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Catch – 22
Catch – 22 So much of education, I think, relies on reading the right book at the right time. My first attempt atCatch-22 was in high school, and I was way too young to get much out of it. But fortunately I picked it up again in my late 20’s, after a few experiences with The […]
Bubbles Always Pop—–And This One Will Be A Doozy
Bubbles Always Pop—–And This One Will Be A Doozy Pumping All Out The Dow rose 323 points on Thursday, or 1.8%. People come to think what they must think when they must think it. But what do they think now? Why do they think stocks are so valuable? Apparently, they believe that Janet Yellen, Mario […]
Fed looks past a world in turmoil, confident in U.S. recovery
Fed looks past a world in turmoil, confident in U.S. recovery (Reuters) – U.S. central bankers have looked beyond a global deflation threat, fear of energy-sector bond defaults, and a surge of oil patch layoffs to reach what appears to be a firm conclusion: the U.S. recovery is here to stay. New trade data released […]
2015: Now That the Fed Drove Everyone Into Ruinously Risky Bets….
2015: Now That the Fed Drove Everyone Into Ruinously Risky Bets…. It is impossible for everyone to sell at the top before the implosion; the assets are owned by someone all the way down. The central bank/state plan for 2015 is a continuation of the same plan that’s been in play since 2009: drive everyone […]
Japan Is Writing History As A Prime Boom And Bust Case | Gold Silver Worlds
Japan Is Writing History As A Prime Boom And Bust Case | Gold Silver Worlds. Recently, we wrote a paper about the dynamics behind the boom and bust cycles, based on the view of the Austrian School (the Austrian Business Cycle Theory, or ABCT). The key takeaway was that central banks don’t help in smoothing […]
The Destruction of the Middle Class is Nearing the Final Stages | project chesapeake
The Destruction of the Middle Class is Nearing the Final Stages | project chesapeake. The events of the past few months seem astounding when taken in all at once. The plan to destroy the U.S. dollar and the American middle class is moving at an ever increasing speed. At the recent G20 meeting the nations […]
Gold “Terrifies” the International Monetary System | Wolf Street
Gold “Terrifies” the International Monetary System | Wolf Street. Gold is the most maligned asset, if you listen to the Fed, the ECB, and other central banks. This was driven home again in a variety of ways, including what transpired before the Swiss gold referendum and Mario Draghi’s “all assets but gold” declaration. So I asked a […]
IMF Now Ready To Slam The Door On The U.S. And The Dollar
IMF Now Ready To Slam The Door On The U.S. And The Dollar. As I write this, the news is saturated with stories of a hostage situation possibly involving Islamic militants in Sydney, Australia. Like many, I am concerned about the shockwave such an event will create through our sociopolitical structures. However, while most of […]
Crash-O-Matic Finance | KUNSTLER
Crash-O-Matic Finance | KUNSTLER. “Oil prices have dropped $50 a barrel. That may not sound like much. But when you take $107 and you take $57, that’s almost a 47 percent decline…!” –James Puplava, The Financial Sense News Network May not sound like much? I guess when you hunker down in the lab with the […]
New York Times on Benefits of Gold in Currency Wars | www.goldcore.com
New York Times on Benefits of Gold in Currency Wars | www.goldcore.com. The New York Times published an important article this week in which the benefits of gold to nation states during a period of currency wars was highlighted. The article was noteworthy as the New York Times has rarely covered gold in a positive manner. The […]
The Return of Currency Wars by Nouriel Roubini – Project Syndicate
The Return of Currency Wars by Nouriel Roubini – Project Syndicate. NEW YORK – The recent decision by the Bank of Japan to increase the scope of its quantitative easing is a signal that another round of currency wars may be under way. The BOJ’s effort to weaken the yen is a beggar-thy-neighbor approach that is inducing […]
Austria Considers Repatriating Its Gold | Zero Hedge
Austria Considers Repatriating Its Gold | Zero Hedge. And just like that, the list of countries who want to repatriate their gold just increased by one more, because after Venezuela, Germany, the Netherlands, sorry Switzerland, and rumors of Belgium, we now can add Austria to those nations for whom the “6000 year old barbarous relic bubble” […]
charles hugh smith-The Financialized-Oil Dominoes Are Toppling
charles hugh smith-The Financialized-Oil Dominoes Are Toppling. The drop in oil revenues has triggered a self-reinforcing feedback dynamic. Oil is not just something that is refined into fuel–it is capital, collateral, debt and risk. In other words, it is intrinsically financial. As I noted in The Oil-Drenched Black Swan, Part 2: The Financialization of Oil, oil has been […]
SHOULD YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY TELL YOU OR WHAT YOU SEE? « The Burning Platform
SHOULD YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY TELL YOU OR WHAT YOU SEE? « The Burning Platform. Sometimes I wish I could just passively accept what my government monarchs and their mainstream media mouthpieces feed me on a daily basis. Why do I have to question everything I’m told? Life would be much simpler and I could […]
Central Banks’ 2% Plan to Impoverish You
Central Banks’ 2% Plan to Impoverish You The 2% target is low enough that the household frogs in the kettle of hot water never realize they’re being boiled alive because the increase is so gradual. A comment by correspondent David C. suggested the importance of demonstrating the impoverishing consequences of central banks reaching their 2% […]
