Economic Overviews

Three indexes of the Federal Reserve...calculate and report statistical measures of financial stress in the U.S. economy on a regular basis...[and] all three have returned to their pre-recession levels last seen in May 2007. [What does that mean for stock market valuations? Let's take a look.]

In 1975, 8% of all Americans were on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). That percentage is 15% today. Enrollment soared to 47.8 million participants in recent months, an increase of 70%. Below is an interactive graphic showing the number of SNAP recipients in each of the 50 U.S. states.

Freedom is a relative concept. Compared to other states in the U.S., how does your state rank in terms of these 40 aspects of freedom?

I don’t think that KWN is doing the Gold community any good by throwing this guy at us and, unfortunately, I don’t think that JS is helping by not ripping this guy apart.

I've become interested in this whole Bitcoin thing, the electronic currency first was issued about 3 years ago, and I think it is fascinating - and troubling. Here's why.

I know a lot about the world’s financial system and how it works but you don’t have to be a technical wizard to understand that it’s financial insanity and ethically, financially, and socially wrong. .

The politicians of the western world are coming after your bank accounts. Cyprus-style "bail-ins...for systemically important banks" are actually proposed on pages 144 and 145 of "Economic Action Plan 2013" in the new Canadian government budget and it is being reported that the European Parliament will soon be voting on a law which would require that large banks be "bailed in" when they fail. ...I can't even begin to describe how serious all of this is. So exactly what in the world is going on here? Words: 1075

Today, I'm dishing on the unbelievable rebound in residential real estate, pesky rumors about the dollar's demise and a resurgent U.S. stock market. So let's get to it.

Things will get messy and nasty, sooner rather than later. Protect yourself and your family by preparing for a complete and utter economic collapse that will also collapse governments and societies. Predatory government will be stealing assets from anyone who has them.

At some point we are going to see another wave of panic hit the financial markets like we saw back in 2008. The false stock market bubble will burst, major banks will fail and the financial system will implode. It could unfold something like this: Words: 660