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Peter Schiff: Americans Are in for a Rude Awakening
Peter Schiff: Americans Are in for a Rude Awakening On Jan. 13, Peter Schiff appeared on RT Boom Bust with Bubba Horwitz to talk about the yuan, the dollar, the stock market and the US economy. Peter said the dollar is eventually going to collapse and it’s going to be a rude awakening for Americans. The Chinese […]
32 Misinformation Schemes & Other Tactics Used by Wall Street, Corporate America & the Media, as Pointed Out Hilariously by WOLF STREET Commenters
32 Misinformation Schemes & Other Tactics Used by Wall Street, Corporate America & the Media, as Pointed Out Hilariously by WOLF STREET Commenters Selected from so many Nits to Pick. This is a collection of 32 tactics, instances, misnomers, immortal fake propaganda, and even wrong-doing cropping up ceaselessly on Wall Street, in the media, in […]
“Last Hurrah” for Central Bankers
“Last Hurrah” for Central Bankers We’ve all seen zombie movies where the good guys shoot the zombies but the zombies just keep coming because… they’re zombies! Market observers can’t be blamed for feeling the same way about former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. Bernanke was Fed chair from 2006–2014 before handing over the gavel to Janet […]
Are US Banks Facing a Credit Trap?
Are US Banks Facing a Credit Trap? Punta del Este | As we head into Q4 2019 earnings this week, US financials have never been so expensive and risk indicators have never been so skewed. Just as last July we called the problems brewing in the short-term money markets in a discussion on CNBC’s Halftime […]
David Stockman on What Triggers the Next Financial Collapse
David Stockman on What Triggers the Next Financial Collapse International Man: You have sounded the alarm on a coming financial crisis of historic proportions. How do Trump’s trade policies figure into your view that a crisis is coming? David Stockman: Trump’s trade policies only create more risk and rot down below. They’re just kicking the […]
“This Is Insanity!” – Jim Rogers Warns Of “Horrible Time” Ahead
“This Is Insanity!” – Jim Rogers Warns Of “Horrible Time” Ahead The Fed has increased its balance sheet over 500% in the past decade; The Bank of Japan is printing money to buy bonds and stock ETFs; and The European Central Bank is mired in insane negative interests. And, according to legendary investor Jim Rogers, they […]
Hedge Fund CIO: Will The Fed Ever Be Held Accountable For Turbocharging Inequality That Poisons America
Hedge Fund CIO: Will The Fed Ever Be Held Accountable For Turbocharging Inequality That Poisons America “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the […]
Mind the Gap
Mind the Gap Amid all the ferocious market rallying there’s a gap building and nobody seems to notice, and nobody seems to care. I say: Mind the gap. The banking index, much like the rest of the market, has been rallying furiously ever since the Fed began expanding its balance sheet on an accelerated pace […]
Low Gas Prices Crush Appalachia Shale Boom
Low Gas Prices Crush Appalachia Shale Boom Low natural gas prices have finally brought the decade-long shale gas boom in Appalachia to a halt.close Gas production in Appalachia declined by about 1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) over the past 30 days, bringing output down to an average of 32.7 Bcf/d, according to S&P Global […]
Central Bankers Are Quietly Freaking Out About How To Fight The Next Recession
Central Bankers Are Quietly Freaking Out About How To Fight The Next Recession The world’s top central bank officials are rightly concerned that politicians in rich economies missed one key lesson of the last recession: Interest rate cuts can help to moderate a downturn, but aggressive fiscal policy is key to a healthy recovery. It […]
“If The US Does That, It’ll Lose Iraq Forever” – Trump Threatened To Cut Off Baghdad’s Access To Its NY Fed Cash
“If The US Does That, It’ll Lose Iraq Forever” – Trump Threatened To Cut Off Baghdad’s Access To Its NY Fed Cash After rejecting Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s request to begin talks on the withdrawal of American troops, there are now more signs of the eroding ties between the two countries. The Wall Street Journal reports that according […]
Central Banks Continue “Remarkable” Gold-Buying Spree
Central Banks Continue “Remarkable” Gold-Buying Spree Central banks continued their remarkable gold-buying spree in November and remain on pace to eclipse 2018’s near-record purchases. According to the latest numbers from the World Gold Council, central banks added 27.9 tons on a net-basis to official gold reserves in November. That brings the yearly total for 2018 […]
Past Point of No Return –John Rubino
Past Point of No Return –John Rubino Financial writer and book author John Rubino sees the world careening toward a debt reset at an increasing pace. Rubino explains, “The coming monetary reset and what that means for gold and what that means for the rest of the global financial system, you don’t need a war […]
WTF: What The Fed?!?
WTF: What The Fed?!? A video event with Mike Maloney, Grant Williams, Charles Hugh Smith and Chris & Adam Here at the start of 2020, we’ve just said good-bye to the “twenty-teens, a decade defined by central bank intervention. Since the the Great Financial Crisis that began in late 2008, the world’s central banking cartel […]
