update, Chris walks us through the math here, showing how if the Coronavirus follows its current geometric growth, over 100 million people could be infected by the end of February. Don't take today's lack of 'news' as meaning the threat from this virus is dying down. This is very likely just the calm before the storm. (This is Blog Post #711) Chris Martenson, is a former American biochemical scientist and Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation.  Currently he is an author and trend...

As  posted to the Peak Prosperity YouTube Channel on January 28, 2020 (Run time 8 min 30 sec) In Update #5, with regards to the Wuhan New Coronavirus (offially "2019-ncov"), Chris Martenson suggests that the Coronavirus has all the hallmarks of a true Black Swan event. In addition to presenting a major public health risk, the Coronavirus is already doing serious economic damage. China, the world's second-largest economy, is essentially "closed for business" right now. The disruption to global trade the Coronavirus is likely to cause is going to be material, perhaps severe. And that will have serious negative consequences for the financial markets, which have been (and is still!) trading at the highest valuations in history. (This is Blog Post #709) Chris Martenson, is a former American biochemical scientist and...