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While many watch the stock market, we should take note of the bond markets, specifically the US Treasury market, as a means of more ‘real money’ sentiment. From Zero Hedge: As stocks have vacillated in a worryingly not-straight-up manner for the last few days with today’s weakness taking the Dow and S&P 500 pre-holiday lows […]
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Google’s connection to the US Military and specifically, the intelligence community, should be alarming both for political and technical reasons. We can assume that Google has been compromised and any data exchange over Google networks including search, apps, web services such as Gmail, Google+, and others, are being recorded and analyzed. Also disturbingly, Google is […]
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The new generation is being hit hardest by the crisis. Many of them took student loans only to find no jobs. Due to the economic boom, and proliferation of online schools like Phoenix, college attendance is at an all time high. But much of this is financed by banks. Millennnials are coming into a different […]
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The Baltic Dry Index is one of the only significant indexes of the ‘real’ economy, as it measures the transport of physical goods. While the US stock markets are near their all time highs, the shipment of real physical goods is down 35%, the worst start to the year in 30 years. From Zero Hedge: […]
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The below recently declassified transcript of an internal meeting between Kissinger and his advisers shows an alarming degree of incompetence from all sides. Remember, this was during a period of great economic turmoil, after the Nixon Shock, and the infancy of the modern Forex market as we know it. There are those who believe in […]
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California is one of the largest economies in the world. Home to major corporations, major shipping ports, the film industry, and a buzzing real estate market, California has a lot to lose. Many are still in denial about the radioactive plume that reached the shores of California some time ago. Now, seafood is showing positive […]
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What has happened to our institutions? The trend of the modern institutionalization of our system began in the late 19th century, but didn’t gain worldwide support until the early 20th century. It reached its peak after World War 2, when the feeling was that global institutions could stave off further bloody conflicts. Without WW2, establishing […]
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How many people in the financial services industry understand how the financial system works? We’ve all experienced it, we are dealing with someone who has all sorts of masters degrees, PhD’s, and doesn’t know the Federal Reserve is a private corporation, and even doesn’t know the product their company is selling. In the spirit of […]
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While the mainstream media continues to tout economic data pointing to a recovery, such as the 7% unemployment rate, the reality for many Americans is quite different. Record numbers of people from all demographics are unemployed, underemployed, or depend on government assistance. Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog: In America today, there are […]
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Capitalism, or any free market system, is always defined by it’s participants. Goods and services in demand will be provided to the extent possible. We all make economic decisions on a daily basis, and by doing so, are creating the system. For example, if everyone decided not to buy watches, at some point, they would […]
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