By James Rickards A lot of people think about gold as a percentage of total reserves. So countries have reserves. What percentage of your reserves consist of gold? For example, a lot of people are surprised to learn that the United States has 70 percent of its reserves in gold. China has about 1 percent of its reserves in gold. So people look at that and think that’s the imbalance. But[...]
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Inside the December Retail Report: “Disappointing” Isn’t the Half of It
by David Stockman Today’s 0.9% decline in December retail sales apparently came as a shock to bubblevision’s talking heads. After all, we have had this giant “oil tax cut”, and, besides, the US economy has “decoupled” from the stormy waters abroad and is finally on its way to “escape velocity”. The Wall Street touts and Keynesian economic doctors have been saying that for months [...]
Ditching the Dollar – Natural Act for a Dying Empire
By Jeff Thomas One of the symptoms of a declining empire is that it becomes less and less productive and therefore less relevant to other countries. Any empire, whilst in its prime, will have a strong currency. As its productive relevance declines, so will its currency. Invariably, its leaders attempt to keep the currency strong, in spite of the decline in national relevance. Rather than[...]
2015 – Year Of Catastrophic Bank Collapses, QE On A Grand Scale & Skyrocketing Gold
Today one of the greats in the business warned King World News that 2015 will be a year of catastrophic bank collapses, QE on a grand scale, and skyrocketing gold. He also said that the big money is now dumping their stocks ahead of the coming madness. Greyerz: “Eric, we live in a crazy world and it will only get worse. Sadly, events in France remind us of that. There will not[...]
The Fed is Heading for Another Catastrophe – Roach
With so much dry kindling, it will not take much to spark the next conflagration. By Stephen Roach NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Project Syndicate) – America’s Federal Reserve is headed down a familiar — and highly dangerous — path. Steeped in denial of its past mistakes, the Fed is pursuing the same incremental approach that helped set the stage for the financial crisis of 2008-2009. The[...]
Paul Craig Roberts Stunning 2015 Predictions – At Any Time The West Can Collapse
Today King World News spoke with the man who former President Ronald Reagan called upon to help save the United States when the U.S. was in the midst of the 1980 panic. Dr. Paul Craig Roberts gives a portion of his fascinating predictions for 2015 below and also issued the ominous warning that the West could collapse at any time. Eric King: “Dr. Roberts, what are your predictions for 2015?[...]
17 Reasons Why I Trust Silver – GE Christenson
War and Inflation – 3 reasons: · From Ernest Hemingway: “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” This was true before WWII and is just as true now. · There are reports of a train load of American tanks passing[...]
With The World On The Edge Of Chaos, Gold & Silver Now At Most Oversold Levels In History
On the heels of continued pressure in the metals markets as we head into the end of 2014, it appears gold and silver are now at the most oversold levels in history. Below KWN readers can see the absolute carnage Western central banks have caused in the gold and silver markets. This is the type of thing that the big banks follow closely, as well as big money and savvy professionals. David P. out[...]
Same Currency War, New Battle Phase
By James Rickards The current global currency war started in 2010. My book, Currency Wars, came out a little bit after that. One of the points that I made in the book is that the world is not always in a currency war. But when we are, they can last for a very long time. They can last for five, 10 or 15 years, sometimes longer. And so it’s really not a surprise that here we are in 2014 talking [...]
Americans are 40% Poorer than Before the Recession
By Quentin Fottrell The Great Recession is officially over, but Americans are still 40% poorer today than they were in 2007, the year before the global financial crisis. The net worth of American families — the difference between the values of their assets, including homes and investments, and liabilities — fell to $81,400 in 2013, down slightly from $82,300 in 2010, but a long way off the[...]