It’s amazing how quickly China went from being the world’s savior to its biggest danger. To recap: When the developed world stepped off a cliff
Only in a world totally corrupted by easy money could the following two things be announced on the same day. First: European Bonds Surge as
To Westerners, China has always been a mystery. The huge population of very smart, hard-working people. The succession of unfamiliar, authoritarian governments. The sense that
Bitcoin holders — especially those who bought in during the crypto-currency’s recent surge past $1,000 — are a bit shell-shocked this week: Bitcoin prices plunge
2013 was a year in which lots of imbalances built up but none blew up. The US and Japan continued to monetize their debt, in
Late in the life of every financial bubble, when things have gotten so out of hand that the old ways of judging value or ethics
For a while there it looked like Europe was beginning to dig itself out of the pit into which it had fallen after the 2008
A couple of comments on recent DollarCollapse posts have included a strange assertion, that the paper money in circulation in the US is all dated
Japan’s currency devaluation has worked beautifully. The yen is plunging, Japanese stocks are soaring, and the current account surplus — the main measure of a
It’s easy to understand the attraction of things like adjustable-rate mortgages and teaser-rate credit cards. They give you cheap money up front and a few
Based on the past few weeks’ stock market action, Japan’s decision to flood the world with yen looks like a raging success. It’s not of
In this week’s talk with National Numismatics’ Tom Cloud, he explains why the reported price of gold is not the real price. DollarCollapse: Hi Tom.
Most of the recent “currency war” talk refers to countries trying to lower the value of their currencies to gain a trade advantage and/or make
In this week’s talk with National Numismatics’ Tom Cloud, we cover the debt ceiling negotiations, futures contract expirations and the activities of his biggest customers
Forget about the fiscal cliff. December’s big story was the ascension of a new leader in Japan whose platform is aggressive inflation: Global Currency Tensions
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