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Mike Pento Warns Global Central Banks Are Entering The Danger Zone
Mike Pento Warns Global Central Banks Are Entering The Danger Zone Authored by Michael Pento via PentoPort.com, Investors are experiencing huge moves in commodities, currencies, equities and in sovereign debt across the globe. And now the fall has arrived. Expect the volatility currently witnessed in markets to only surge. This is because global central banks […]
Emerging Markets Slammed By Soaring Oil Prices
Emerging Markets Slammed By Soaring Oil Prices US consumers may be cursing rising gasoline prices which are rapidly approaching an average of $3.00 across the nation as Brent hits a new 4 year high above $84, but that is nothing compared to the horror that motorists across most emerging markets are facing. With currencies across […]
Government Are Just Going Broke
Governments Are Just Going Broke The events in the Senate concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh’s illustrates that career politicians are destroying our way of life because they are so intent on just beating the opposite party that nobody is paying attention to the real problems we are staring at straight in its eyes. We face a […]
Global Central Bank Buying Puts A Floor Under The Price of Gold
Global Central Bank Buying Puts A Floor Under The Price of Gold The only reason the price of gold’s down on the year is because of a strong dollar. Actually – for how much the dollar’s rallied this year, gold holding around the $1,200 range is very bullish. And if gold’s been able to hold […]
The Everything Bubble: When Will It Finally Crash?
The Everything Bubble: When Will It Finally Crash? Much like the laws of physics, there are certain laws of economics that remain constant no matter how much manipulation exists in the markets. Expansion inevitably leads to contraction, and that which goes up must eventually come down. Central banks understand this reality very well; they have […]
Gold in the “Everything Bubble”: Effective Diversification?
Gold in the “Everything Bubble”: Effective Diversification? What do you do when nearly all asset classes are overvalued? Diversification is one of the oldest principles by which people try to hang on to their wealth, however little they might have. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, it goes. Diversification is not designed to […]
There’s a New Crash Coming
There’s a New Crash Coming Donald Trump is the epitome of irrational exuberance. You might remember that phrase from the 1990s. Alan Greenspan, the head of the Federal Reserve at the time, was describing how the tech boom was creating a bubble by generating enthusiasm way out of proportion to the actual value of the […]
Beware The Zombies: BIS Warns That Non-Viable Firms Are Crippling Global Growth
Beware The Zombies: BIS Warns That Non-Viable Firms Are Crippling Global Growth Ten years after central banks unleashed a period of record low interest rates, the central banks’ central bank is warning that this may not have been the smartest move. In the latest quarterly review from the Bank of International Settlements, the Basel-based organization […]
Central Bank Gold Purchases Now Control 10% Of The Total Market
Central Bank Gold Purchases Now Control 10% Of The Total Market Central Banks have become big players in the gold market and now control 10% of the total market demand. Now, this wasn’t always the case. Just ten years ago, the Central Banks were main suppliers via their policy of dumping gold into the market. […]
Central Planning Failed in the USSR, but Central Banks Have Revived It
Central Planning Failed in the USSR, but Central Banks Have Revived It The Federal Reserve’s changing of the guard — the end of Janet Yellen’s tenure and the beginning of the Jerome Powell era — has me remembering what it was like to grow up in the former Soviet Union. Back then, our local grocery […]
How the Trade War Helps Hide Central Bank Sabotage Of The Economy
How the Trade War Helps Hide Central Bank Sabotage Of The Economy Almost every aspect of the global economic downturn, which started ostensibly in 2007-08 and is still ongoing to this day, can be traced back to the actions and policies of central banks. The Federal Reserve, for example, used artificially low interest rates and […]
The Committee to Destroy the World: The Federal Reserve
The Committee to Destroy the World: The Federal Reserve The general belief among average citizens is that the purpose of central banks is to help the economy by fighting inflation and mitigating financial crisis. It’s a fairy tale that politicians like to encourage. If there were any truth to it, however, where was the Federal […]
We’re All Speculators Now
We’re All Speculators Now When the herd thunders off the cliff, most participants are trapped in the stampede.. One of the most perverse consequences of the central banks “saving the world” (i.e. saving banks and the super-wealthy) is the destruction of low-risk investments: we’re all speculators now, whether we know it or acknowledge it. The […]
The Next Financial Crisis Is Right on Schedule (2019)
The Next Financial Crisis Is Right on Schedule (2019) Neither small business nor the bottom 90% of households can afford this “best economy ever.” After 10 years of unprecedented goosing, some of the real economy is finally overheating: costs are heating up, unemployment is at historic lows, small business optimism is high, and so on–all […]
Blame the Fed — Not Investors — For Asset Bubbles
Blame the Fed — Not Investors — For Asset Bubbles In his speech on April 7 2010 at the Economic Club of New York the President of the New York Fed, William Dudley argued that asset bubbles pose a serious threat to real economic activity. The New York Fed chief is of the view that […]
