Financial
What Could Go Wrong?
Everybody and his uncle, and his uncle’s mother’s uncle, believes that the stock markets will be zooming to new record highs this week, and probably so, because it is the time of year to fatten […]
Central Banking
Financial
The Biggest Ponzi in Human History
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Jean-Léon Gérôme Slave market 1866 Here’s the story in a nutshell: Ultra low interest rates mark a shift away from people’s wealth residing in their savings and pension plans, and into to so-called wealth […]
Financial
Reality Closes in on Markets
BY JAMES RICKARDS At times, it seems the world is divided between unconventional economists (including a large “doomsday chorus”) who predict markets will nose-dive and orthodox economists who assure us all is well, valuations are fine […]
Financial
The Koyaanisqatsi Economy
Raúl Ilargi Meijer Koyaanisqatsi The film Koyaanisqatsi was released in 1982. The title means ‘life out of balance’ in the language of the Hopi, a Native American tribe who live(d) mainly in what is now […]
Wealth Abuse
Left Behind
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Fan Ho The Evening of Life 1963 “Forget Germany, Spain Is The Real Problem”, reads a headline. Eh… no. Germany is definitely the problem in Europe. Spain is a bit player. That doesn’t mean […]
Financial
“This Is Where The Next Financial Crisis Will Come From”
by Tyler Durden In an extensive, must-read report published on Monday by Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid, the credit strategist unveiled an extensive analysis of the “Next Financial Crisis”, and specifically what may cause it, when it may […]
Government
The United States of Hubris
If anyone should have any questions about whether the United States of America is not the most aggressive, warlike, and terroristic nation on the face of the earth, its latest proposed action against the supposed […]
Wealth Abuse
Financial Zombies Cannot See Massive Inflation Coming – Gregory Mannarino
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Analyst/trader Gregory Mannarino thinks the public has a huge false sense of security about the financial markets. Mannarino explains, “The general public is zombiefied. . . . What the Federal […]
Wealth Abuse
Controlled Demolition
This is the week-of-weeks when the official grand viziers of finance gather at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to confab and interpret the lay of animal neck-bones and other auguries scattered in the sand, with the hope […]
Wealth Abuse
Next Stop, Recession: The Financial Meteor Storm Is Headed Our Way
Next Stop, Recession: The Financial Meteor Storm Is Headed Our Way Many of those about to be vaporized did not grasp the fragility of the “prosperity” they assumed was both solid and permanent. Business-cycle recessions […]