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When the IMF suggests increases in tax rates potentially as high as 71%, we should listen. The IMF has been at the forefront of global financial political agendas such as the one world currency (SDRs), default of the USD from the Gold standard (thus creating Forex market), and the backing of international ‘death’ loans as […]
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The debate over the institutional use of Bitcoin continues, as Fidelity allows IRA investment into Bitcoin, but then quickly reverses their position: Following what we can only imagine was uproar following our discussion of Fidelity “allowing self-directed IRA holders to ‘invest’ in Bitcoin,” [3] the company has very quickly reversed policy… As MarketWatch notes [4], “On an individual basis, we […]
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Real Estate is one of the most discussed asset classes (if you can call it that), while not the least understood, those in the business promote certain aspects of real estate through marketing in order to sell their developments, whether they be industrial, commercial, or residential. Inside any crisis portfolio should be some land, land […]
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Finally, the Volcker rule is being implemented, after 3 years of debate and modifications. Although it’s not as originally proposed, today is the first day the rule is being enforced. It’s questionable though, how much this rule will actually impact the markets. Banks are now not doing proprietary trading, but other entities will. What this […]
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Few realize how the use of the US Dollar in their everyday lives will be impacted if the world shifts away from using USD as a reserve currency. Many seem to feel detached from economic discussions, as if the rate of the US Dollar will not impact them because ‘they buy everything in Dollars’ – […]
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Bitcoin has crashed to $576 and recovered a bit, all in a matter of days, down from it’s high by more than 50%. It was inevitable that a few short days after Wall Street lovingly embraced Bitcoin as their own, with analysts fromBank of America, Citigroup and others, not to mention the clueless momentum-chasing, peanut gallery vocally […]
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Bitcoin being sold off as Baidu halts payments due to ‘value fluctuation’ – another ding in the credibility of the new digital crypto currency. Bitcoin is being sold aggressively on heavy volume as this headline hits: *BAIDU SUSPENDS BITCOIN PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE ON VALUE FLUCTUATION And the official, google-translated announcement from the BIDU website [4]: [5] This is […]
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The big market debate is when the Fed, if at all, will taper. Taper means they will not necessarily end the QE program but decrease it. But another school of thought thinks the Fed may even increase the QE program. But here’s the strange thing, the Fed said we would be at 7% when the […]
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Europe’s prospects continue to look bleak. With some youth unemployment rates around 50%, it’s hard to imagine how a new generation of European workers will participate in any recovery. Europe’s overall unemployment figures are still well higher than in the US, even considering that US numbers are not a true reflection of real unemployment in […]
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