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Here are all the ways inflation is happening today
Here are all the ways inflation is happening today Something strange happened in the markets last month that signals trouble ahead… When stocks fell from their September highs, you would have expected investors to run for cover in the world’s safe-haven asset – US Treasurys. But that’s not what happened. While stocks were plunging, Treasurys […]
How the government uses its giant facial recognition database
How the government uses its giant facial recognition database In July 1996, flight TWA 800 exploded in mid-air, 12 minutes after taking off from JFK International Airport in New York. All 230 passengers on board were killed. It would be four years before an investigation concluded the likely cause of the explosion was a short […]
The Return of the Inquisition: Do you confess?
The Return of the Inquisition: Do you confess? In 279 BC, the vast army of King Pyrrhus of Epirus was met by Roman forces at the Battle of Asculum in southern Italy, in what would be one of the costliest military engagements of ancient history. Pyrrhus fancied himself the second coming of Alexander the Great […]
Ten years after the crisis… they’re doing the same thing and expecting different results
Ten years after the crisis… they’re doing the same thing and expecting different results “Holy Crap– turn on your TV! This is crazy!” It was Sunday, September 14, 2008. Exactly 10 years ago to the day. My friend Jeff called me and told me to turn on the television—where I saw dozens of people on […]
The latest casualty in the global pension catastrophe is…
The latest casualty in the global pension catastrophe is… In the year 6 AD, the Roman emperor Augustus set up a special trust fund known as the aerarium militare, or military treasury, to fund retirement pensions for Rome’s legionnaires. Now, these military pensions had already existed for several centuries in Rome. But the money to […]
America’s long-term challenge #3: destruction of the currency
America’s long-term challenge #3: destruction of the currency On April 2, 1792, George Washington signed into law what’s commonly referred to as the Mint and Coinage Act. It was one of the first major pieces of legislation in the young country’s history… and it was an important one, because it formally created the United States […]
The coming boom in gold prices. . .
The coming boom in gold prices. . . In June 1884, a local farmer named Jan Gerritt Bantjes discovered gold on his property in a quiet corner of the South African Republic. Though no one had any idea at the time, Bantjes’ farm was located on a vast geological formation known as the Witwatersrand Basin… […]
Treasury Department reports $1.2 TRILLION loss in 2017
Treasury Department reports $1.2 TRILLION loss in 2017 Earlier this month, the United States government released its annual financial report for the year 2017. This is something the government does every year, similar to how large companies like Apple, or Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, publish their own annual reports. Unlike Berkshire and Apple, though, whose […]
Why the most-recent selloff was just the beginning
Why the most-recent selloff was just the beginning On October 19, 1987, the Dow experienced its biggest one-day percentage loss in history – plunging 22.6%. The day will forever be known as “Black Monday.” The selloff was so fast and so severe, nothing else even comes close. The second worst percentage loss for the Dow […]
Meet the Italian government’s Orwellian new automated tax snitch
Meet the Italian government’s Orwellian new automated tax snitch By the end of the 3rd century AD, the finances of ancient Rome were in terminal crisis. Years and years of debasing the currency had resulted in severe hyperinflation– a period of Roman history known as the Crisis of the Third Century (from AD 235 through […]
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 […]
Customs And Border Protection Clarifies: You Have No Rights While Traveling
Customs And Border Protection Clarifies: You Have No Rights While Traveling The government is like a poorly trained dog. If you let one bad behavior go, it just escalates until they bite. The government has been searching electronics like cell phones and laptops at the border since early in the Bush administration. But because the […]
Why the next stock market crash will be faster and bigger than ever before
Why the next stock market crash will be faster and bigger than ever before US stock markets hit another all-time high on Friday. The S&P 500 is nearing 2,600 and the Dow is over 23,300. In fact, US stocks have only been more expensive two times since 1881. According to Yale economist Robert Shiller’s Cyclically […]
Science tells us this is all true
Science tells us this is all true On April 30, 1934, under pressure from Italian-American lobby groups, the United States Congress passed a law enshrining Columbus Day as a national holiday. President Franklin Roosevelt quickly signed the bill into law, and the very first Columbus Day was celebrated in October of that year. Undoubtedly people […]
Today the music stops
Today the music stops Today’s the day. After months of preparing financial markets for this news, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce that it will finally begin shrinking its $4.5 trillion balance sheet. I know, that probably sound reeeeally boring. A bunch of central bankers talking about their balance sheet. But it’s phenomenally […]
