Commentary
Perfect Storm!
by John Rubino on January 7, 2016 One of the (many) fascinating things about this latest global financial crisis is that there’s no single catalyst. Unlike 2008 when the carnage could be traced back to […]
Wealth Abuse
Commentary
Pretend to the Bitter End
Forecast 2016 There’s really one supreme element of this story that you must keep in view at all times: a society (i.e. an economy + a polity = a political economy) based on debt that […]
Wealth Abuse
Risk Off! For Now
by John Rubino The sound money community woke up this morning to a world finally behaving rationally — which is to say cowering in abject terror at the prospect of insane levels of debt, criminal […]
Wealth Abuse
Every Gold Standard in History…
By Bill Holter As we wind up the year, let’s first briefly look at where we are and then wrap up with a most very basic concept “it is hoped” you will never see …until […]
Government
The Catastrophic Threat of Bail-Ins – Jeff Nielson
By Jeff Nielson It has now been more than two and a half years since the Cyprus Steal , the first “bail-in” perpetrated in the Western world, occurred. Before reviewing the history of this newest […]
Government
THE BIG SHORT: “EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE & BE PISSED OFF”
DECEMBER 24, 2015 | JAMES QUINN | THE BURNING PLATFORM “The truth is like poetry, and most people f*cking hate poetry.” The Big Short opens nationwide today. But it happened to have one showing last night at a theater […]
Wealth Abuse
WHO OWNS THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK—AND WHY IS IT SHROUDED IN MYTHS AND MYSTERIES?
DECEMBER 23, 2015 | PROF. ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before […]
Government
Do We Need the Fed?
written by ron paul Stocks rose Wednesday following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of the first interest rate increase since 2006. However, stocks fell just two days later. One reason the positive reaction to the Fed’s announcement did […]
Wealth Abuse
Sell The Bonds, Sell The Stocks, Sell The House —–Dread The Fed!
By David Stockman • December 18, 2015 There is going to be carnage in the casino, and the proof lies in the transcript of Janet Yellen’s press conference. She did not say one word about the real world; […]
Wealth Abuse
Something Strange Is Taking Place In The Middle Of The Atlantic Ocean
Submitted by Tyler Durden Early last month, we noted that something very strange was happening off the coast of Galveston, Texas. As FT reported, “the amount of oil [now] at sea is at least double the […]