It seems that the past few years of falling interest rates have lulled a big part of the global economy into financing with variable-rate debt...[As such,] when interest rates go up (as they did last week), there’s a world-wide reset in interest costs that, best case, amounts to a tax increase on individuals and businesses and, worst-case, threatens to blow up the whole system.
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Goldrunner: Gold Complex So Underpriced Reward Is VERY High & Risk Is VERY Low (+2K Views)
A more aggressive devaluation of paper currencies is on the horizon thus the whole PM Complex is completely underpriced. Averaging in from this point on seems warranted. Below is a full explanation as to why that is the case.
Read More »What Will Happen When the Fed Finally Ends Its Extreme Easing Efforts?
Last Wednesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke promised to end his bond-buying addiction - cold turkey - in mid-2014. That is, as long as the economy is strong enough. As a result, investor fortitude was pushed to the brink. Stocks sold off hard, sending the S&P 500 Index down 1.4%. Before you head for the exits, too, let's get a little perspective.
Read More »The U.S. Dollar – “King Dollar” – Is Kicking Ass!
The return of the U.S. dollar - and the secular outperformance of the U.S. dollar vs. the rest of the world - is a HUGE, huge trend. HUGE.
Read More »Goldrunner: My Interpretation & Assessment of Jim Sinclair’s Recent Comments (+2K Views)
Jim Sinclair is as good a source of the market fundamentals as anybody out there. Some of his comments can be a bit confusing, though, but that usually is the result of his attempt to economize words. I don’t intend to be negative, but sometimes Jim leaves things vague enough that it can be interpreted in more than one way. Let’s take a look at some important comments that Jim has made recently.
Read More »Gold Price Should Peak in June 2013 – Here’s Why (+3K Views)
The 21 month time frame for the next gold peak, the $30 trillion price tag for the debt, and the 64 month bull market fractal for money printing are all coming together squarely at the same date - June 2013. Words: 1350
Read More »Nouriel Roubini: Gold to Be Gutted! Here’s Why (+2K Views)
Roubini expects gold will fall below $1,000/oz. Here's why.
Read More »Meltdown : The Men Who Crashed the World – A 4-part Video from DocZone (+2K Views)
The CBC’s Terence McKenna takes viewers behind the headlines and into the backrooms at the highest levels of world governments and banking institutions in a 4-part investigation that reveals the astonishing level of backstabbing and tension behind the scenes as the world came dangerously close to another Great Depression.
Read More »World Bank Whistleblower: The Federal Reserve Has Secretly Gamed the Global Financial System
A small group of entities — 147 financial institutions and central banks — exert a massive amount of influence over the international economy from behind the scenes. This “economic ‘super-entity’”controls the institutions of government and at the very center of this network is the Federal Reserve.
Read More »We’re Headed for Crippling Deflation First & Then Rampant Inflation – Here’s Why (+3K Views)
Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation? I believe that we will see both. The next major financial panic will cause a substantial deflationary wave first, and after that we will see unprecedented inflation as the central bankers and our politicians respond to the financial crisis. [Let me explain why I think that will unfold.] Words: 1025 Charts: 3
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