Not so long ago the US economy had some bright spots that seemed to justify a general sense of optimism. The fracking revolution had turned the country into the world’s largest oil producer with, apparently, a lot more to come. And the growing number of tech “unicorns” – private companies with valuations exceeding $1 billion […]
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Jamie Dimon: Negative interest rates have a lot of negative consequences … Falling profit margins ‘can be a precursor to layoffs and a recession’ … IMF: Global economy faces $19 trillion corporate debt time bomb … Gold and silver down on trade optimism, rising stocks; “There is no rush like a gold rush” … […]
Top Ten Videos — October 21
Max Keiser: Wall Street’s crybabies are at it again … Business Insider: Why is gold so expensive? … Gerald Celente: The IMF fears a crash and the Dems love war … Lynette Zang: What happens to my debt when the dollar crashes? … Peter Schiff: We’ve never seen anything like this … Emigrate […]
Still Think There’s No Inflation? Check Out All The Affluent Renters
Generally speaking, if you can afford to buy a decent house you do it. Owning is viewed by most people to be both simpler (no worries about your landlord selling a rental out from under you) and a better financial deal. And of course there’s the status of home ownership. When you rent, people wonder […]
Fine Art Is Outperforming Gold. Now It’s Available To Everyone
Van Goghs and Warhols outperformed gold in 2018 and might do even better in the coming monetary reset. Masterworks is a revolutionary fund that lets everyone invest in this market. Here’s how it works. Masterworks buys the paintings and assigns fractional ownership to its investors. You, as a client, get to participate in the paintings’ […]
Top Ten Videos — October 14
Peter Schiff: The dollar is going to get killed … Crystal Ball: The world is in full meltdown … Gerald Celente: None of this is going to help the market … Lynette Zang: The US slowdown widens … McAlvany: What do you do after gold goes parabolic? … Emigrate While You Still Can […]
Here Comes The Deluge Of Meaningless “Good News”
Today’s relief rally is brought to you by chastened US and Chinese trade negotiators who are now working on a “mini” trade deal that will apparently include a reduction in US tariffs in return for some minor Chinese concessions on things like mandatory joint venture partners for foreign companies wanting to set up shop in […]
Top Ten Videos — October 6
Mike Maloney and Jeff Clark: World’s biggest gold investors are on a buying spree and silver $170 is a no-brainer … Gerald Celente: The Greatest Depression will be worse than the Great Depression … Tony Heller offers “climate alarmists” a gift … Edward Snowden reminds us why he’s a hero … Charles Nenner: $2,500 gold […]
The Fed’s “Insurance” Rate Cuts Didn’t Work. Now For The Emergency Cuts
Pity the guys now running the Fed. They’ve inherited an economy that requires ever-bigger infusions of new credit and ever-lower interest rates to avoid financial cardiac arrest. But with interest rates already perilously close to zero the usual leeway is no longer there. Making the best of a bad hand, Fed chair Jerome Powell has […]
Top Ten Videos — September 29
Frank Holmes: Gold doesn’t need a crisis to reach US$8,000 … Max Keiser: Bankers are eating their young … Egon von Greyerz: Compared to gold assets will fall 95% … Peter Schiff: The riskiest assets are leading the decline … Michael Pento: Fear the repo man … Emigrate While You Still Can – […]
So Much For Goldilocks
Stock prices are high and fairly stable, while interest rates are low and fairly stable. A casual observer might infer from this that the global financial markets are experiencing one of those fabled Goldilocks moments where everything is just right. But under the surface things are anything but just right. Among the high (or low)-lights: […]
Top Ten Videos — September 22
Ben Hunt: Prepare to get burned … Harry Dent: The world is melting … Charles Hugh Smith: We are unwilling pawns in the Fed’s game of chess … Jeff Berwick: Systemic collapse is inevitable … Peter Schiff: QE by any other name still stinks … Rick Rule: Pretty clear we’re in a precious metals bull […]
Top Ten Videos — September 15
Rick Rule: Gold’s 400% recovery frenzy coming fast … Rap battle debate between Hamilton and Satoshi … Jim Rickards: The next financial crisis will be bigger than the Great Depression … Matt Taibbi: Can Trump win again? … Peter Schiff: Gold is about to decouple from Treasuries … Emigrate While You Still Can […]
The Global Debt Bubble Enters Its Blow-Off Stage
People have been talking about a “debt bubble” for some years now. They’ve been right, of course, based on the combination of surging borrowing and plunging rates. But the bubble hasn’t stopped inflating, and recently it entered what certainsly looks like a terminal blow-off stage. Some highlights: Though July, China’s total debt rose by $2 […]
Top Ten Videos — September 7
Wayne Jett: bad guys won’t be allowed to keep stolen wealth … Alasdair Macleod: The startling reason gold will run … David Stockman: Can the American Empire survive a failing economy? … Nouriel Roubini: Markets are too complacent, chance of recession over 25% … Keiser Report: If you can’t stand the heat get out of […]
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