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GIH: China’s economy is experiencing it’s first capitalist growth pains. With the rapid expansion of the middle class and a growing financial sector, including their own shadow / private banking sector, it’s not a surprise that a financial company issuing debt is on the precipice of default, coinciding with the Chinese new year. As we […]
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The Forex market is dead and dying, in parallel with the US economy; which is fitting, considering the US is still the world reserve currency. Significant harbingers that have changed the Forex market forever: Dodd Frank has killed/consolidated retail Forex in the US (significant because the US is the world reserve currency), leaving less than […]
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GIH: China’s economy has been overheating, and with a growing financial sector. Some indications point to similarities between events in China now and the US in 2007. A slowdown or credit crisis in China would also impact Australia, the region, and ultimately the entire world economy. Bank of America Is Actively Preparing For The Chinese […]
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Gold has long been one of the many assets used by central banks. They certainly were one of the largest market participants, if not the largest single buyer and seller of Gold. Now, Deutsche Bank is exiting the fixing desk, China has an insatiable demand for Gold, and there is talk of an investigation of […]
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Looking at the present financial situation from a historical, social perspective, indicates (based on history) that there will be a severe blowback from the QE program. But unlike other examples provided in the below analysis (such as WW2 spending) QE is nearly completely artificial. During WW2 spending was driven by manufacturing and war logistics. QE […]
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The very foundations of the modern financial system are being shaken; through scandals, market crisis, new regulation, social changes, and technology; all playing a part in permanently evolving how the global financial system operates. One of the most well known traditions in precious metals is the daily “Gold Fix,” where the dealers would literally decide […]
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GIH: As we slip into a global crisis, paradigm shift, climate change, social upheaval, and a myriad of other unprecedented circumstances, many simply do not have the time or motivation to even follow what’s going on. This is both tragic and frightening, because society will need an intelligent mass of productive human capital to rebuild […]
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As if many of us needed any proof, the below report shows the low level of intelligence used by investors, purchasing a company that ‘sounds like’ a Google takeover target, but is actually not related at all. When Google bought Nest (for its smart, intrusive thermostat technology that gives the NSA a front-row seat into […]
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The Fed’s Fisher provides an intimate insight into the thinking of a Fed President. In well crafted Fed speak, he warns of a potential market decline because it will be impossible for the Fed to continue with the QE indefinitely. But there are larger economic impacts much more significant than the stock market, such as […]
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A combination of factors in the US are putting the American economy at a huge disadvantage. The following report looks at how freedom affects the economy. As the US is becoming a police state, with highly regulated financial markets, it can only create additional costs and discourage new investment. With the possibility of the internet, […]
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