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As we warned two years ago, “the muddle through has failed… and there may only be painful ways out of this.” [18] Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog [19], Now that “bail-ins” have become accepted practice all over the planet, no bank account and no pension fund will ever be 100% safe […]
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The number whispered on Wall Street is $10 billion (or $14-$15 if you ask The Saudis), but potential investors in the micro-blogger’s IPO will need more to go on than simple valuation math and guided judgment. As ConvergEx’s Nick Colas notes, Tech firms are particularly dependent on innovation and human capital for their viability. So while […]
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Sep 10, 2013 – 01:47 PM GMT By: Money_Morning Robert Hsu writes: This has been the bond market’s worst showing in 19 years, thanks to the recent spike in the 10-year Treasury yield. But bond investors aren’t the only ones getting hit. A higher “risk-free” rate affects you, too. And me. And anyone else trying to […]
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Sep 11, 2013 – 01:26 PM GMT By: Jeff_Berwick We have been saying for the last four years that as Europe, the US and other Western and global nation-states continue their debt-fueled collapse the governments of these countries will continue to consider their citizens’ wealth to be their own and seize more of their assets. We […]
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A custodian maintains custody of your funds. When you open an account at a bank, brokerage house, or hedge fund, at some point you transfer assets to the institution who holds them for you in your name (Your account name). If funds are not on your person in cash or on your property, they are […]
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Before we begin we need to clear a few biases. People confuse culture, politics, and economy. For example, there is confusion about the differences between socialism and communism; many people think they are the same. Also people equate communism with USSR style communism, which was less communist than your local community. The most communist organization […]
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