Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
That`s the Bottom in the Oil Market
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/06/2016 - 17:21 CRAP fixed Middle East Twitter Twitter Sure Oil can go a dollar below this low, but for all intents and purposes this is the bottom in the oil selloff that was predicted for the start of the year.
Gold Price Up On Mid East, Asia Risk – January Best Monthly Performance
Submitted by GoldCore on 01/06/2016 - 13:59 China Iran Japan Middle East North Korea Reuters Saudi Arabia Twitter Twitter Yuan Gold has has been one of the best months for gold in terms of monthly performance in the last 10 years. Bloomberg confirms that today.
hedgeless_horseman's Revolutionary Call to Arms
Submitted by hedgeless_horseman on 01/06/2016 - 12:27 Black Swan Fail Federal Reserve Gallup George Orwell Turkey Many of us are wishing to be bold, and maybe even revolutionary. But we are far too comfortable, and also too afraid.
Warning: the FANGs Are Breaking Down
Submitted by Phoenix Capital... on 01/06/2016 - 07:50 GOOG Google Market Crash The former market leaders are all beginning to breakdown. Has the market top finally hit?
How Iceland Escaped From The One Bank
Submitted by Sprott Money on 01/06/2016 - 05:59 ETC European Central Bank European Union Fail Greece Iceland International Monetary Fund Portugal Precious Metals Iceland refused to be blackmailed. Iceland refused to take on the extra debt (and debt slavery) that came with the blackmail. Iceland refused to touch its social programs. Iceland has the strongest economy in the Western world.
What Is Money Printing?
Submitted by Gold Standard I... on 01/06/2016 - 02:35 Bond Central Banks Credit Line Creditors Swiss Franc Swiss National Bank Testimony There is a populist idea of money printing. The idea is that banks can just print what they want, enriching themselves... does it really work this way?
How Corrupt Is the American Government?
Submitted by George Washington on 01/06/2016 - 01:18 8.5% Agent Orange Alan Greenspan Bank of America Bank of America Bitcoin Commodity Futures Trading Commission Corruption Department of Justice FBI Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Bank General Electric Iran Iraq Lehman Main Street Monsanto national security New Orleans Obama Administration Quantitative Easing Rating Agencies SPY TARP Tim Geithner Treasury Department Washington D.C. White House World Bank See For Yourself ...
Global Corporate Debt is Coming Unglued
Submitted by testosteronepit on 01/06/2016 - 00:52 Australia Bond Brazil default Japan New Zealand ratings Default Rate Highest since 2009, US Distress Ratio Soars.
The Gartman Grid
Submitted by Tim Knight from... on 01/05/2016 - 13:50 Contango Dennis Gartman Janet Yellen Yen It only takes a moment for the observant viewer to ascertain the state of each of these two realities. There is no Schrodinger's Cat in Dennis' world.Brave New World of Bank Bail-Ins As Of January 1st
Submitted by GoldCore on 01/05/2016 - 11:56 Australia European Union New Zealand Reuters Twitter Twitter EU countries join the UK, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand in having plans for bail-ins in the event of banks and other large financial institutions getting into difficulty.
The Big Short is a Great Movie, But...
Submitted by rcwhalen on 01/05/2016 - 11:00 Alan Greenspan Apple Arthur Levitt Bear Stearns Bond CDS Commodity Futures Trading Commission Corruption Countrywide Credit Default Swaps default Federal Reserve Gretchen Morgenson Housing Market Institutional Investors Lehman Lehman Brothers Market Share Meltdown Michael Lewis Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loans NASDAQ New Century New York Stock Exchange None OTC OTC Derivatives program trading Program Trading Subprime Mortgages Wachovia Washington Mutual Derivatives like credit default swaps turned a mere bubble in the US housing market into a global financial catastrophe...THE DRAIN CONTINUES: U.S. Exports More Gold To Hong Kong Than It Produces
Submitted by Sprott Money on 01/05/2016 - 05:59 Australia China Federal Reserve Hong Kong India Precious Metals Switzerland United Kingdom Unfortunately, this is not a sustainable financial or economic business model for the West.