Having been relatively quiet for a while, Russia's leader Vladimir, speaking in Sochi (following meetings with Middle East crown princes who confirmed Russia as a key partner - "isolated"?), has unleashed his most aggressive statements with regard the failing world order: *PUTIN SAYS U.S. DOLLAR LOSING TRUST AS RESERVE CURRENCY *PUTIN: WORLD WITHOUT RULES IS POSSIBILITY; ANARCHY[...]
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CURRENCY WARS ALERT: Big Nations Snub Beijing Bank Launch After US Lobbying
Jamil Anderlini Financial Times, London Tuesday, October 22, 2014 BEIJING — China will officially launch a new $50 billion Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank on Friday as it steps up its challenge to global financial institutions like the World Bank that it feels are dominated by America and its allies. But only 20 mostly small economies, many of them effectively client states of China, will [...]
Breaking: European Central Banks Secretly Repatriating Gold from USA
October 23, 2014 What is this secret repatriation of Gold about? We have heard from one very reliable source that repatriation of gold is secretly taking place at this moment from the USA to Europe. This is October 2014! The information contains details about transported quantities by one of the global security firms being much higher than usual, as well as country of destination. This leads[...]
Your Personal Gold Standard – James Rickards
There isn’t a central bank in the world that wants to go back to a gold standard. But that’s not the point. The point is whether they will have to. I’ve had conversations with several of the Federal Reserve Bank presidents. When you ask them point-blank, “Is there a theoretical limit to the Fed’s balance sheet?” they say no. They say there are policy reasons to make it higher or[...]
Terrifying Chart Predicts Gold Spike & Meltdown For Markets
Today King World News interviewed a 60-year market veteran who made some absolutely fascinating predictions as we head into the end of 2014. He discussed what to expect in the major markets, including stocks, gold, and silver. Rosen also included an astonishing chart which predicts a gold spike as well as disaster for the global markets. Below is six-decade market veteran Ron Rosen’s remarkable [...]
Study: Wealth Disparity Greater Than Anytime Since 1929
Wednesday, 22 Oct 2014 07:00 AM By Michael Kling Wealth inequality is greater than anytime since 1929, new research from Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gabriel Zucman of the London School of Economics reveals. "The share of wealth held by the top 0.1 percent of families is now almost as high as in the late 1920s, when 'The Great Gatsby' defined an era that rested on [...]
The GLD Trust Is Being Drained – You Were Warned About Counterparty Risk!
by David Kranzler Investment Research Dynamics It’s a matter of “trust.” How much do you trust GLD’s vault custodian, HSBC? Has HSBC given us any reason to place trust in both its financial reporting and the way it operates? HSBC has been already been nailed for rigging LIBOR and the LBMA gold fix. [...] I wonder how many of those bars shown in the picture do not belong in the GLD[...]
CNNMoney: Many Baby Boomers May Be Over Weight in Stocks
Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014 07:40 AM By Dan Weil A rule of thumb has it that the percentage of your portfolio devoted to bonds should equal your age. But many baby boomers are drifting far from that formula. In the 60-to-65 age bracket, 30 percent have placed almost all of their savings in stocks, and 52 percent allocate more than 70 percent of their portfolio to equities, according to an analysis of[...]
Why the Fed Will Continue to Print Money in 2015
by James Rickards - Posted Oct 20, 2014 Editor’s. Note: On Oct. 6, 2014, Jim Rickards was interviewed by Bloomberg TV for his thoughts on gold, currency manipulation and the overall strength of the global economy. You can read the transcript below… Bloomberg TV: I wonder, Jim, how you… First your reaction to that statement that the economy is stable… at least relatively. Are [...]
19 Very Surprising Facts About The Messed Up State Of The U.S. Economy
By Michael Snyder, on October 20th, 2014 Barack Obama and the Federal Reserve are lying to you. The "economic recovery" that we all keep hearing about is mostly just a mirage. The percentage of Americans that are employed has barely budged since the depths of the last recession, the labor force participation rate is at a 36 year low, the overall rate of homeownership is the lowest that it has[...]