Why Does Credit Suisse Still Exist?
February 20, 2022
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Most of today’s big banks are, at their core, criminal entities. But the Swiss banks — with their cultural history of providing anonymous storage for
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MN Gordon: How to Reconcile Numbers that Don’t Pencil Out
February 20, 2022
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From MN Gordon at Economic Prism: Do you want to make a fortune? Then open a Lamborghini dealership in the Midwest. That’s what investment biker
Doug Noland: One Serious Catalyst Away From A Megaquake
February 19, 2022
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From Doug Noland’s Credit Bubble Bulletin: Following 1999’s manic blow-off excess, I thought the Bubble had burst in 2000. I had to reverse course in
Soaring Rents Eat Americans’ Wage Increases – And Then Some
February 17, 2022
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US headline inflation exceeded 7% in 2021. But rent increases put the Consumer Price Index to shame, soaring an average of 13.5%. And within that
Gregory Mannarino: A Rapidly Developing Super-Crisis — You’re In One
February 16, 2022
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From Gerald Celente’s Trends Journal: The global economy is in FREEFALL, inflation is surging, and debts/deficits are skyrocketing. Real wages, personal income weighed against inflation,
Tom Woods: What Trudeau’s Move Against The Truckers Means
February 15, 2022
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From Tom Woods’ most recent e-letter: You have probably heard that Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, just invoked something called the Emergencies Act in
Have Used Car Prices Peaked? Not Quite Yet
February 14, 2022
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Cars used to be the quintessential depreciating asset. Drive a new one off the lot and you were immediately down 40%. Subsequent declines were slower,
The Dollar Collapse podcast: Lawrence Lepard: Gold & Bitcoin Are On The Same Team
February 14, 2022
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In this edition, John Rubino and The Crypto Capitalist, Mark E. Jeftovic welcome Lawrence Lepard from Equity Management Associates. Lawrence’s mantra is “Fix The Money,
Top Ten Videos — February 14 2022
February 14, 2022
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Doug Noland: Bubbles don’t work in reverse … David Hunter: The melt-up has started; then comes an 80% crash … Lacy Hunt: Why deflation will
What Happens When Soaring Prices Collide With Tapped-Out Consumers?
February 11, 2022
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Today’s inflation report was, by any measure, horrific. 7% in a country where 2% was, until recently, the upper end of the government’s target range,
Welcome To The Third World, Part 32: A Trillion Dollars Of Drug Overdoses
February 8, 2022
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Excerpted from CNBC: Drug overdoses are costing the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year, government report estimates Fatal opioid overdoses are thought to be costing
Michael Pento: Powell The Pivoter Cannot Now Pivot Back To Dove
February 7, 2022
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From Pento Portfolio Strategies: The current Fed Chair is perhaps best known for his quick pivots from hawkish back to dovish and vice versa. Maybe
Top Ten Videos — February 7 2022
February 6, 2022
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Michael Oliver: We’re at the beginning of a devastating bear market … Jesse Felder: Fed reversing course will be magic for gold … Stephen McBride:
Jay Taylor: This Week Had “Inflation” Written All Over It
February 5, 2022
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From J Taylor’s Gold, Energy, and Tech Stocks newsletter: Stocks, commodities, silver, and gold were all up. My Inflation/Deflation Index hit a new high as
GDPNow Is Flashing Stagflation, Maybe Recession
February 2, 2022
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Conventional wisdom holds that the U.S. economy is overheating. New workers are virtually unavailable, raw material costs are soaring, and of course financial asset prices