Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
If the Economy is Strong, Why Are These Assets In Full Blown Bear Markets?
Submitted by Phoenix Capital... on 11/11/2015 - 11:20 Bear Market Central Banks China Global Economy Market Crash Reality recovery Breaking a critical trendline (particularly one that has been in place for several decades) is one thing. Breaking it and then failing to reclaim it during the following bounce is indicative of BEAR MARKET.
CLiMaTe CHaNGeR ONe...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 11/11/2015 - 10:20 Hypocrisy gets a mulligan...
U.S. Dollar: The Barbarous Relic
Submitted by Sprott Money on 11/11/2015 - 05:57 Afghanistan Alan Greenspan Central Banks China Corruption Federal Reserve Global Economy Iraq Market Manipulation Paul Volcker Precious Metals Reality Renminbi Sovereign Debt Ukraine There is “a barbarous relic” in our global monetary system. It is the U.S. dollar: the worthless, monetary relic of an empire in decline.
What’s Different about Monetary Policy?
Submitted by Gold Standard I... on 11/11/2015 - 00:59 John Maynard Keynes Maynard Keynes Monetary Policy Many think of government interference like friction in a car: the more you add, the slower the car. One source of friction is the same as any other. Monetary policy doesn’t quite work the way tax or regulation does.
Giant Utilities Try to Kill Solar Power
Submitted by George Washington on 11/10/2015 - 11:33 Florida Indiana Rooftop Solar Poses a Threat to the Utilities’ Century-Old Business Model of Centralized Power … So They’re Trying to Make Solar Much More Expensive
One of America’s Largest Online Retailers Is Stockpiling Gold and Silver Coins to Pay Employees In Coming Crisis
Submitted by GoldCore on 11/10/2015 - 10:35 Bitcoin Central Banks Greece India Precious Metals Quantitative Easing Reuters Twitter Twitter Prudent companies internationally are allocating capital to gold and silver bullion as a way to diversify their assets and as a form of financial insurance to protect against bank bail-ins, capital controls, currency debasement and other risks posed by another financial crisis.
Gold Price Drop of 6 Nov: Drilling Down
Submitted by Monetary Metals on 11/10/2015 - 07:49 Backwardation Futures market The cobasis briefly peaked around 11% (from around 0.5% previously).Leaving the Eye of the Hurricane
Submitted by Sprott Money on 11/10/2015 - 05:57 Bond China default Glass Steagall Greece Market Crash Precious Metals Real estate recovery Yuan Those who choose to distance themselves (and their wealth – however large or small) geographically from the centre of the hurricane will fare best.
JS Kim Issues Critical Warning About Newly Introduced Global Banking "Gold Programs"
Submitted by smartknowledgeu on 11/09/2015 - 22:11 Barclays Bond default Federal Reserve Germany India Iraq KIM LIBOR Monetization Nationalism None SmartKnowledgeU JS Kim Issues Critical Warning About Newly Introduced Global Banking "Gold Programs". Could Bankers Be Duping Us into Yet Another One of Their Reverse Alchemy Schemes?
What's Wrong with Class War?
Submitted by Tim Knight from... on 11/09/2015 - 21:09 Bernie Sanders Bill Gates Dick Fuld ETC goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein Moral Hazard Morgan Stanley None TARP Warren Buffett To compare someone like Bernie Sanders to bloodthirsty monsters like Stalin and Pol Pot is too ludicrous for words. I've heard of slippery slopes before, but good lord, this guy must be totally off his rockerVideo: U.S. Apache Attack Helicopter Follows Behind ISIS Convoy … Doesn’t Fire a Single Shot
Submitted by George Washington on 11/09/2015 - 18:19 Iraq Hmmmm ...The US Dollar Bull Market Could Trigger a $9 Trillion Debt Implosion
Submitted by Phoenix Capital... on 11/09/2015 - 12:21 Brazil Carry Trade China France Hong Kong Reserve Currency Volatility Yuan The market drop in August triggered by China devaluing the Yuan (another victim of the US Dollar bull market) was just the start. Once the US Dollar rally really begins picking up steam, we could very well see a crash.China’s Central Bank Buys Another 14 Tons of Gold … Bullion Falls To 3 Month Low
Submitted by GoldCore on 11/09/2015 - 12:15 Central Banks China France Germany Hong Kong International Monetary Fund Italy Japan People's Bank Of China Reserve Currency Reuters Switzerland Twitter Twitter World Gold Council Yuan China is playing the long game and they could be low balling their total gold holdings – official central bank reserves and non official, governmental holdings – in order to maintain confidence in their substantial US dollar holdings and to aid their bid to join the IMF.