by James Rickards One of the most influential books among global power elites in the past 10 years is Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein, published in 2007. The shock doctrine is an essential concept for understanding how power elites such as central bankers, finance ministers and the ultra-rich work behind the scenes to advance their agendas. It’s also how[...]
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China Moving to Replace USA as Financial Capitol of World – Martin Armstrong
A vital step in the shift of the Financial Capitol of the World moving from the West to the East, is becoming visible if you pay attention. Our model has revealed that the Financial Capitol of the World moves with the rise and fall of nations. China on the verge of becoming a net exporter of capital, it has already overtaken its Western counterparts as a primary source of credit for the[...]
“Slowly But with Determination the Petro Dollar Comes Under Attack. I Guess Full on War with Russia is Now Inevitable.” – Jim Sinclair
Moscow & Cairo to drop USD, use national currencies in bilateral trade – Putin Published time: February 08, 2015 23:10 Russia and Egypt might soon exclude the US dollar and use their national currencies in the settlement of accounts in bilateral trade, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview to Egyptian media ahead of his Monday visit to the country. READ MORE: [...]
If You Listen Carefully, The Bankers Are Actually Telling Us What Is Going To Happen Next
By Michael Snyder, on February 9th, 2015 Are we on the verge of a major worldwide economic downturn? Well, if recent warnings from prominent bankers all over the world are to be believed, that may be precisely what we are facing in the months ahead. As you will read about below, the big banks are warning that the price of oil could soon drop as low as 20 dollars a barrel, that a Greek exit from[...]
The Dollar Will Die with a Whimper, Not a Bang – James Rickards
The same force that made the dollar the world’s reserve currency is working to dethrone it. July 22, 1944, marked the official conclusion of the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire. There, 730 delegates from 44 nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in the final days of the Second World War to devise a new international monetary system. The delegates there were acutely aware that the [...]
Big Bang is Clearly in Play – Dominoes Starting to Fall in Debt Markets
by Martin Armstrong Armstrong Economics Just in case if you have not seen this, Big Bang is clearly in play. The dominoes are starting to fall! Obviously, bearish for the Euro broader-term, but will be interesting to see how the peripheral debt trades tomorrow. The ECB Press release emerged on a waiver of collateral regarding Greek Bonds. The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) [...]
Optimism vs Pessimisim – Martin Armstrong
by Martin Armstrong Armstrong Economics There is little doubt that we live in interesting times. However, it is not always doom and gloom. What you have to understand is there will never be any change or reform without the doom and gloom. We have to crash and burn in order to create what Joseph Schumpeter called Waves of Creative Destruction. [...] There was the Great Depression, which everyone [...]
Fed President Drops a Bombshell Yesterday: Fed Removed QE3 Too Soon
by Pam Martens and Russ Martens Wall Street on Parade The monetary policy arm of the U.S. central bank, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), is getting hammered this week. On Monday, two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco chastised the FOMC for effectively wearing rose-colored glasses since 2007 and getting the rate of economic growth mostly dead wrong. (More on that[...]
History In the Balance: Why Greece Must Repudiate Its “Banker Bailout” Debts And Exit The Euro
by David Stockman • February 2, 2015 Now and again history reaches an inflection point. Statesman and mere politicians, as the case may be, find themselves confronted with fraught circumstances and stark choices. February 2015 is one such moment. For its part, Greece stands at a fork in the road. Syriza can move aggressively to recover Greece’s democratic sovereignty or it can desperately[...]
Lies, Damned Lies, and Central Bank Forecasts – James Rickards
by James Rickards Daily Reckoning The most dramatic battle yet in the currency wars took place last month. It was the financial equivalent of a Pearl Harbor sneak attack… “I find it a bit surprising that he did not contact me,” IMF Director Christine Lagarde told CNBC’s Steve Liesman that day, “but, you know, we’ll check on that.” You can almost imagine the conversation[...]