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Something hilarious, and at the same time pathetic, happened earlier today: at precisely 9 am the US Treasury released its delayed Treasury International Capital data (which was supposed to be released yesterday but was delayed because it snowed) which disclosed all the latest foreign Treasury holdings for the month of January. Among the key numbers […]
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GIH: Finally, a situation arise that challenge legal nuances about the NSA spying, and attorney client privilege. The philosophical question is – to what extent are attorney’s legally required, and also as a matter of service, to go in order to ensure client security? Having a complete encryption solution would prevent 99% of NSA spying, […]
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GIH: Scary revelations coming from the EU, regarding ‘bail-in’ strategies funded by savers. How this ‘confiscation’ of assets is to be structured and sold to the public (if they have a choice) remains to be seen. But even having such a discussion should make anyone with any assets in Europe worry. Cyprus was a ‘test […]
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I try my best to make people aware of the ridiculous BS that goes on behind the scenes in the halls of power. I try to help people understand the way Big Business manipulates our Government, the same way the Banksters and Billionaires manipulate the markets. In short – we explore the dark side of Capitalism as having […]
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GIH: What the future will hold is difficult to project because of so many variables. But what we can say with near certainty, is that ‘this time is different’ – a combination of social and political factors has created an age that is unique – general economic prosperity in the West, cheap energy, and as […]
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Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, The Fed cannot create a bid in bidless markets that lasts beyond its own buying. We all know the Federal Reserve (and every other central bank) has one last Doomsday weapon to stop a meltdown in the global financial markets: creating trillions of dollars out of thin air and […]
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Rothschild has identified four different scenarios that, in their view, are the most likely to occur. The series of scenarios for GDP growth and inflation in the main western economies, Japan and China may guide investor thinking but their somewhat ominous conclusion is worth bearing in mind: “Further monetary ‘experiments’ are becoming less probable. However, significant imbalances […]
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GIH: The sentiment against the so called 1% is growing, as the gap between the ‘rich’ and ‘superrich’ has gone parabolic. The majority of the world’s wealth is now concentrated in the hands of a few thousand people. Questions are now being raised about how they are helping the economy, as the velocity of money […]
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In the past we have discussed at length the inevitable demise of the USD as the world’s reserve currency noting that nothing lasts forever. [10] However, when former World Bank chief economist Justin Yifu Lin warns that “the dominance of the greenback is the root cause of global financial and economic crises,” we suspect the world will begin […]
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GIH: $10 Billion in more taper from the Fed, indicates further tapering. A bold move against the backdrop of the crisis in emerging market currencies, which caused a stock market sell off and EM Currency sell off. Unlike many market analysts, The Fed “Sees Growth”: WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday another $10 billion […]
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