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North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang's state-run media reported.
Russia threatened to retaliate against new sanctions passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, saying they made it all but impossible to achieve the Trump administration’s goal of improved relations.
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Despite what Warren Buffet might tell you, there are good reasons to buy gold.In a speech several decades ago, the billionaire basically called the yellow metal useless.In the first place, the statement is patently false. Gold is increasingly being used in technological applications from biomedical processes to energy production. But even if Buffet was right and there were no practical uses for the yellow metal, there would still be good reasons to buy gold - starting with the fact that gold is money.
Over the last several years, mainstream analysts have built a wall of optimism about the US economy. "Everything looks great," they say. "Look at the jobs numbers!" "Look at the stock market!"A number of contrarians have said things aren't so great and a massive crash is on the horizon. The mainstream has pretty much ignored the naysayers. But a recent report by the International Monetary Fund shows some cracks in the wall of mainstream optimism. And in the current political climate, it may not take much to cause the wall to crumble down.
We should have never given them, let alone their member/master banks, the power to conjure up trillions out of nothing
Republican senators have secured 51 votes to proceed on health care legislation
Are risky asset markets right to ignore the red flags that the bond markets are waving?
There is a last resort: either by then Germany starts running a huge budget deficit - obviously a very touchy political issue - which the ECB will be delighted to fund, or Greece will finally be eligible for QE
We suspect the rally in equities gives back this months gains - largely supporting the safe haven assets like gold
Thinking about retirement in 2 or even 20 years? It's situation critical as SRSrocco informs us that "Regrettably, Americans have no idea that their monthly retirement contributions are not being […]
In September 2014, the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) established a physical gold trading and custody platform aimed at international gold investors, launching this platform as the “Shanghai International Gold Exchange (SGEI)“. […]
The Fed is worried that if it doesn’t act now, the asset price bubble will become so large that it will set off a new systemic crisis...
Wall Street’s “fear gauge” on Tuesday was on track to book its lowest level in history as the gauge plumbs new depths amid a series of records for stock-index benchmarks.
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Even more amusing is that the Federal DB Pension Plans hold a larger underfunded liability than their total assets.
Nervous currency traders are paying the most in eight years for insurance against a plunge in the dollar.
Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics "The pre-conditions for a significant correction in markets are coming into place."
When does trading digital paper become better than trading paper gold? When it's Bitcoin of course! The Party is absolutely rockin' over at Cryptoland! Hurry in before last call, wouldn't […]