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This Is The Real Reason For The War On Cash
This Is The Real Reason For The War On Cash Originally posted Op-Ed via The Wall Street Journal, These are strange monetary times, with negative interest rates and central bankers deemed to be masters of the universe. So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that politicians and central bankers are now waging a war on cash. That’s right, […]
French farmers protest at prices driven down by Russia sanctions
French farmers protest at prices driven down by Russia sanctions © @RTenfrancais / periscope.tv A protest by French farmers has taken place in Paris. Large crowds gathered to decry the low prices of agricultural produce. Prices are being driven down by the sanctions exchange with Russia, which has caused domestic produce to flood the […]
Deutsche Bank Is Scared: “What Needs To Be Done” In Its Own Words
Deutsche Bank Is Scared: “What Needs To Be Done” In Its Own Words It all started in mid/late 2014, when the first whispers of a Fed rate hike emerged, which in turn led to relentless increase in the value of the US dollar and the plunge in the price of oil and all commodities, unleashing […]
Military Misadventures
Military Misadventures No Coincidence BALTIMORE – The Dow rose 126 points on Thursday – just shy of 1%. Not enough to reverse the market’s apparent downward bias [ed note: the rebound gathered pace on Friday]. Stocks are most likely headed down because the thing that sent them up has come to an end. Here is […]
Thousands march to protest state of emergency in France
Thousands march to protest state of emergency in France © Ruptly Thousands of people marched in 70 French cities, including Paris, to demand immediate action to stop France’s ongoing state of emergency and openly voice outrage over government plans to revoke the French citizenship of dual nationals, many of them Muslims, convicted of terrorism. Up […]
F(r)actions Of Gold
F(r)actions Of Gold The simple fact of the matter is that gold is no longer money and hasn’t been treated that way in decades. It is a frustrating and often woeful outcome, but deference isn’t a reason to color judgement. As an investment, which is more like what gold has become, it isn’t all that […]
Why the Black Hole of Deflation Is Swallowing the Entire World … Even After Central Banks Have Pumped Trillions Into the Economy
Why the Black Hole of Deflation Is Swallowing the Entire World … Even After Central Banks Have Pumped Trillions Into the Economy Deflation Threatens to Swallow the World Many high-powered people and institutions say that deflation is threatening much of the world’s economy … China may export deflation to the rest of the world. Japan is mired in […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 2
We Know How This Ends, Part 2 In March 1969, while Buba was busy in the quicksand of its swaps and forward dollar interventions, Netherlands Bank (the Dutch central bank) had instructed commercial banks in Holland to pull back funds from the eurodollar market in order to bring up their liquidity positions which had dwindled […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 1
We Know How This Ends, Part 1 The finance ministers and representatives of central banks from the world’s ten largest “capitalist” economies gathered in Bonn, West Germany on November 20, 1968. The global financial system was then enthralled by a third major currency crisis of the past year or so and there was great angst […]
Francois Hollande Admits Socialist Policies Failed, Declares “Economic State Of Emergency”
Francois Hollande Admits Socialist Policies Failed, Declares “Economic State Of Emergency” Remember when showing ‘progress’ in Europe was as simple as pointing to your high stock market or low bond yields to “prove” everything is awesome. Since 2012, when Mr Hollande came to power, more than 600,000 people have joined the ranks of the unemployed […]
The Fed’s Stunning Admission Of What Happens Next
The Fed’s Stunning Admission Of What Happens Next Following an epic global stock rout, one which has wiped out trillions in market capitalization, it has rapidly become a consensus view (even by staunch Fed supporters such as the Nikkei Times) that the Fed committed a gross policy mistake by hiking rates on December 16, so much […]
The World’s Most Famous Case Of Hyperinflation (Part 1)
The World’s Most Famous Case Of Hyperinflation (Part 1) The Great War ended on the 11th hour of November 11th, 1918, when the signed armistice came into effect. Though this peace would signal the end of the war, it would also help lead to a series of further destruction: this time the destruction of wealth […]
“Nowhere To Hide” As Baltic ‘Fried’ Index Careens To Fresh Record Low
“Nowhere To Hide” As Baltic ‘Fried’ Index Careens To Fresh Record Low Another day, another fresh all-time record low in The Baltic Dry Index as Deutsche Bank’s “perfect storm” appears ever closer on the horizon. Plunging 4.7% overnight to 445 points, this is 20% lower than the previous record low in 1986 and as one strategist warns, “It’s […]
France shuts down Flamanville nuclear reactor over transformer failure
France shuts down Flamanville nuclear reactor over transformer failure General view of the operating power plant in Flamanville. © Benoit Tessier / Reuters One of the reactors at France’s Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant has been shut down due to technical failure. No radiation leak has been reported, with the plant operator saying that the incident […]
The One Percent Rallies Behind IMF Director Christine LaGarde
The One Percent Rallies Behind IMF Director Christine LaGarde Washington removed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the leading contender for the French presidency and as director of the IMF by framing him on phony charges of raping a New York hotel maid. The obviously false charge was proven to be totally fabricated and had to be dropped. […]
