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March 2012

The Flaw In Europe’s Austerity Plan: Elections

by John Rubino on March 29, 2012 · 27 comments

Getting Europe’s mainstream politicians and appointed technocrats to agree to bailouts and austerity was actually the easy part. The real challenge for these guys will be holding onto their jobs — and preserving the deals they’ve cut — in upcoming elections. Voters, it seems, aren’t convinced that that a depression is the only solution to [...]

Are Treasuries FINALLY the Short of the Decade?

by John Rubino on March 14, 2012 · 21 comments

For years now, US government bonds have looked like terrible investments, what with those trillion-dollar deficits and multiple wars and all. But Treasuries just kept rising, earning their owners nice returns and making their critics seem like financial illiterates who didn’t know a AAAA credit when they saw one. Check out the chart for TBT, [...]

Dollar Going Out With A Whimper, Not A Bang — So Far

by John Rubino on March 1, 2012 · 40 comments

Last year the US ran a $272 billion trade deficit with China, which means we sent the Chinese that many extra dollars in return for the clothes, toys and iPhones they sent us. This lopsided relationship has been in place for a long time, allowing (or requiring) China to accumulate about $1.7 trillion dollars of [...]

Best of the Web Archives

by John Rubino on March 1, 2012 · 0 comments

William Kaye Interview, Part II – King World News William Kaye Interview – King World News The Bernanke Agenda – It Isn’t What You Think It – Seeking Alpha Rick Rule: This Is Fun – Casey Research Catherine Austin Fitts On Precious Metals and Digital Currencies – GoldMoney Andrew Maguire Interview – King World News [...]


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