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When the “Fix” Increases Systemic Fragility, Things Fall Apart
charleshughsmith.blogspot.com / CHARLES HUGH SMITH / WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017 All the “fixes” have fatally weakened the real economy, and created a dangerous illusion of “wealth,” “growth” and...
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Should U.S. Taxpayers Be Funding the Brookings Institution?
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Jun 11, 2017 Today’s post highlights an interesting audit on the Brookings Institution by Open the Books, which reveals considerable tax payer funding for...
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Houston Resorts To Selling Off City Streets To Try And Close $100 Million...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jun 13, 2017 With the US shale industry producing at near-record levels as oil prices languish around $50 a barrel, cities in oil-dependent states like Texas are...
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Bitcoin Plunges To 2-Week Lows On Triple-Whammy Of Concerns
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jun 15, 2017 After ralying over 80% in the last month, Bitcoin prices are tumbling (down 25% from record highs to 2-week lows) as cryptocurrencies face uncertainty on...
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Moody’s: Modest Downside Could Spark $3 Trillion Surge In Pension Liabilities
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jun 22, 2017 Some very simplistic math from Moody’s helps to shed some light on just how inevitable a public pension crisis is in the United States. Analyzing a...
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Yellen: “I Don’t Believe We Will See Another Crisis In Our Lifetime”
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jun 28, 2017 If there was any confusion why the Fed intends to keep hiking rates, even in the face of negative economic data and disappearing inflation, it was put to...
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Markets Are Still Dancing To The QE Two-Step…But Is the Music About To Stop?
zerohedge.com / by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog / Jul 1, 2017 Just a quick thought about what is driving the US stock market. The chart below shows the Wilshire 5000 (representing all publicly...
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Yellen Goes on Record: The Fed’s Pulling the Plug This Year
gainspainscapital.com / Graham Summers / July 10, 2017 The Fed keeps ringing bells to signal the top, but the markets aren’t listening. Janet Yellen is set to present the Fed’s Monetary Report to...
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How to fix the biggest investment mistake you don’t realize you’re making
sovereignman.com / Simon Black / July 12, 2017 Chances are, you’ve invested way too much money in your home country. And you’re not alone. Studies show that U.S. investors hold around 70% of their...
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The Russians and Chinese Have Massive Assets In the US and Are Awaiting Orders
thecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / July 13th, 2017 Actor and noted comedian, Jonathan Winters, once made a mockery of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union in the classic...
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$2-Billion Private Equity Fund Collapses to almost Zero
wolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter / Jul 17, 2017 Worst PE-fund collapse ever. The oil bust just keeps on giving. Investors who’d plowed $2 billion four years ago into a private equity fund that had...
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The Feds Just Expanded Civil Asset Forfeiture ‘Laws’ Nationwide
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jul 19, 2017 When you’re a government agency, asking for a tax increase is always a hassle. As Ryan McMaken notes, for the most part, taxpayers don’t like taxes, and...
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The “Wipeout Scenario”: 250% Losses If VIX Spikes To 20
zerohedge.com / By Francesco Filia of Fasanara Capital / Jul 20, 2017 How Bad a Damage If Volatility Rises: The Bear Trap of Short Vol ETFs As if there was any need for any more threats to financial...
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The Breakdown Before the Breakthrough
news.goldseek.com / By Market Anthropology / Tuesday, 25 July 2017 Since our last note, the US dollar index has made its way down to the lows of last summer, currently hovering just above the Brexit...
View ArticleFinance – Understanding the Basic Aspects of Shares
zentrader.ca / By Charlie Brown / July 28, 2017 Owning shares or stock refers to having partial ownership of companies. Several people continue to invest and become shareholders. While shareholders do...
View ArticleThe Fed’s Vicious, Self-Created Catch 22-All Roads Lead To “Scarcity Assets”
milesfranklin.com / by Andrew Hoffman / Jul 28, 2017 It’s Friday morning, just before the B(F)LS, or Bureau of (Fraudulent) Labor Statistics publishes the second quarter GDP report. Incredibly, despite...
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Our Brave New ”’Markets”’
peakprosperity.com / by Chris Martenson / Friday, July 28, 2017 One thing is clear: These aren’t your daddy’s markets anymore. Why? Because about 10 years ago the Rise of the Machines (aka high...
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Beijing Blowback Begins: China Orders Anbang To Sell Its Overseas Assets
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jul 31, 2017 Two weeks ago, when discussing the troubles plaguing one of China’s conglomerates and “boldest dealmaker”, HNA Group – recently best known for acquiring...
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Gundlach Is Quietly Heading For The Exit: “Volatility Is About To Go Up”
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Aug 8, 2017 DoubleLine Capital’s Jeff Gundlach has become one of the most visible critics of market complacency, revealing his purchase buy five- and eight-month...
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Diversify Into Gold Urges Dalio on Linkedin – “Militaristic Leaders Playing...
goldcore.com / By Mark O’Byrne / August 15, 2017 – Don’t let “traditional biases” stop you from diversifying into gold – Dalio on Linkedin – “Risks are now rising and do not appear appropriately...
View ArticleVIX Tumbles, Global Stocks And Dollar Rally As Korea Tensions Ease
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Aug 15, 2017 Overnight bulletin summary Global equities trade higher amid easing geopolitical tensions Pound tumbles on weaker than expected inflation data Today’s...
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Gold Set To Rise While Debt-Based Assets Collapse
hubertmoolman.wordpress.com / August 14, 2017 In a previous article, I have shown how economic conditions, today, appear very similar to that of the early 80s (circa 1983). These similar conditions...
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PETITION TO DECLARE GEORGE SOROS A TERRORIST GETS ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR WH...
thedailysheeple.com / DAWN LUGER / SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 A petition to declare socialist billionaire George Soros a terrorist has garnered enough signatures to get an official response from the White...
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Trump Tweets About Weapon Sales After South Korea Suggests Bringing Back US...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Sep 5, 2017 As part of South Korea’s response to the latest escalations out of its northern neighbor, the country’s defense minister on Monday said it was “worth...
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The world’s most powerful bank issues a major warning
sovereignman.com / Simon Black / Santiago, Chile In 1869, a 48-year old Jewish immigrant from the tiny village of Trappstadt in Germany’s Bavaria region hung a shingle outside of his small office in...
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This $700 Billion Public Employee Ticking Time Bomb Is Only 6.7% Funded; Most...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Sep 20, 2017 We’ve spent a lot of time of late discussing the inevitable public pension crisis that will eventually wreak havoc on global financial markets. And...
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3 Green Berets Killed In Al Qaeda Ambush Near Mali-Niger Border
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Oct 4, 2017 An unidentified group of assailants attacked and killed soldiers from both the US and Niger in an ambush near the Niger-Mali border on Wednesday,...
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North Korea Preparing To Fire Multiple Short-Range Missiles Next Week: Report
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Oct 11, 2017 North Korea is preparing to fire multiple short-range rockets around the opening of the Chinese Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress on Oct. 18, the...
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GDP Is Bogus: Here’s Why
charleshughsmith.blogspot.com / CHARLES HUGH SMITH / WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 Here’s a chart of our fabulous always-higher GDP, adjusted for another bogus metric, official inflation. The theme this...
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Draghi’s Day
marctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / October 26, 2017 It is all about the ECB meeting today. The market was hoping for more details last month, but Draghi pointed to today. The broad issue is well...
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Bitcoin Spikes Back To $6000: Five Reasons Why It’s Not A Bubble
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Oct 26, 2017 Bitcoin is surging once again this morning, up over 8.5% to retest $6000 once again (after dropping to $5366 just 2 days ago), but according to Nasdaq,...
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Minsky Cycle 2017: Where Are We Now
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Oct 30, 2017 Over the weekend, DB’s credit strategist Aleksandar Kocic discussed what Minsky Dynamics for the “New Normal” look like based on a matrix that charted...
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Saudi regime expropriates detainees for their freedom
gata.org / By Simeon Kerr / Thursday, November 16, 2017 Saudi authorities are negotiating settlements with princes and businessmen held over allegations of corruption, offering deals for the detainees...
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100 billion reasons to have non-reportable assets
sovereignman.com / Simon Black / November 20, 2017 In early March 1938 in a dusty corner of the Arabian desert, Max Steineke finally had the breakthrough he was hoping for. Steineke was the chief...
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Why Is The DOJ Downplaying Reports Of Proof Linking Obama And Clinton To...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Nov 21, 2017 Following the release of the identity of the FBI informant, Justice Department officials in recent days said that informant William Campbell’s prior work...
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21/11/17: ECB loads up on pre-Christmas sales of junk
trueeconomics.blogspot.com / by Constantin Gurdgiev / Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner posted earlier today the latest data on ECB’s balance sheet. Despite focusing its...
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Are Markets Really as Calm as they Seem?
mises.org / Thorsten Polleit / November 21, 2017 Indicators for financial market “stress” have reached their lowest levels in decades. For instance, stock market volatility has never been this low...
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Cyber Assets, Digital Currencies, and Money
marctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / November 23, 2017 It does seem that we in an era where language has been debased. Friends on Facebook are not friends in the way that word has traditionally...
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New Footage From Inside Riyadh Ritz-Carlton Reveals Princes Swapping Assets...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Nov 24, 2017 A BBC reporter and film crew has gained rare access inside Riyadh’s “gilded cage” – the Ritz-Carlton which became a luxury prison after a dozen or more...
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26/11/17: FAANGS+ Brewing up another markets storm
trueeconomics.blogspot.com / by Constantin Gurdgiev / Sunday, November 26, 2017 One of the key signals of a systemic mispricing of financial assets is concentration risk. I wrote about this in a...
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There’s something important you should know about Bitcoin
sovereignman.com / Simon Black / November 27, 2017 After spending the last few days in the Philippines scouting new factory locations for one of my businesses, I flew back to Singapore this morning to...
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Goldman: The Last Time This Happened Was Just Months Before The Start Of The...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Nov 29, 2017 Ah Goldman, never change. One week after Goldman’s chief equity strategist David Kostin predicted a three-year bull market of “rational exuberance“,...
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Risk Of Online Accounts Seen As One of Largest Brokerages In World Stops...
goldcore.com / By janskoyles / December 1, 2017 – ‘Technical issue’ at Fidelity blocks access to online accounts, stops online trading – Fidelity is 3rd largest brokerage by client assets: $1.7...
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Bailins Coming In EU – 114 Italian Banks Have NP Loans Exceeding Tangible Assets
goldcore.com / By jan skoyles / December 5, 2017 Bailins Coming In EU – 114 Italian Banks Have NP Loans Exceeding Tangible Assets – Italy opposes ECB proposal that holds banks to firm deadlines for...
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Chinese Banks Push Back On Shadow Banking Regulations – Expose “Catch-22” For...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Dec 11, 2017 In November, we discussed how the post-Party Congress measures to deleverage and crackdown on the worst abuses in China’s credit bubble took an...
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BHP Billiton: World’s Largest Mining Company To Exit Its $50 Billion Shale...
srsroccoreport.com / Steve St. Angelo / DECEMBER 13, 2017 BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, has finally decided to exit the shale energy industry entirely. In a recent statement, BHP...
View ArticleWGC: 2018 Set To Be A Positive Year For Price of Gold and Investors
news.goldcore.com / janskoyles / December 15, 2017 WGC: 2018 Set To Be A Positive Year For Price of Gold and Investors – Gold expected to build on 2017 gains into 2018 despite headwind conditions –...
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21/12/17: Of Taxes and Whales: Bitcoin’s New Headaches
trueeconomics.blogspot.com / by Constantin Gurdgiev / Thursday, December 21, 2017 I have recently mused about the tax exposures implications of Bitcoin ‘investments’, and in particular, my suspicion...
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Hard Assets Alliance: The Role Of Gold (And Silver)
peakprosperity.com / by Adam Taggart / Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 10:34 PM Longtime PeakProsperity.com readers know that the Hard Assets Alliance is this website’s officially-endorsed gold &...
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Is This The Most Important Chart In The World?
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Dec 27, 2017 “This is possibly the most important chart in the world…” As 13D Global Strategy and Research noted: A breach of the top-line of the channel could signal...
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