BrotherJohnF returns with a public silver update discussing the US Mint's authorized dealer rationing of Silver Eagles to begin 2014. Is the rationing a sign of a silver shortage, or […]
I'm going to clear the air on this matter. For over 2 years I've been writing about the impending federal takeovers of pension plans. 10 countries in the Europe and […]
In late December of last year, Peter Schiff and his brother Andrew released a new and expanded version of their illustrated economic fable How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. Since the debut of the original version of the book in 2010, people across the world have told them that the book's simplicity, humor, and straightforward story-telling have given them a better understanding of real economics.
Financial crisis fears are spiking this afternoon as one of Russia's largest 200 banks by assets, ‘My Bank' has reportedly halted all cash withdrawals for one week. Officials of My […]
Those who have been delaying moving their retirement funds out of the system on the account of early withdrawal taxes may want to take notice. If the official 2012 year […]
It appears that we may have finally found The Bottom in this drawn out and painful decline. Of the more encouraging signs since the first of the year has been […]
Another astounding trading week on the SGE; from January 13th to 17th physical withdrawals from the SGE vaults accounted for 60 tons of gold, with 159 tons of phyzz withdrawn […]
In this interview with Finance & Liberty's Elijah Johnson, Greg Hunter discusses: -Germany's top financial regulator says that precious metals manipulation is worse than the LIBOR rigging scandal - The […]
Multiple independent tests have confirmed that levels of nuclear radiation are being detected on California beaches that are more than 10 times the normal level. Many believe that this is […]
Every attempt by the government to interfere with markets forces spreads to widen. This is why the presence of wide spreads today—with worldwide government intervention gone mad—does not invalidate the […]
The Financial Times has told investors that they should act like the German Bundesbank and "demand physical gold" and warned that gold price "manipulation" could end "catastrophically". “There’s surely no […]
The US Federal Reserve is reporting a major deposit withdrawal from the nation’s bank accounts. The financial system has not seen such a massive fund outflow since 9/11 attacks. The […]
It's mainstream now. The US economic recovery is a sham, especially when it comes to the plight of the middle class. A new piece at CNNMoney reviews the major economic metrics that are not nearly as positive as they would be if we were experiencing a real recovery. These include the weak job market, underperforming manufacturing sector, weak global trade, and much more.
The citizens of the U.S. & world are headed into a future that few are prepared for. It will also turn out to be much worse than most realize as […]
Retail CRE is highly leveraged and loaded with staggering amounts of debt that rests on leases that are only as good as the retailers' profit-loss statements and solvency. The decay […]
The Bundesbank has dropped a DIESELBOOM on the European markets Monday morning, calling on Eurozone nations about to go bankrupt (ie Greece, Italy, Portugal, & Spain) to initiate a one-off […]
Earlier this week 30-day/4-wk T-Bills were auctioned off a 0% rate. Intra-day, after the auction, the rate went negative. Negative short term rates were last observed in 2008, before the […]
The DOJ has just announced a full fledged war on the alternative to the Federal Reserve fiat notes known as Bitcoin with the arrest of 24 year old founder and […]
The small speculators are now net short in gold. They sold off over 500 longs and added 1,152 shorts which is considerable for their small numbers. It seems to me […]
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