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A Problem Emerges: Central Banks Injected A Record $1 Trillion In 2017… It’s Not Enough
A Problem Emerges: Central Banks Injected A Record $1 Trillion In 2017… It’s Not Enough Two weeks ago Bank of America caused a stir when it calculated that central banks (mostly the ECB & BoJ) have bought $1 trillion of financial assets just in the first four months of 2017, which amounts to $3.6 trillion […]
Which Assets Are Most Likely to Survive the Inevitable “System Re-Set”?
Which Assets Are Most Likely to Survive the Inevitable “System Re-Set”? Your skills, knowledge and social capital will emerge unscathed on the other side of the re-set wormhole. Your financial assets held in centrally controlled institutions will not. Longtime correspondent C.A. recently asked a question every American household should be asking: which assets are most […]
When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities
When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities December 27, 2016 It will be the middle class that accepted the notion that “real estate is the foundation of family wealth” that will be stripmined by higher taxes on immobile assets such as real estate. Correspondent Joel M. submitted an article that struck me as a […]
If Geography and Demographics Are Destiny, Who Will Be the Winners and Losers in 2025?
If Geography and Demographics Are Destiny, Who Will Be the Winners and Losers in 2025? Owning any asset in poorly positioned nations is an inherently risky bet going forward. The dictum “demographics is destiny” proposes that all the complexities of finance, society and politics are ultimately guided by demographics: the relative size of each generation, birth […]
Monopoly’s New Era
Monopoly’s New Era NEW YORK – For 200 years, there have been two schools of thought about what determines the distribution of income – and how the economy functions. One, emanating from Adam Smith and nineteenth-century liberal economists, focuses on competitive markets. The other, cognizant of how Smith’s brand of liberalism leads to rapid concentration […]
Making the Chicken Run
Making the Chicken Run “Making the chicken run” is what Rhodesians used to say about neighbors who packed up and got out during the ’60s and ’70s, before the place became Zimbabwe. It was considered “unpatriotic” to leave Rhodesia. But it was genuinely idiotic not to. I’ve written many times about the importance of internationalizing […]
Helicopter Money “Not on the Table,” ECB Swears Furiously
Helicopter Money “Not on the Table,” ECB Swears Furiously But it’s already here! It has finally sunk in: what everyone really wants is helicopter money. Central banks, instead of transferring trillions of newly created dollars or euros or whatever to the banks should just hand them directly to the people, like dropping bank notes from […]
Triffin’s Paradox Revisited: Crunch-Time for the U.S. Dollar and the Global Economy
Triffin’s Paradox Revisited: Crunch-Time for the U.S. Dollar and the Global Economy The reality is that we’re one panic away from foreign-exchange markets ripping free of central bank manipulation. While all eyes on fixated on global stock markets as the measure of “prosperity” and “growth” (or is it hubris?), the larger force at work beneath […]
Intelligence Insider: How To Protect Your Assets From Critical Infrastructure Failure: “Power Grid, Banking System, Cyber Financial Warfare”
Intelligence Insider: How To Protect Your Assets From Critical Infrastructure Failure: “Power Grid, Banking System, Cyber Financial Warfare” Intelligence insider Jim Rickards has previously warned of asymmetric attacks using cyber warfare, financial warfare and domestic disasters involving chemical, biological or radiologicial events. The threat is multi-faceted and the consequences of such an attack, whether it takes […]
BREAKING: US government releases its 2015 financial statements
BREAKING: US government releases its 2015 financial statements Hot off the presses, the US government just published its audited financial statements this morning, signed and sealed by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. These reports are intended provide an accurate accounting of government finances, just like any big corporation would do. And once again, the US government’s […]
Is Any Asset Safe?
Is Any Asset Safe? QUESTION: Hi Marty, I have been following your blog for several years and attended your “Cycles of War” presentation in Philadelphia. It has been rewarding and very educational. My question, is there any one investment that is a safe haven in the chaos that approaches? I recently sold my company and placed […]
Gold price over $1,200 has bullion buyers sure rally will continue
Gold price over $1,200 has bullion buyers sure rally will continue Price of bullion is rising fast, especially when converted into Canadian currency Gold has outperformed almost every single other asset class as an investment this year. Many backers of the precious metal say the rally is just getting started. (Frantzesco Kangaris/Bloomberg) Bad news for […]
The West Is Reduced To Looting Itself
The West Is Reduced To Looting Itself Myself, Michael Hudson, John Perkins, and a few others have reported the multi-pronged looting of peoples by Western economic institutions, principally the big New York Banks with the aid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Third World countries were and are looted by being inticed into development plans […]
Davos, Dalio, and a Depression?!
Davos, Dalio, and a Depression?! So, how does a deflationary depression resolve itself? When Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, referred to a possible economic depression as he was being interviewed at the World Economic Forum at Davos, it does not mean what most people think it means. Most of […]
