Household Incomes Nearly Flat in 2013, While Poverty Dips Slightly The share of Americans living in poverty fell last year for the first time since 2006, a sign an improving economy was finally trickling down to the country's least fortunate households. Still, the figures from the Census Bureau on Tuesday also showed the average person's income was essentially flat in 2013 when taking into[...]
Month: September 2014
End Of Empire – The ‘De-Dollarization’ Chart That China And Russia Are Banking On
History did not end with the Cold War and, as Mark Twain put it, whilst history doesn’t repeat it often rhymes. As Alexander, Rome and Britain fell from their positions of absolute global dominance, so too has the US begun to slip. America’s global economic dominance has been declining since 1998, well before the Global Financial Crisis. A large part of this decline has actually had little to [...]
BIS: Central Banks ‘Fostering Risk-Taking’
BIS: Central Banks 'Fostering Risk-Taking and Search for Yield' Financial asset prices are at "elevated" levels and market volatility remains "exceptionally subdued" thanks to ultra-loose monetary policies being implemented by central banks around the world, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday. In its quarterly review, the BIS said financial market volatility spiked higher in[...]
The Global Ticking Time Bomb, Economic War & World War III
As the world continues to move into uncharted territory, today a 40-year market veteran sent King World News a tremendous piece which warns about a global ticking time bomb, economic war, and World War III. He also covers the gold and silver smash. Below is what Robert Fitzwilson, founder of The Portola Group, had to say in this exclusive piece for King World News. September 15 (King World News) [...]
The Silent Death Of The U.S. Dollar – A Powerful Motive Behind Planned Military Chaos
By Dave Kranzler, Investment Research Dynamics: To begin, I would like put forth the observation that the U.S. Government has become particularly belligerent militarily toward the rest of the world. Anyone who thinks the U.S. is not provoking Russia and China all over the globe has their head in the sand or is incapable of looking at the facts outside of the tragically skewed propaganda coming[...]
As Gold Timers Throw in the Towel, It May Be Time to Buy – The last time such gloom set in, gold staged a rally
By Mark Hulbert CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Gold is finally getting close to a bottom in prices. That is the surprising conclusion of contrarian analysis, which for months now has stubbornly refused to turn positive on gold — even as the yellow metal has suffered a death by a thousand cuts. Just this week, for example, bullion hit a fresh three-month low — among indications that[...]
Why the Federal Reserve Will Launch Another Round of QE – Fending Off Powerful Deflation
By Richard Duncan In November 2002, Fed Governor Ben Bernanke introduced the concept of Quantitative Easing to the world. In a speech entitled “Deflation: Making Sure It Doesn’t Happen Here”, he explained that the Fed could prevent deflation from taking hold in the United States by creating money and using it to acquire government and agency (i.e. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) bonds. He[...]
Fed Tapering Signals Trouble for Economy, Stock Market: Author James Rickards
The Federal Reserve is in the midst of winding down its third round of quantitative easing (QE3), and economist and financial author James Rickards says that doesn't bode well for the economy and financial markets. After the Fed's prior two quantitative easing operations, both the economy and the stock market suffered, he notes. Rickards is the author of "The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse[...]
53 Million (Low Paid & No Benefits) Temps: All You Need To Know About The “Jobs Recovery”
After years of ignoring the obvious, the Federal Reserve has been finally forced to admit that the labor force participation rate matters, and in fact has started to point it out as a clear negative when it comes to Yellen's "dashboard" of thresholds which will allow the Fed to raise rates (for the obvious reason that the Fed is desperate to delay ZIRP as long as possible and is now highlighting[...]
This Week’s Gold & Silver Takedown Explained & Why Banks Will Collapse Spectacularly
From King World News Today a man who has been involved in the financial markets for 50 years spoke with King World News about the gold and silver takedown this week, and why the banking system will collapse. John Embry, who is business partners with billionaire Eric Sprott, also included a discussion about an article in the Globe and Mail this week. Embry: “As you know, there has been a[...]