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GIH: Few understand how the banking system really works, and fewer understand how it’s working now with addition of technology. Most rules, knowledge, books, systems, etc. that define the banking system were done a long time ago, before the internet and computing, and before globalization. As stated in this article (below), banks – in their […]
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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: The below statistics give a new perspective to the term ‘zombie nation.’ Previously, we’ve seen correlations between cocaine and the financial services industry. But with a growing number of Americans on some form of mind altering drug, it seems there are few who are not under the influence. Submitted by Michael Snyder of The American […]
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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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GIH: An unprecedented data breach shows the real City; where brokers will do nearly anything to make a buck, including gouging clients on commissions, and stealing customer data to sell to the competition (or worse, scam artists). It’s becoming more and more difficult to differentiate between ‘legitimate’ financial institutions and ‘fraudulent’ ones, if such a […]
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GIH: The stock market has been off its highs, but more importantly, is a rotation out of stocks, in the largest equity outflow ever. Investors remember the financial crisis and may look at investing differently than before. Has the ‘buy and hold’ mentality finally been shook from retail investors? We are told that over the […]
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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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GIH: We now have a better picture of how some tech giants were handling NSA requests for information. Of course, we cannot be sure that this represents an accurate picture of data released. Also, many of the NSAs collection strategies such as the TAO program, involve hacking or otherwise collecting info without the consent of […]
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GIH: Latin America should not be disregarded, it was an Asian crisis in 1998 that shook worldwide markets. Brazil is a growing player in the global economy, and the Venezuelan stock market has been on a bull run. What happens in Latin America deeply affects the world. Take a look at these disturbing Forex charts: […]
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GIH: Stocks have begun their slide from their highs, in an expected sell-off accelerated by the EM Currency crisis and today’s terrible ISM report. It wasn’t complicated to see stock values couldn’t last, but the question has been ‘when’ and ‘how’ – certainly the Fed’s taper didn’t help. The Baltic Dry Index has collapsed, an […]
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