If there were ever any doubt about how completely RIGGED the banking system is against depositors, allow me to introduce the following:
Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman on the Federal Reserve and what is needed to boost the U.S. economy. Watch the latest video at <a href=” Janet …
THIS is how the run begins...
Will Deutsche Bank implode today, two days before the end of the Jubilee Year?
Private spending on capital goods is a measure of business confidence in the economy. If business people believe the economy will grow, they invest more in plant and equipment. If they are not optimistic,
The credit crunch era has not be kind to users of Gross Domestic Product or GDP statistics. Or to be more precise they have not been kind to those who use them as the measure of economic well-being. Regular readers will be aware that I have written more than a few articles explaining their short-comings…
Debate about the ECB’s stimulus options have continued to rage, with an equity purchase plan mentioned as a possibility.
Where once Alan Greenspan was vilified for dropping interest rates too low for too long and thereby inflating a credit bubble (before his bouncing baby bubble forced him to try to head things off at the pass, eventually jacking the Funds Rate back up to 6%), today these very scary clowns talk boldly about buying…
“Despite low yields on safe assets, investors are reaching for duration rather than risk,” says Jim Puplava.
When there is a big disagreement between the value of the spot VIX Index and the prices of its futures contracts, that carries important information about trader sentiment.
Imagine consulting a smartphone app next time you become ill… Or being operated on by a robot, controlled by a surgeon that’s not even in the same room?
A study suggests traders with connections to regulators and politicians were able to translate those relationships into cash during the financial crisis.
Are we all developing an aversion to coins and notes?
Shares of Deutsche Bank were leaping in New York trade Friday, but there's reason to be skeptical about a settlement being cited.
A stock market crash is heading straight for us because of a dangerous policy known as negative interest rates. Read on →
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill that for the first time allows onto public roads self-driving vehicles with no steering wheels, brake pedals or accelerators. The legislation i…
Oscar winners, sports stars and Bill Gates are building lavish bunkers — with amenities ranging from a swimming pool to a bowling alley — as global anxiety fuels sales and owners "could be the next Adam and Eve."
The rumbling started Monday morning deep under the Salton Sea. A rapid succession of small earthquakes — three measuring above magnitude 4.0 — began rupturing near Bombay Beach, continuing for more than 24 hours. Before the swarm started to fade, more than 200 earthquakes had been recorded.
Jim Rickards alerts “D-Day” for the U.S dollar — shortly after markets close tomorrow afternoon. Dave Gonigam reports...
Republican attorneys general are making a last-ditch bid to block the Obama administration from ceding U.S. oversight of the internet’s domain name system, filing suit in federal court ahead of an imminent deadline for the hand-off.