“Say what you want about Donald J. Trump, but he is correct about one thing: the Federal Reserve has, with near certainty, been holding interest rates down for political purposes — namely, to aid Hillary Clinton in getting elected president of the United States.”
Source: The Federal Reserve Is Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon
“Wall Street is maneuvering to propose and implement a new retirement tax on Americans under a Hillary Clinton Administration. Leading the charge is billionaire financial oligarch Tony James, who is COO of private equity giant Blackstone. Mr. James is a generous contributor to Hillary Clinton’s Presidential run, and is listed as a “Hillblazer” by her campaign for having raised at least $100,000 toward her candidacy.”
Source: Billionaire Clinton “Hillblazer” Pushes New Tax That Funnels Middle Class Money To Wall Street
Robert Wenzel points out the obvious: governments do not like to be exposed for their nefarious deeds.
I have started reading David Stockman’s new book last week. It is everything Raimondo says it is. Read it.
“I have to admit to being alternately puzzled and depressed that I seemed to be the only libertarian with a major public platform to take a nuanced view of Donald Trump. After all, many of his foreign policy positions echo the libertarian critique of our interventionist foreign policy – and his enemies are, in large …”
Source: Trumped! – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” Thomas Sowell
Source: Interest Rates and the Marshmallow Test | Mises Wire
“The Gold Manipulators Will Be Punished By Egon von Greyerz The selling of gold we saw last week was another desperate attack by the BIS and some central banks, together with the bullion banks, to…”
Source: The Gold Manipulators Will Be Punished | Matterhorn – GoldSwitzerland
“The chaos that will arise as trillions of dollars, yen, yuan and euros, etc. try to crowd through the fire exits as the asset bubbles pop will be monumental, and the spikes in small asset class prices as the hot money floods in will be equally monumental.”
Source: Where Will The Money Go When All Three Market Bubbles Pop?
“The media has again begun focusing on the fact that most Americans surveyed have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts.”
Source: Thanks to Central Banks, Saving Rates Are Declining Worldwide | Mises Wire
“Here are nine ‘black swan’ events in recent memory that profoundly changed markets, ranging from the Asian financial crisis of 1997 to the more current Brexit.”
Source: Black Swans: 9 Recent Events That Changed Finance Forever
The inevitable consequences of printing money and manipulating interest rates.
“Hardly anyone will do this.”
Source: The Coming Recession: Blame the Federal Reserve, Not the President
“The letter posted below is from Stewart Dougherty. Elizabeth Warren on the surface purports to represent middle class interests by associating herself with the erection of the Consumer Financial …”
Source: An Open Letter to Elizabeth Warren on Gold Fraud
“Europe’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank has lost more than half of its value since January, posing a threat to the stability of other banks across the continent. Some analysts are worried it could invoke a large-scale crisis, bigger than in 2008.”
Source: Deutsche Bank woes stoking fears of 2008 financial crisis repeat — RT Business