Inside America's Money Vault
"Whether its cash, gold, or digital-data bits, we all know that money makes the world go round; but what that money is worth depends on trust." In this fascinating documentary, National Geographic...
View ArticleGuest Post: The Ethics Of Repudiation
Submitted by John P. Cochran of the Ludwig von Mises Institute,Do you ever get the feeling that no one in the Washington power elite is willing to seriously deal with the major economic threat to...
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The Devil In The Details Of The Dow
It looks like the Dow Jones Industrial Average will be the first major U.S. equity benchmark to breach new highs, so ConvergEx's Nick Colas breaks down this closely watched measure of domestic stock...
View ArticleGuest Post: Here Comes China's Drones
Submitted by Trefor Moss of The Diplomat.com,Unmanned systems have become the legal and ethical problem child of the global defense industry and the governments they supply, rewriting the rules of...
View ArticleGuest Post: Is There Oil In 'Kryzakhstan'? Ask John Kerry
Submitted by Jen Alic of OilPrice.com,It wasn’t exactly a propitious start for new US Secretary of State John Kerry on his first foreign trip when he referred to “Kyrzakhstan”, where US diplomats are...
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Visualizing All The Silver In The World
The historical cumulative Gold-to-Silver production ratio is 1:10.7; the price ratio of Silver-to-Gold is currently around 1:50. Demonocracy enables us to visualize the 1.411 million tonnes of Silver...
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Currency Positioning and Technical Outlook: King Dollar Returns?
The US dollar rose against all the major currencies in the past week. It seems clear that the greenback's gains were not a reflection of domestic developments, though it is true that US data stands in...
View ArticleChina Central Bank Says It Is "Fully Prepared For Looming Currency War"
Just in case Lagarde (and everyone else except for the Germans, who have a very unpleasant habit of telling the truth), was lying about that whole "no currency war" thing, China is already one step...
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Everyone Loves Abe?
In a world where the vast majority of people don't like their appointed leaders, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stands out as an exception. It seems that everyone loves this guy. The Japanese...
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WeLCoMe To THe SiNKHoLe oF LiBeRTY...
. . . . . . . . . . . These rats are in charge of "The Con"They're hoping the sheep won't catch-onThey think that QEHas set them all freeBelieving their tail risk is goneThe Limerick King
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Total Debt + Equity = USA Bubble #1
Most of the time, when economists or Wall Streeters present a continuum of who's worst (or best) in the world, they show just a part of the whole: whether it is total sovereign (public) bonds, total...
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Value Your College Degree Now In 30 Minutes! I Mathematically Prove Ivy...
Friday, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece that essentially channeled BoomBustBlog. It was quite controversial, Why spend six figures on a business degree? Students would do better to train and...
View ArticleThe 10 Minute Gold Standard
Far too many people believe that gold serves no useful purpose. I am therefore publishing this response to The 10 Minute Gold Standard: It’s Much Easier than You Think by Nathan Lewis. Mr. Lewis, a...
View ArticleTax Changes Drive Surge In Americans Renouncing Citizenship
We are well aware of the infamous French dramatics as the wealthy flee the country over the changing tax structure but few know that Americans renouncing citizenship has tripled in the last few years....
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The Equity 'Air-Pocket' And 5 Reasons To Worry
While risk-on has been a successful strategy since September, UBS' Stephane Deo is growing more cautious. The positives of activity improvement, reduction of political risks, and positioning are now...
View ArticleSo You Want To Short The Student Loan Bubble? Now You Can
Even as the gargantuan $1+ trillion student debt load has been the bubbly elephant in the room that few are still willing to talk about (as the ease of obtaining very fungible loans, with ultra-low...
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Jon Corzine Defines "Friends In High Places"
As we all know, it helps to have friends in high places. To most of us, that means we know the bartender on Friday night so we can get served quicker than the next guy drowning his weekly sorrows. To...
View ArticleAlasdair Macleod: Europe Is In Worse Shape Than Everyone Thinks
Submitted by Adam Taggart of Peak Prosperity blog,From his perch in the United Kingdom, Alasdair Macleod provides an update on the ongoing economic crisis in Europe, which -- while largely absent from...
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Equity 'Panic-To-Euphoria' Shift Signals Key Inflection Point
As investors (and the risk asset markets they inhabit) have recovered from their deep trough of panic, Credit Suisse believes the recovery has followed a somewhat predictable pattern back to euphoria....
View ArticleThe Drones Take Manhattan
In another absolutely abysmal volume day in which several vacuum tubes throw a hot potato to each other to pretend there is a market and to sucker in anyone who still believes Bernanke can...
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