“Everything Else Is Almost Irrelevant”: Era Of Cheap Money Ending, Financial...
shtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / January 3rd, 2017 We’re living in the calm before the storm. That much everyone can sense. The stock market highs and holiday spending spree will soon be over, the...
View ArticleDonald Trump Has an Enormous and Very Dangerous Wall Street Blind Spot
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Jan 4, 2017 The biggest disappointment regarding Donald Trump since being elected President has been his total embrace of dangerous Wall Street thieves. As it...
View ArticleHow the Yellen – Trump Relationship Could Play Out
wallstreetexaminer.com / by James Rickards / January 10, 2017 A review of the Fed’s toolkit consisting of interest rate hikes to fight inflation, and a litany of tools to fight deflation (helicopter...
View ArticleTrump Dump Coming To The Stock Market
investmentresearchdynamics.com / Dave Kranzler / January 11, 2017 The stock market shot up like a Roman candle for idiotic reasons after the election. The candle may have reached its apex when the...
View ArticleMarc Faber: Trump’s Financial Plans Won’t Save the U.S. Stock Market
wallstreetexaminer.com / by Money Morning Staff Reports via Money Morning / January 11, 2017 Swiss investor and “Gloom, Boom, & Doom Report” author Marc Faber told CNBC this morning that he thinks...
View ArticleJPM Earnings Jump On Slashed Expenses, FICC Trading Beats As Equity, IB...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jan 13, 2017 8:18 AM In a report that was somewhat similar to that of Bank of America, JPM reported Q4 revenues of $23.4 billion, beating estimates of $23.1 billion,...
View ArticleTrump’s nominee for Treasury backs off support for strong dollar
gata.org / By Saleha Mohsin via Bloomberg News / January 23, 2017 U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said an “excessively strong dollar” could have a negative short-term effect on the...
View ArticleEmbry – A Jaw-Dropping 8.6 Million Ounces Of Paper Gold Longs Just Blew Up At...
kingworldnews.com / January 30, 2017 With the Dow tumbling back below the 20,000 level, one of the greats in the business told King World News that a jaw-dropping 8.6 million ounces of paper gold...
View ArticleGross: “Without QE From ECB And BOJ, The U.S. Economy Would Sink Into Recession”
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 6, 2017 8:06 AM Back in November, when describing the perverse global fund flows in which record money creation out of the BOJ and ECB amounting to roughly $200...
View ArticleUS Economic Confidence Surges To Highest Level Ever Recorded By Gallup
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 7, 2017 1:49 PM Another month, another all time high in Americans’ confidence in the US economy. In its latest, January report, Gallup found that Americans’...
View ArticleIf This Trend Continues, a Full-Fledged Credit Crisis Is Inevitable
caseyresearch.com / Justin Spittler / February 14, 2017 On the surface, the U.S. economy looks like it’s doing fine. The unemployment rate is at an all-time low. Inflation—a popular measure of...
View ArticleMnuchin Praises Strong Dollar, Adds To Currency Confusion
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 22, 2017 7:23 PM Following today’s more dovish than most expected minutes, the dollar tumbled and its main carry counterpart, the yen spiked. However, shortly...
View ArticleStockman Warns: “Trump Does Not Yet Understand The Magnitude Of The Problem…...
shtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / February 26th, 2017 Though many financial pundits make the argument that the U.S. economy is booming as a result of millions of new jobs, a healthy housing market and record...
View ArticleMarch 2017: The End Of A 100 Year Global Debt Super Cycle Is Way Overdue
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder / February 27th, 2017 For more than 100 years global debt levels have been rising, and now we are potentially facing the greatest debt crisis in all of...
View Article11 Quotes From Trump’s Speech To Congress That Show That The U.S. Economy Is...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on March 1st, 2017 After Tuesday night, nobody should have any more doubt that the U.S. economy has been in the process of collapsing. Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleA Third Of All U.S. Shopping Malls Are Projected To Close As ‘Space...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on March 6th, 2017 If you didn’t know better, you might be tempted to think that “Space Available” was the hottest new retail chain in the entire...
View ArticleThe U.S. Economy, Post-Payrolls And Pre-FOMC
news.goldseek.com / By: Gary Tanashian / 12 March 2017 This week’s Notes From the Rabbit Hole included a little Payrolls/Wages related economic discussion before moving on to the usual coverage of...
View ArticleDanielle DiMartino Booth: The Fed is bedeviled by Keynes’ paradox
gata.org / By Danielle DiMartino Booth, Bloomberg News / March 30, 2017 The economist John Maynard Keynes warned that ultra-low interest rates would backfire on central banks seeking to spur borrowing...
View ArticleWhat Can an Overhyped Silicon Valley Juice Company Tell Us About the U.S....
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Apr 20, 2017 The primary driver behind my decision to walk away from a lucrative Wall Street career was my coming to terms with the fact that our financial...
View ArticleU.S. Auto Sales Plunge Dramatically As The Consumer Debt Bubble Continues To...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on May 2nd, 2017 One sector of the economy that is acting as if we were already in the middle of a horrible recession is the auto industry. We just got...
View ArticleStudent Loans and Healthcare – Two Issues that Will Define American Politics...
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / May 4, 2017 Poverty demoralizes. A man in debt is so far a slave; and Wall-street thinks it easy for a millionaire to be a man of his word, a man of honor,...
View ArticleTrump Administration Admits 3.0% GDP Growth “Is Certainly Not Achievable This...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / May 10, 2017 9:18 AM The U.S. economy will fall short of the Trump administration’s goal of 3 percent growth this year and will only achieve that when its regulatory,...
View ArticleThe Case of the Missing U.S. Stocks
news.goldseek.com / By Frank Holmes / 10 May 2017 In the last 20 years, the U.S. stock market has undergone an alarming change that too few people are aware of or talking about. Between 1996 and 2016,...
View ArticleFed Balance Sheet Still At Emergency Levels
kingworldnews.com / May 11, 2017 With the U.S. economy weakening, this should get very interesting with the Fed balance sheet still at emergency levels. May 11 (King World News) – Here is what Peter...
View ArticleThe Federal Reserve Must Go
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on May 14th, 2017 If you want to permanently fix America’s economy, there really is no other choice. Even before Ron Paul’s rallying cry of “End The...
View ArticleOver The Last 10 Years The U.S. Economy Has Grown At EXACTLY The Same Rate As...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on May 22nd, 2017 Even though I write about our ongoing long-term economic collapse every day, I didn’t realize that things were this bad. In this...
View ArticleSOMETHING CHANGED IN THE SILVER MARKET IN MAY: Here Are 3 Reasons Why
srsroccoreport.com / MAY 24, 2017 Something changed in the silver market in May as U.S. Silver Eagle sales have surged compared to the previous month. This is quite interesting as precious metals...
View ArticleThese Powder Kegs Are About To Blow: “Trump Needs To Halt The Downward Spiral...
shtfplan.com / Jeremiah Johnson / May 25th, 2017 President Trump just took a trip to Saudi Arabia in an effort to obsequiously “shore up” the ties. Expected. It is expected for any U.S. president to...
View ArticleNY Fed’s Dudley: “Remain Calm!! All Is Well! Flattening Yield Curve Is NOT A...
wallstreetexaminer.com / by Anthony B Sanders via Confounded Interest / June 19, 2017 The New York Fed’s President and CEO William (Bill) Dudley just uttered one of the silliest statements of all time...
View ArticleMy Newest “Most Likely To Catalyze The Big One”
milesfranklin.com / by Andrew Hoffman / Jun 20, 2017 Today’s article is one of my scariest yet; as, after watching events unfold in the world’s most notorious geopolitical hotspot in recent weeks, it’s...
View Article100% Chance of Recession Within 7 Months?
wallstreetexaminer.com / by Brian Maher via The Daily Reckoning / June 20, 2017 We asked this question one week after Trump was elected: “What does history predict for the Trump presidency?” The...
View ArticleHow Congress Could Make the Fed Even Worse for the U.S. Economy
wallstreetexaminer.com / by Cooper Creagan via Money Morning / August 1, 2017 If there’s one thing worse for the U.S. economy than the Federal Reserve, it’s Congress. And right now, legislators are...
View ArticleNew Court Documents Shine a Spotlight on the Shady Business Practices of...
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Aug 2, 2017 I’ve spent much of my time over the past several years focused on trying to understand the world around me. The most consequential thing I’ve...
View Article5 Charts To Remove The Bubble ‘Blinders’
zerohedge.com / by Craig Wilson via The Daily Reckoning / Aug 16, 2017 1:15 PM The stock market continues to show volatile signs of a market bubble. Here’s five charts that show that a very real bubble...
View ArticleA Look Inside The “Basket” Holding The “Market’s Big Puzzle”
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Sep 6, 2017 11:48 AM In a front page article, the WSJ takes aim at the “biggest market puzzle” of our times: the bizarre disconnect between growth and inflation,...
View Article“Solid Footing”… How Is The Average Joe Really Doing?
zerohedge.com / by Steven Hansen via StockBoardAsset.com / Sep 11, 2017 11:24 AM When some think of the economy, they think of GDP. When I think of the economy, I try to visualize the average Joe and...
View ArticleU.S. Pharmaceutical Industry Reveals Its Latest Rent-Seeking Swindle
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Sep 14, 2017 For as long as I’ve been writing on this website, I’ve argued that the U.S. economy has become little more than a gigantic rent-seeking swindle...
View ArticleIn Florida, You Can’t Use Your Own Solar Panels in a Crisis
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Sep 18, 2017 When it comes to the U.S. economy, the “con” part offers the best description of the current relationship between business, government and the...
View ArticleKass: “Sell The FANGs”
Facebook was always anti-Trump.The Networks were always anti-Trump hence,Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2017...
View ArticleHoisington Quarterly Review and Outlook, Third Quarter 2017
mauldineconomics.com / JOHN MAULDIN / OCTOBER 11, 2017 Lacy Hunt and Van Hoisington of Hoisington Investment Management do not exactly get us off to a hopeful start in their third-quarter review,...
View ArticleNavigating Aberrant Data
.financialsense.com / MATTHEW KERKHOFF / 10/13/2017 We’ve seen some really great economic data lately, and we’ve seen some lousy data as well. Some of it suggests that we’re in the middle of an...
View ArticleSurprisingly, I’m Quite Optimistic About the Future
libertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger /Oct 18, 2017 To summarize, in just the last few years the world has invented a way to create software services that have no central operator. These services...
View ArticleTIPS Auction Points to Inflation Below Fed Target for Decades
wallstreetexaminer.com / by Anthony B Sanders via Snake Hole Lounge / October 19, 2017 (Bloomberg) — As traders prepare to underwrite $5 billion of inflation-linked Treasuries on Thursday, they’re as...
View ArticleAmerica First is a Joke. Wall Street Wins Again
People say Congress does nothing. This is totally false.When it comes to Wall Street interests, Congress always acts, and very quickly. — Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) October 25, 2017...
View ArticleThe Economy Is Okay? U.S. Retail Store Closings Hit A New Record High As West...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on November 6th, 2017 If the U.S. economy is doing just fine, why have we already shattered the all-time record for retail store closings in a single...
View ArticleRaphael Bostic’s Speech in Montgomery and Gold
sunshineprofits.com / ARKADIUSZ SIEROŃ / NOVEMBER 15, 2017 On Tuesday, Bostic gave a speech in Montgomery. What does it mean for the gold market? Yesterday, Raphael Bostic delivered a speech entitled...
View ArticleDiMartino Booth Warns Pressure On US Households Is Intensifying
zerohedge.com / by Danielle DiMartino Booth / Nov 26, 2017 3:20 PM Behind the rosy economic headlines, consumer stresses have continued to build and are likely to worsen… Is the U.S. economy enjoying...
View ArticleYellen’s Last Testimony before Congress and Gold
sunshineprofits.com / ARKADIUSZ SIEROŃ / NOVEMBER 30, 2017 Yesterday, Yellen testified before the U.S. Congress. What do her remarks mean for the gold market? On Wednesday, Janet Yellen, still the...
View ArticleAs Stocks Soar, Americans’ Economic Expectations Hit 2017 Lows
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Dec 21, 2017 9:52 AM This does not fit the narrative… ignore it! Americans’ outlook for the U.S. economy fell in December to match the weakest for the year and a...
View Article3 (Mis)Statements About Tax Reform
zerohedge.com / by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com / Dec 21, 2017 3:10 PM With the passage of the Tax Cut And Jobs Act on Wednesday, I wanted to address a few of the questions and...
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