Archive - May 2015 - Blog entry
May 17th
Avon Rings Bell, SEC Shoots It Through The Door
Submitted by CalibratedConfidence on 05/17/2015 09:02 -0500
It Begins... Greece Demands An Emergency Meeting!
Submitted by Secular Investor on 05/17/2015 07:58 -0500Tsipras has got the Eurogroup on speed dial now...
What will Drive the Dollar in the Week Ahead?
Submitted by Marc To Market on 05/17/2015 06:51 -0500A look at the economic data and market psychology as a new week begins.
Gold Bullion Buying In Germany Surges On Euro Collapse Concerns
Submitted by GoldCore on 05/17/2015 05:33 -0500With each passing year the currency fell in value to ever more absurd depths until by November 1923 an ounce of gold - which had cost 170 Marks only five years previously - was trading at 87,000,000,000,000 Marks per ounce. Silver saw similar price gains (see chart) - or rather to put it more accurately silver too remained a store of value and maintained purchasing power as the currency collapsed.
May 16th
The Secret Fed Paper That Advocated a "Carry Tax" on All Physical Cash
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 05/16/2015 16:44 -0500It would be easy to scoff at these proposals as completely insane if the Fed hadn’t published a paper back in 1999 suggesting the implementation of a “carry tax” or taxing actual physical cash using an expiration date if depositors aren’t willing to spend the money.
Sovereign Debt: You Cannot Go Unprepared into This
Submitted by Capitalist Exploits on 05/16/2015 11:39 -0500By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
Apathy is the new black.......or not....
Submitted by dazzak on 05/16/2015 10:37 -0500We need to wake up....and FAST!!!
A Healthy Financial System Cannot be Built on Fraud
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 05/16/2015 10:21 -0500Fraud is endemic in the financial system today. We know that the currency, stock, bond, and even commodity markets have ALL been manipulated by Investment Banks or Central Banks.
Dollar Blues
Submitted by Marc To Market on 05/16/2015 08:24 -0500Dollar downmove still seems corrective in nature. Fed hike in September still seems most likely scenario. Taalk of US recession is over the top when unemployment, broadly measured is falling and weekly initial jobless claims are at new cyclical lows.
May 15th
OBaMaS MaSSiVe FiGHT WiTH WaLL STReeT...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 05/15/2015 09:17 -0500Let's set the record straight one more f*cking time...
Gold Up 2.5%, Silver Surges 7% In Week as Bond Market Quakes
Submitted by GoldCore on 05/15/2015 08:26 -0500Gold surged through its 100-day moving average at $1,210 per ounce like a knife through butter on Wednesday after the poor retail sales number. Silver’s nearly 7 per cent gains means that it is set for its biggest weekly gain in two months.
May 14th
Why Any Rate Hike By the Fed Is Going to Be Purely Symbolic
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 05/14/2015 15:04 -0500The fact is that much of the globe, particularly the developed west, is up to its eyeballs in debt. Mind, you, this is based solely on official public debt numbers. If you include unfunded liabilities, then the US, most of Europe, Japan, and even China are sporting Debt to GDP ratios well over 300%.
Silicon Shark Jumps the Shark
Submitted by Tim Knight from Slope of Hope on 05/14/2015 14:01 -0500Innovative, successful companies are formed due to almost astronomically-unlikely pairings of the right people, at the right time, in the right place. And that place isn't going to be Startup Castle. Promise.
Global Debt Now $200 Trillion!
Submitted by GoldCore on 05/14/2015 07:50 -0500With a global population of 7.3 billion this works out out at over $27,200 of debt for every man, woman and child alive today.
