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This is Italy. This is not Sparta.
This is Italy. This is not Sparta. Nikolay Dubovsky Became Silent 1890 “European Stocks Surge Celebrating New Spanish, Italian Governments”, says a Zero Hedge headline. “Markets Breathe Easier As Italy Government Sworn In”, proclaims Reuters. And I’m thinking: these markets are crazy, and none of this will last more than a few days. Or hours. […]
The Next Recession Will Be Devastatingly Non-Linear
The Next Recession Will Be Devastatingly Non-Linear The acceleration of non-linear consequences will surprise the brainwashed, loving-their-servitude mainstream media. Linear correlations are intuitive: if GDP declines 2% in the next recession, and employment declines 2%, we get it: the scale and size of the decline aligns. In a linear correlation, we’d expect sales to drop […]
Illinois to Impose 1% Property Tax on Top of Everything Annually for 30 Years
Illinois to Impose 1% Property Tax on Top of Everything Annually for 30 Years In Illinois is a State that should just commit suicide and be emerged into surrounding states. It is following the EXACT pattern as the fall of the city of Rome itself. Constantine the Great moved the Roman capital from Rome to […]
Global Pension Gap Expected to Hit $400 Trillion: US Leads the Way
Global Pension Gap Expected to Hit $400 Trillion: US Leads the Way The global pension gap of 8 nations is $70 trillion. The US alone is $38 trillion. By 2050 the total gap will hit $400T. The Visual Capitalist reports The Pension Time Bomb: $400 Trillion by 2050. The above image is a small section […]
The Fed is Raising Rates Because of the Pension Crisis
The Fed is Raising Rates Because of the Pension Crisis QUESTION: The Fed says it will raise rates two or three times more this year. My question is this: If the stock market is crashing, why are they still raising rates? HW ANSWER: The Fed is raising rates because they must be NORMALIZED given the […]
The Way to Survive Hyperinflation
The Way to Survive Hyperinflation COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I just wanted to comment that I am from Venezuela. My father came here to visit me in Florida where I live with a Green Card. Everything he saved in life for his retirement is now worthless and it does not even pay to travel back to […]
Is Volatility in Oil Price on the Way, Again ?
Is Volatility in Oil Price on the Way, Again ? Experts say that you shouldn’t look at your pension investments too often as you might make unwise decisions. I don’t follow this advice. The reason that I’m drawn to tending my pension spreadsheet weekly, if not daily, is two-fold. First, I’m told by professionals who […]
Find The Sentence That Dooms Pension Funds (Don’t Worry, It’s Highlighted)
Find The Sentence That Dooms Pension Funds (Don’t Worry, It’s Highlighted) The “pension crisis” is one of those things — like electric cars and nuclear fusion — that’s definitely coming but never seems to actually arrive. However, for pension funds the reason a crisis hasn’t yet happened is also the reason that it will happen, […]
This tiny corner of Rhode Island shows us the future of Social Security
This tiny corner of Rhode Island shows us the future of Social Security The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit gave us an interesting glimpse of the future last week when it ruled on an obscure case involving government pension obligations. Ever since the mid-1990s, police officers and fire fighters in the […]
The Pension Ponzi Scheme is Coming to an End
The Pension Ponzi Scheme is Coming to an End Inevitably, all things must come to an end. Our entire problem with government is we have ZERO accountability and ZEROqualification standards to even run for office. The Democrats have put forth blacks and women, not because of their abilities, but simply because they want to […]
Global Pension Ponzi – Carillion Collapse One Of Many To Come
Global Pension Ponzi – Carillion Collapse One Of Many To Come Pension Crisis And Deficit of £2.6B At Carillion To Impact UK Pensions – Carillion collapses leaving a £900 million debt pile and 30,000 pensions at risk – Carillion PLC share price has collapsed 94% in last twelve months – Private analysis of Carillion’s pension deficit reveals it […]
Drastic Pension Cuts Will Hit California, Kentucky, Other States
Drastic Pension Cuts Will Hit California, Kentucky, Other States The CA Supreme Court will rule on pension cuts. Curiously, the court’s ruling will be irrelevant in case of bankruptcy. Please consider California’s Brown Raises Prospect Of Pension Cuts In Downturn. California Governor Jerry Brown said legal rulings may clear the way for making cuts to […]
2017 Year In Review
Tortoon/Shutterstock 2017 Year In Review Markets fiddle while Rome burns Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no exception. As with past years, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It’s quite longer than […]
The Greek Fraud Reads Like a Crime Novel
The Greek Fraud Reads Like a Crime Novel Tamara de Lempicka The refugees 1937Note: I feel kind of sorry this has become such a long essay. But I still left out so much. You know by now I care a lot about Greece, and it’s high time for another look, and another update, and another […]
Politicians & Kicking the Can Down the Road
Politicians & Kicking the Can Down the Road QUESTION: Hi Marty, Thank you for replying to my earlier question about The Crash & No Bid. It as very insightful towards the mechanics of markets. I have a new question for you regarding how Politicians “kick the can” as long as they can expecting the next people […]
