Thursday , 28 March 2024

The 13 Most Popular Articles In 2013 On the Potential Collapse of the U.S. Dollar

munKNEE.com will receive well over 1,000,000 visitors again in 2013 and is now a “go-to” destination for a diversifieddollar-worm-hole account of economic, financial and investment analyses, opinion, advice and education including the current state of the U.S. dollar and its possible future.

Below are introductions (with links) to the 13 most read such articles in 2013 in order of popularity. Interestingly, each article is as relevant today as the day they were posted so they are well worth taking the time to read.

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Here they are in descending rank (Go to the section at the very bottom of the page to express your comments on the selection):

1. Shift From U.S. Dollar As World Reserve Currency Underway – What Will This Mean for America?

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Today, more than 60% of all foreign currency reserves in the world are in U.S. dollars – but there are big changes on the horizon…Some of the biggest economies on earth have been making agreements with each other to move away from using the U.S. dollar in international trade…[and this shift] is going to have massive implications for the U.S. economy. [Let me explain what is underway.] Words: 1583 Read More »

2. Which Is the World’s Safest Major Currency – You’ll Be Surprised

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The term ‘safe fiat currency’ is as intellectually disingenuous as terms like ‘fair tax’ or ‘government innovation’ but, as we’ve been exploring recently why modern central banking is completely dysfunctional, it does beg the question– is any currency ‘safe’? Let’s look at the numbers for some data-driven analysis. Words: 575 Read More »

3. China Converting U.S. Dollar Debt Holdings Into Gold At Accelerating Rate

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China, Russia and other nations are exiting their dollar-denominated holdings in favor of gold. This action should put pressure on the dollar and U.S. treasuries, pushing not only central banks, but mainstream investors towards the safety of precious metals and other tangible assets that cannot be defaulted on. There will be a rush out of dollars and into assets with no counter-party risk, it is just a matter of how soon it happens. Read More »

4. The U.S. Dollar Will Collapse When This Upcoming Event Happens

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If we want to better understand the answer to the elusive question of “When will the fiat US dollar collapse?”, we have to watch the petrodollar system and the factors affecting it. Read More »

5. What Would USD Collapse Mean for the World?

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I came to the conclusion several years ago that it was just a matter of time before the world realized that the relative functionality of the U.S. dollar was about to go belly up – to collapse. [Below is an explanation as to why I have come to that conclusion and what I think it would mean for the well-being of the world.] Words: 881 Read More »

6. China’s Reining In of U.S. Treasury Purchases Will Precipitate U.S. Dollar Collapse

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The People’s Bank of China is reported by Bloomberg to have said that it will rein in dollar purchases as the country no longer benefits from increases in its foreign-currency holdings…What implications will this have? I believe that we’ll see the start of a U.S. dollar collapse. Here’s why Read More »

7. The Collapse of the U.S. Dollar is Unavoidable! Here’s Why

The mother of all collapses is still in front of us. Below are my reasons why that is the case and how to protect yourself financially from such an eventuality. Read More »

8. Dollar’s Days As Reserve Currency To End In 2 Years (10 Years Latest) – Here’s Why

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The American dollar will be overthrown…in as short a period as 5 to 10 years says one analyst while another believes it will happen as early as 2015, 2016 latest. Here’s why. Read More »

9. This Proposed Law Would Ban Use or Possession of U.S. Dollar in Russia

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If the U.S. national debt continues to grow then the U.S. dollar system will collapse in 2017 suggests a Russian lawmaker in submitting a bill to the country’s parliament that would ban the use or possession of the American currency. Read More »

10. Singapore – China Agreement Yet Another Sign of Ongoing Decline In U.S. Dollar

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Finance executives in Asia see the writing on the wall. They can see that the dollar is in a period of terminal decline, and that the Chinese renminbi is going to take tremendous market share away from the dollar – and they want a big piece of the action. To that end representatives of the Hong Kong Exchange and the Singapore Exchange, THE two dominant financial centers in Asia, have signed an agreement to combine their forces in rolling out more financial products denominated in Chinese renminbi. This has massive consequences for the global financial system – and the future of the U.S. dollar. Read More »

11. Gold Setting Up To Bottom; U.S. Dollar Setting Up to Crash

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The next black swan is already staring us in the face. It’s out of control currency debasement and it’s going to be a collapse in the purchasing power of the US dollar. [After all,] does anyone seriously think that we can print trillions of dollars out of thin air for five years and not eventually have something bad happen? Read More »

12. Continuing U.S. Dollar Strength Depends on Asia’s Self-interests Continuing – Here’s Why

In an odd twist of fate the future of the U.S. dollar is in the hands of Asian governments [and particularly China and Japan. Let’s hope they continue to put their own interests first.] Here’s why. Read More »

13. The Next Fed-created Catastrophe – a Currency Crisis – Has Already Begun

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There is no escaping the inevitable – if you aggressively debase your currency eventually you are going to have a currency crisis. The first one has now begun. Words: 350; Charts: 2 Read More »