“Is a real civil war possible?”
Source: Doug Casey on Why Trump Came Out on Top
Economics professor Joe Salerno explains the current rush to pay government debt.
“Last week, Austria issued a 70-year bond, the longest dated sovereign in the Eurozone.?”
Source: What Mises Would Say About Austria’s New 70-year Bond
Since it’s midterm time let me give each candidate a letter grade for last night’s debate performance. Donald gets a B- and Hillary gets her usual F, for her collectivist ideology, trickle-down economics, and continued warmongering.
Donald missed several opportunities to hit a grand slam for the night, which would’ve turned his performance into an A+. Let me explain.
“Last Monday, I discussed why you should be worried about corrections due to the damage inflicted upon your investment capital and the time required to “get back…”
Source: Past Is Prologue: New Secular Bull Or A Repeat Of The 70’s | RIA
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
“Now that’s more like it. Echoing Donald Trump’s Monday night bull’s-eye regarding the Fed’s thoroughly political essence, Rep. Scott Garrett put more wood to Janet Yellen du…”
Source: The Fed’s Monetary Politburo Is Finally Catching Some Flack
The end of the dollar standard?
“When looking at the selling by foreign central banks over the past 12 months, reveals something unexpected: a not so stealthy, make that gargantuan $335 billion in Treasury liquidations in the period July 2015- Jun 2015, something which as the attached chart shows, is truly unprecedented.”
Source: In Surprising Twist, Global Central Banks Dump A Record $335 Billion In US Debt In Past Year
Tom DiLorenzo sent me a copy of his new book, The Problem With Socialism, with the following inscription. You can hear Tom Woods interview Tom here. This book should be a best seller based on my review of the contents. I will read it ASAP and discuss it in a future post.
“John Mauldin, Financial Expert, Best-Selling Author, and Editor of Thoughts from the Frontline Investment Newsletter. Offering Financial & Economic Analysis, Research.”
Source: MauldinEconomics.com
“Six Major Events That Will Change History By Egon von Greyerz Investors globally have never faced risk of the magnitude that the we are now exposed to. But sadly very few are aware of the un…”
Source: Six Major Events That Will Change History | GoldSwitzerland
“Max Keiser Financial War Reports”
Source: [KR940] Keiser Report: Gold & World’s Debt Problems | Max Keiser