Financial
James Rickards-Gold $10,000 to $50,000 per Ounce
Greg Hunter Published on Apr 5, 2016 Financial Expert James Rickards says, “The Fed wants inflation . . . . They are not getting it, but they have to have it. What does that mean […]
Inflation
Financial
Imploding Pensions Take The Rest Of US Down With Them
by John Rubino on March 31, 2016 It’s the same story pretty much everywhere: Cities and states promised ridiculously generous (by today’s standards) pensions to teachers, cops and firefighters, failed to sufficiently fund the plans […]
Wealth Abuse
2007 All Over Again, Part 3: Banks Starting To Implode
by John Rubino on February 8, 2016 So far, each financial crisis in the series that began with the junk bond bubble of 1989 has been noticeably different from its predecessors. New instruments, new malefactors, […]
Wealth Abuse
Epic Battle: Hedge Funds Versus China
by John Rubino on February 2, 2016 George Soros’ successful bet against the British pound back in 1992 remains one of financial history’s epic tales. The short version of the story begins with Britain linking […]
Wealth Abuse
OPEC Threatens, Market Yawns
by John Rubino It seems that at least some OPEC members are starting to panic: War of words breaks out among OPEC members (CNN Money) – Is the pain of low oil prices becoming unbearable […]
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
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
Torrent Of Bad News Greets Fed As It Prepares To Raise Rates
by John Rubino on December 16, 2015 Ideally, a central bank would like the party to be rocking when it takes away the punch bowl. This party, however, is not cooperating. For every sign of […]
Commentary
Ominous Parallels: The Roman Empire, The European Union, And Mass Migration
by John Rubino This weekend’s Paris attacks, occurring in the middle of one of history’s largest mass-migrations, has the feel of uncharted territory. But it’s actually an eerie echo of something that happened nearly two […]
Media
As The World Rolls Over
by John Rubino Brutal news is pouring in from pretty much everywhere. US retail sales are flat and wholesale prices are falling. Big retail chains are missing on earnings and seeing their shares plunge. Chinese […]