A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS – PART TWO
It is not easy to destroy the greatest empire in the history of mankind. The 20th Century was the American Century, but as with all empires, the combination of hubris, monetary debasement, imperial...
View ArticleGRAPES OF WRATH – 2011
I wrote this article three years ago. It is still one of my favorites. Read it and decide whether John Steinbeck was a contemptible communist or a courageous man who confronted the government and the...
View ArticleGREEK CRISIS REDUX
It looks like the country that started the EU financial crisis is back for round two. Nothing was fixed. Nothing was resolved. More debt doesn’t solve a debt problem. It was all explained in this video...
View ArticleOverstock Holds 3 Months Of Food, $10 Million In Gold For Employees In...
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/24/2015 22:49 -0400 Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne’s crusade against naked short sellers in particular, and Wall Street and the Federal Reserve in general, has long been...
View ArticleThese are the triggers for a new financial crisis
Guest Post by Satyajit Das After the credit crunch, banks need to keep a close eye on signs of financial stress There are a number of potential triggers to a new crisis. The first potential trigger may...
View ArticleCIVIL WAR II – FOURTH TURNING INTENSIFYING (PART 2)
In Part One of this article I laid out the case against the criminal establishment and how the regeneracy is being driven by the anti-establishment sentiment sweeping across the land. This atonement...
View ArticleAre Realtors Behind the Next Economic Collapse?
From Birch Gold Group Back in 2008, big banks lobbied hard, got cocky, and landed themselves in a crisis. Now a different group is about to do the same — potentially on an even larger scale. But it’s...
View ArticleDoug Casey on the Coming Financial Crisis
Via Casey Research Justin’s note: We won’t have another financial crisis “in our lifetimes.” It’s a crazy idea. After all, it feels like the U.S. is long overdue for a major crisis. But that’s what...
View ArticleThe Next Financial Crisis Is Right On Schedule (2019)
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Neither small business nor the bottom 90% of households can afford this “best economy ever.” After 10 years of unprecedented goosing, some of the...
View ArticleWHAT KEEPS THEM UP AT NIGHT
“Government has coddled, accepted, and ignored white collar crime for too long. It is time the nation woke up and realized that it’s not the armed robbers or drug dealers who cause the most economic...
View ArticlePaul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’
Via NYT Paul Volcker, wearing a blue sweatsuit and black dress socks, stretched out on a recliner in the den of his Upper East Side apartment on a Sunday afternoon. His lanky 6-foot-7 frame extended...
View ArticleThe Trend is Not Your Friend
Guest Post by Jim Kunstler The be-Muellered, bothered, and bewildered American public may find US-China trade talks about as interesting as a rain delay in an Orioles-Chisox game, but the Friday...
View ArticleCurrency War Begins: Chinese Yuan Crashes Past 7 To New Record Low; Global...
Via ZeroHedge Update 2: – China’s central bank has confirmed that it is, indeed, on, saying that it is able to keep the yuan exchange rate at a reasonable and balanced level – whatever that means –...
View ArticleIntervention
Guest Post by Sven Henrich The Fed has gone into full intervention mode. Not only into full intervention mode, but accelerated intervention mode. Not just a little “mid cycle adjustment” but full bore...
View ArticleWHAT IS THE FED HIDING?
This massive, daily Fed intervention business appears to be getting worse & worse. What is the Fed hiding? The longer this goes on & the bigger the interventions get, the more my confidence is...
View ArticlePondering The Collapse Of The Entire Shadow Banking System
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, What’s behind the ever-increasing need for emergency repos? A couple of correspondents have an eye on shadow banking. Shadow Banking The shadow banking system...
View ArticleSleepwalking Toward A Crisis – Got Gold?
Via Investment Research Dynamics “By sticking to the new orthodoxy of monetary policy and pretending that we have made the banking system safe, we are sleepwalking towards that crisis.” – Mervyn King,...
View ArticleThis Kind of Duality
Guest Post by John Mauldin Improving World Below is the second part of my podcast conversation with David Bahnsen. You can read the first half in my last letter, or listen to the entire podcast. [Note...
View ArticleThe Goal of Covidism is Communism
By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com Most of us have heard the phrase: “The goal of socialism is communism”. Perhaps, at its core, the statement is a reference to creeping incrementalism,...
View ArticleThere Is No Means of Avoiding the Final Collapse
Via International Man By Nick Giambruno The Fed has already printed trillions—and shows little sign of slowing down—which means much higher inflation is already baked into the cake. The only question...
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