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Are we at the tipping point?

01 Oct

“THE WORLD IS ON THE EDGE OF A DEFLATIONARY BLACK HOLE The world economy is now at its most dangerous point in history. In virtually every major country or region, there are problems of a magnitude …”

Source: The World is on the Edge of a Deflationary Black Hole | Matterhorn – GoldSwitzerland

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Federal Reserve, Government debt, Money, Precious metals

 

Fleckenstein on the Fed’s reckless policies

23 Sep

 

Click on the video image below to view his interview.  Gets very testy at the end.

“Bill Fleckenstein, Fleckenstein Capital Founder, discusses why he thinks stocks will jump higher and shorting the market does not work.”

Source: Fleckenstein: Fed will blow up markets

 
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Posted in Business cycle, Central banks, Federal Reserve, Precious metals, Stock market

 

You’ve been warned!

29 Aug

Source: How Jim Rogers Is Preparing

 

The Fed is pumping to satisfy the financial elites

22 Aug

“James Grant, Wall Street expert and editor of the investment newsletter «Grant’s Interest Rate Observer», warns of a crash in sovereign debt, is puzzled over the actions of the Swiss National Bank and bets on gold.”

Source: James Grant: «The Fed is now hostage to Wall Street»

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Crony capitalism, Federal Reserve, Gold mining stocks, Inflation, Money, Politics, Precious metals, Stock market

 

The Real Reason the “Rich Get Richer”

24 Jul

I have know this for more than 40 years.  The chickens are coming home to roost.  If Bernie had talked about the Federal Reserve, he would be the nominee.  Ditto for Rand Paul. 

“Time the Taskmaster DUBLIN – “Today’s money,” says economist George Gilder, “tries to cheat time. And you can’t do that.” It may not cheat time, but it cheats far easier marks – consumers, invest…”

Source: The Real Reason the “Rich Get Richer”

 
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Posted in Banks, Crony capitalism, Democrats, Donald Trump, Federal Reserve, Gold standard, Inflation, Politics, Precious metals, U.S. Dollar

 

A pessimistic perspective: war and economic turmoil

17 Jul

“On the surface, things seem pretty quiet in mid-July 2016.  The biggest news stories are about the speculation surrounding Donald Trump’s choice of running mate, the stock market in the U.S. keeps setting new all-time record highs, and the media seems completely obsessed with Taylor Swift’s love life.  But underneath the surface, it is a very different story.  As you will see below, the conditions for a “perfect storm” are coming together very rapidly, and the rest of 2016 promises to be much more chaotic than what we have seen so far. Let’s start with China.  On Tuesday, an international tribunal in the Hague ruled against China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.  The Chinese government announced ahead of time that they do not recognize the jurisdiction of the tribunal, and they have absolutely no intention of abiding by the ruling.  In fact, China is becoming even more defiant in the aftermath of this ruling.  We aren’t hearing much about it in the U.S. media, but according…”

Source: War Is Coming And The Global Financial Situation Is A Lot Worse Than You May Think

 

Massive market manipulation

12 Jul

“Many have been asking for an update of our usual central bank liquidity metrics. These show a surge in net global central bank asset purchases to their highest since 2013.”

Source: The “Mystery” Of Who Is Pushing Stocks To All Time Highs Has Been Solved | Zero Hedge

 
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Posted in Business cycle, Central banks, Crony capitalism, Politics, Precious metals, Stock market

 

Greenspan does a 180

10 Jul

“Faking It   Under a gold standard, the amount of credit that an economy can support is determined by the economy’s tangible assets, since every credit instrument is ultimately a claim on some tan…”

Source: Alan “Bubbles” Greenspan Returns to Gold

 

 Gold & Silver index breaks through triple resistance level

05 Jul

Up, up and away for the precious metals?  The charts seem to suggest that.

 

Source: Kimble Charting Solutions Blog » Gold & Silver index, breaks through triple resistance level

 
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Posted in Economy, Precious metals