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| Gold: Bull Markets Go Further than Anyone Expects - Video Posted: 29 May 2016 07:57 PM PDT The larger the consolidation the bigger the bull move will be once a breakout occurs. Considering gold’s 29 year consolidation phase I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect gold to go to a minimum of $10,000 before this bull is done. |
| The Global Bear Market In Freedom Posted: 29 May 2016 07:20 PM PDT Submitted by Erico Matias Tavares via Sinclair & Co., Americans will be celebrating Memorial Day this weekend, to honor those who fought and died for the values they have traditionally cherished the most as a nation: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The world has changed dramatically in recent decades. The geopolitical situation is much more complex, with rising powers challenging America's supremacy. The intractable war on terror seems interminable. Old foes appear to spring back to life even more powerful than before. And things at home look dicey in terms of politics and economics. As we reflect upon the ultimate sacrifice that others have made, it is an opportune moment to consider a very important question: is the US winning the fight for freedom? More than other dictatorial regimes, “totalitarianism” represents the opposite of everything America is supposed to stand for. For most people it conjures images of a repressive leader and his minions having total control of a society with very limited freedoms. That’s not too far off from reality, but there’s more to it and a process to get there. The term was first coined by Giovanni Amendola in 1923 to describe the emergence of Italian fascism (which was different from other dictatorships). However, it only gained traction in academic research during the 1960s largely based on the work of political scientists Carl Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzezinski. They reformulated the definition to account for the Soviet Union as well as the fascist regimes of the 20th century, where a totalitarian system featured the following mutually-supportive defining characteristics:
As far as we can tell this definition has not been materially updated since it was first proposed, perhaps because the topic has lost academic interest following the collapse of the Soviet Union. One critique is that many totalitarian regimes do not exhibit all these characteristics at the same time, and not with the same intensity. Initially they may even be welcomed and perceived as necessary by the general population, only to become more radical and pervasive over time, particularly as a result of a political or economic crisis. We could also argue that in today’s globalized world the ability to restrict the emigration of citizens has become an important component. After all, the “total” aspect of it becomes less relevant if everyone can get out of Dodge. Be that as it may, we will broadly employ these six characteristics to summarily analyze the shifts that have been occurring in the main geopolitical blocks across the world. The pattern that emerges should concern freedom lovers everywhere. The Islamic World“Muhammadan [Islamic] law did not derive directly from the Koran but developed... out of popular and administrative practice under the Umaiyads, and this practice often diverged from the intentions and even the explicit wording of the Koran.... Norms derived from the Koran were introduced into Muhammadan law almost invariably at a secondary stage.” - Centuries ago Muhammad founded Islam, which translated from Arabic means “submission”. The literal interpretation of that word, his life and his teachings, at times taken to extremes, historically has created societies with a bias towards the restriction of freedoms. For one, slavery (white but especially from Africa) had been a recurring feature of Islamic commerce and society, even well after it was abolished in the West. All this was aggravated with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the subsequent (disastrous) redrawing of the Middle East map by the victors, the power vacuum left behind post European colonialism and the never ending sectarian conflict within Islam. Despite several attempts at secularism and democratic reform, today the Arab world is a wasteland of freedom. Add Iran and virtually all major Islamic states in the region operate under the definition of totalitarianism, especially when political Islam (sharia) is adopted as the law of the land. Out of the 157 countries surveyed by the Cato Institute in its 2013 Human Freedom Index study, no country with a Muslim population greater than 60% ranked in the top-50. Turkey, the first one on the list, ranked #61 (more on that shortly), followed by tiny Brunei at #64 and Indonesia at #70. Twelve of the bottom-20 countries fitted this criterion, with major Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran ranked #144, #146 and #155, respectively. In several instances this race to the bottom has been a relatively recent phenomenon, going back a generation or so. Compare the pictures of women in Afghanistan and Iran in the 1970s, indistinguishable from their peers in the West, to today, where many are covered up from head to toe. Do the same for the graduation ceremony at Cairo University in Egypt over the most recent decades. The Arab Spring which started in 2011 as a protest against this lack of freedom unfortunately led to more radicalization, violence and war in many countries (the West shares some of the blame). At one point the nefarious Muslim Brotherhood was even elected to power in Egypt, immediately striving to turn the country into a hardcore Islamic state complete with full sharia law. Only the emergence of yet another military dictatorship was able to put a stop to all the mayhem and murder that followed. The most recent example in this shift towards fundamentalism is Turkey, once considered an inspiring example of a successful transition from an Islamic into a secular democratic society. After narrowly securing the majority of the votes in a tight election months ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been busy rolling back these reforms to create a fully-fledged Presidential system with a clear Islamic inspiration. In today’s Turkey, minorities are persecuted and in the case of the Kurds killed or placed under curfew, journalists and political opponents are jailed indefinitely, the media is being brought under state control, the military (the most powerful in the Middle East) is gaining political prominence under the pretext of the “fight against terrorism” and war refugees are used as a bargaining chip against Europe. All these are hallmarks of totalitarianism. Perhaps revealing his true intentions, Erdogan even went as far as praising Adolf Hitler’s governance model. The freedom loving part of Turkish society now has a real problem on its hands, along with Europe given the deepening commercial, financial and even political ties between the two regions. Astonishingly, some geopolitical analysts view Erdogan’s policies as a positive development, providing the muscle and determination to ensure stability in a very volatile part of the world. It is worthwhile remembering that Hitler too was propped up by the West in the 1930s as a deterrent against the Soviet Union. We sincerely hope that people in Muslim nations can find the peace, freedom and prosperity that they have aspired for so long. But the trend in this case is clearly not their friend. The Sino-Russian Axis“Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.” - Up until the 1980s both China and Soviet Russia were clearly totalitarian regimes, easily fulfilling all six characteristics. In the case of China, the world was reminded of this political reality during the tragic events of Tiananmen Square in 1989, when a popular uprising protesting for democracy was brutally crushed by the military. However, the leadership at the time recognized that things did need to change, especially if they wanted to generate a minimum level of prosperity for their citizens to avoid future unrest. Soon after private enterprise was encouraged to take a greater role in the economy; critical foreign investment and know-how were welcomed in certain areas of the country; the leadership proclaimed that “to get rich is glorious”. We all know the rest of the story: China has achieved unprecedented growth over a relatively short period, and is now a major player in global economic and political affairs. But has China abandoned totalitarianism? Terror may no longer be an obvious state tool, but it still lurks in the background, especially when persecuting religious minorities or those who do not follow the prevailing ideology – which at least on the outside is state supremacy under a modified Marxist ideology. Means of communication are broadly controlled, including censorship of the internet. Control of the military has been tightened under President Xi Jinping. And many parts of the country operate under a de facto police state. So other than private enterprise gaining a greater degree of freedom, more work is required to spread these gains across Chinese society. And in international affairs China certainly favors pragmatism over human rights. North Korea, its propped-up regional minion, remains undoubtedly under totalitarian control, even after the rise to power of Western educated Kim Jong-un. Russia had a rather more tumultuous transition to its current governance model. By the end of the 1990s it was clear that the market reforms adopted after the collapse of communism failed to produce the desired outcome, to put it mildly. A series of events – including a disastrous financial crisis in 1998 – eventually led to Vladimir Putin rising to power, who promptly tightened his grip over political and economic affairs. He still calls the shots to this day, we could say irrespective of his political title and election results. Despite this concentration of political power the Russian state has adopted a more conciliatory position towards its citizens, at least on the surface. There’s a good reason for this: Russia’s population is projected to decrease significantly over the next thirty years. And a serious repression of personal freedoms is not exactly conducive to having babies (unfortunately for Putin, Marx did not proclaim “workers of the world, reproduce!”) As an example of a shift towards a more tolerant and open society, Orthodox Christianity, which had been virtually eradicated after the Bolshevik revolution, has been making a comeback. The atrocities which took place under the Soviet regime are also the topic of public debate. But serious challenges remain. Corruption at all levels of government remains pervasive. Local and regional mafias tend to absorb any power that is relinquished by the state over such a vast territory. And Putin’s confrontation with the West, which has led to the imposition of economic sanctions by the international community, means that the influence of the military apparatus is likely to remain strong over the years to come. As such, based on the foregoing we could say that Russia today is much more autocratic than totalitarian, certainly much more than democratic, although its governance model incorporates elements of all three. Here’s an important note about communist totalitarianism. Only one former communist country successfully prosecuted its communist leaders for their crimes, and that’s Cambodia (against Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge). Everywhere else they got a free pass, despite enforcing directly or indirectly an ideology which caused the death of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The fascists on the other hand were put on trial for the entire world to see. This may explain why they are readily demonized, while communists still manage to get elected in many parts of the world (especially in Europe and as we shall see, Latin America). Communism did not die; it is alive and doing very well. The Western Hemisphere ex-US“And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.” ? Old Europe is the cradle of Western civilization. It has made an undeniable contribution to human progress over the centuries: democracy, human rights (including being the first to abolish slavery, that stain on humanity), widespread education, healthcare and agricultural + industrial revolutions to boot. It also came up with some really bad ideas – basically all the social “isms”: communism, fascism, socialism, anti-Semitism and of course totalitarianism. Some brutal wars were fought as a result of these bad ideas. The European Union (EU) in large part was created to prevent their reoccurrence, as well as establish a more influential global player by pooling 28 European nations together. Some even view it as an inevitable evolution of the fragmented nation states which had formed the bedrock of Western civilization for centuries. With this context, it would seem rather silly to ask if the EU is also a totalitarian state… until we look at the evidence. Take Greece. The country went bankrupt in 2010, when unsustainable fiscal policies and inherent flaws in the design of the Euro currency were painfully exposed. Since then that society was turned upside down by successive policies and reforms to rehabilitate the economy. The result? Virtual totalitarianism, at least under the definition we’re using: the social and economic policies adopted by the government are the same irrespective of who’s elected or the outcome of any popular referendum; there’s no state terrorism per se, but it’s not exactly pleasant to live under the constant threat of savings and pensions being wiped out if such policies are not duly followed; Greeks, like most other Europeans, are not allowed to contest their government’s monopoly on weapons; and there’s only one accepted guiding ideology – “European Unionism”. Only the great leader is missing (or is that Angela Merkel?) The same analysis can be extended to Portugal and other member states that are in a fiscal pickle. Those that aren’t may still breathe some freedom – provided they follow the political orthodoxy from Brussels, or else. Poland and Hungary recently found this out the hard way, as they may be forced to pay heavy fines as a result of their fierce opposition to the EU’s refugee resettlement program. Remember that totalitarianism can be a gradual process, and not necessarily overtly repressive at first. In the case of the EU, the political hardening from Brussels appears to be a more recent phenomenon (despite the historical disregard for national referendums and protestations) in light of some pretty obvious failures in dealing with serious issues since 2008. The bigger political integration project needs to stay on track, no matter what. It’s no wonder that in June the UK is voting on a referendum to get out of the EU. And it’s reasonable to assume others might follow suit. Latin America, where communism has always had deep roots, has been working at it for longer. Shocked by the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s and the apparent triumph of neoliberal policies across the region, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, leader of the Brazilian Workers' Party, and Cuba’s Fidel Castro approached other regional leftist organizations to create a countermovement and eventually bring communism back to power. The result was the creation of the Forum of São Paulo. Its first meeting took place in 1990, attended by no less than 48 parties and organizations. Since then, they have implemented their agenda very diligently by gradually infiltrating the media (traditionally left-leaning, and which only publicly acknowledged the existence of this Forum relatively recently), the education system, workers’ unions, politics from the local to the federal level and even the Catholic Church. The result was the rise to power in the 2000s of a multitude of “populist” leaders all over Latin America, including Lula in Brazil, Néstor Kirchner in Argentina, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia – at a time when communism was considered all but dead. All that work to condition the masses, the promise of a more equitable distribution of resources via socialism and a rising wave of anti-Americanism proved irresistible to the electorate in these countries. The illusions of renewed prosperity and more equality quickly faded. Not even the bonanza brought about by the spectacular commodities boom could disguise the failure of the leftist economic policies, with indebtedness rising rapidly. When that boom turned into a bust post 2011, confidence in the political system quickly evaporated, compounded by a string of shocking corruption scandals (allegedly committed by those who came to power denouncing them). The legitimacy of those governments was quickly called into question, in most cases before they could at long last establish their coveted socialist utopias. Argentina narrowly voted out the leftist government, led by Cristina Kirchner. After many months of vigorous popular demonstrations, Brazil finally impeached Dilma Rousseff, heir apparent (placeholder?) of Lula, a few weeks ago (disentangling her party’s influence in Brazilian society may prove to be rather more difficult). But the Venezuelans were not so lucky, and are now facing the totalitarian boot of the government of Nicolás Maduro, the successor of Chavez: political assassinations and intimidation, banning of private gun ownership (already in 2012), media blackouts, loss of individual and economic freedoms, increased military control and all the rest. All this in the country with the largest oil reserves on the planet. Cuba of course remains firmly a totalitarian state, despite the recent overtures of US President Barak Obama. No respite for its citizens there either. The US“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.” – Ronald Reagan When it comes to individual freedoms Americans are in a league of their own. Their country was founded by people seeking refuge from persecution, whose leaders were allergic to the concept of big government. Successive generations have fought very hard at home and abroad for the sake of liberty. If it were not for the US, Europe would have almost certainly succumbed to fascism or communism. The US Constitution, a marvel on how to limit the power of big government – by definition anti-totalitarian/authoritarian, is older than the constitutions of most advanced European nations. All that being said, it is undeniable that personal liberties took a big hit after 9/11, justified by the “war on terror”. And it’s not just from increased government surveillance, as one would immediately think. Today there is a set of powerful dynamics in motion that may fundamentally |
| China Sends Yellen Another Warning, Fixes Yuan At Lowest In Over Five years Posted: 29 May 2016 06:40 PM PDT We got an early hint of what the PBOC would do tonight on Friday and Saturday, when as we reported, an unprecedented volume burst of bitcoin buying out of China, sent the digital currency soaring to the highest level since 2014.
To be sure, we had expected sailing would not be smooth for the FX market, when on Friday afternoon, after Yellen's' unexpectedly hawkish comments at Harvard, which sent the USD surging, we predicted a stormy sea for the Monday Yuan fix:
That is precisely what happened when moments ago the PBOC set the official exchange rate of the onshore Yuan lower by nearly 0.5%, from 6.5490 to 6.5794, the lowest fixing in more than 5 years, or February 2011.
Which brings us to a post we wrote last Wednesday, when according to Daiwa, "Round Two Of China Capital Outflows Is About To Begin." The highlights:
Then again, also today Goldman chimed in with a warning that "the end of a temporary sweet spot that China enjoyed with its exchange rate, strength versus the dollar and weakness against trading partners, will spur renewed capital outflows." Since Goldman has become the "Dennis Gartman" of investment banks, this "warning" may just be the confirmation that ongoing Chinese devaluation will not spook FX markets. On the other hand, purely statistically, it is about time Goldman got something right, and if this is it, it means that the Fed's June/July rate hike is about to be derailed, for the reasons laid out previously why with the domestic economy no longer a factor, the only thing influencing the Fed is China, and whether or not EM currencies are turmoiling. For the answer keep an eye on the offshore Yuan: if the selling and shorting resumes in earnest without an intervention by the PBOC, the events from August and January are about to deja vu themselves, all over again. And, of course, bitcoin. If the Chinese, who know the local financial situtation better than anyone, are openly rushing into the "safety" of a digital currency to avoid imminent devaluation, then we have our answer. For now, the local commodity markets are displeased as China's Iron-Ore futures slide to three month low, lowest since Feb. 22; now down 2.5% at 336.0 yuan/MT, while that other China carry currency, the AUDUSD, is down a comparable to the CNY 0.4%, to 0.7151, and is fast approaching a two month low. |
| "This Is Not The America My Parents Immigrated To In 1957" Posted: 29 May 2016 06:10 PM PDT Submitted by 'Stucky' via The Burning Platform blog, Not that I remember what America was like in 1957, as I was not yet five years old. Years later, when I was old enough to understand, they told me their story. Briefly, it goes like this.
You do understand the meaning of that last sentence? It means my parents came to America for a selfish reason, as all immigrants do. Sure, the stated reason for most immigrants may be for economic betterment, to escape political repression, or flee religious persecution, and such. But, the ultimate motivating factor is always for the betterment of one’s self, and/or family. In other words, no immigrant has ever arrived at these shores in order to make America great. On the contrary, they came because they believed America was already great, and a land of opportunity. This quest for “opportunity” is one of the key distinguishing characteristics of the “old world” immigrants. Not all, but a great many of the current horde invading this country come not because America is great and offers opportunities, but because America has become the Land Of Entitlements — a concept unknown to old world immigrants. In fact, my dad needed a “sponsor” to guarantee that my father would have a job the moment he arrived. No job? No skills? Stay home! And don’t even think of gaining entry if you, or your loved ones, have some kind of disease. There were zero social backstops. No food-stamps. No free medical visits. No free transportation. No free-housing via Section 8, or some other thieving giveaway. And to be honest, those folks back then wouldn’t accept free shit if you handed it to them on a silver platter. For the first couple months in this country my parents lived in an abandoned apartment building in NYC without even running water. Jack, my dad’s employer, offered to let us live in a spare room in his house until dad could get on his feet. Dad refused, saying he came to this country to work, and not to receive charity. Compare that mentality to the current free-loaders who demand “their rights” the moment they set foot here … for example, people who get social-security (and loads of other freebies) without ever having paid even a thin dime into the system. This is criminal in the sense that it is literally theft from the people who are forced to pay for all this ”free” stuff. These people should be ashamed, but they know no shame. Rather, they will shout you down as a racist and bigot for even suggesting the hideous Biblical concept of ‘he who does not work, shall not eat’. It can be argued that immigrants helped build America, or that immigrants are what made us great. But, that was a long time ago, in a different era, under totally different circumstances. Try to remember this; not all immigrants are equal, or beneficial to this country. Part of Trump’s plan to make America great again is to build a yuuge wall. That’s a really dumb idea when compared to other alternatives. The best idea is so simple; immediately end all entitlements to people here illegally! I’m fairly certain that act alone will stop the flow almost overnight. Why hasn’t Trump (apparently) not even considered that option? Perhaps because he know that free shit, once given, can never be rescinded? Perhaps because he realizes that those who get free shit are forever beholden to the shit-giver, and therefore they are easily controlled and manipulated …. not to mention a permanent guaranteed voting class? If so, Mr. Trump doesn’t have much chance of making America great again no matter how high he builds his wall. Or, how about this? A tit-for-tat immigration policy; enact immigration laws identical to that of Mexico.
What is the meaning of “Make America Great Again!” except that it is both an admission of America in decline, and a boast that only Trump can restore us to our former glory? On the one hand, many (such as myself) find that to be a refreshing change of pace from the braggadocio propaganda we’ve heard for about the past twenty years … culminating with the biggest (and least successful) braggart of them all, Obama, informing us almost daily that America is an “exceptional” nation, the “indispensable” country, the “sole” superpower of Planet Earth, …. nay, the greatest power ever in human history, to which every other nation on earth aspires to imitate. “Obama has talked more about American exceptionalism than Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush combined: a search on UC Santa Barbara’s exhaustive presidential records library finds that no president from 1981 to today uttered the phrase ‘American exceptionalism’ except Obama.” ——— John Gans Jr., The Atlantic, 2011 “‘American exceptionalism’ is not a traditional part of presidential vocabulary. According to Schlesinger’s search of public records, Obama is the only president in 82 years to use the term.” - Robert Schlesinger, U.S. News and World Report On the other hand, Trump is the first candidate (at least in modern times) to run openly and without apology on a platform of American decline. Let’s take a quick look at how one President talked about America shortly after we arrived here. Take a look (or, recall, if you have a good memory) at JFK’s speeches. You simply won’t find them littered with exceptionals, indispensables, and other superlatives … as those words simply weren’t part of the political lexicon back then. American wealth and military might were basically a given, and indisputable. Big dogs simply and quietly go about their business. It’s the small and insignificant Chihuahuas of the world who yap endlessly about their superiority. In his inaugural address JFK reflected the character of old world immigrants when he urged all of us to not ask what this country can do for us, but what can we do for our country. His only use of “great” was to invoke the USA / Soviet Union blocs as “two great and powerful groups of nations”. In another speech he spoke of America as “a great power” — but not “the greatest power.” In that same speech he said; — “we must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent or omniscient … that we are only six percent of the world’s population … that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind … that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity … and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.” Don’t confuse that “negative” statement with Trump’s assessment of America. JFK’s commentary is one of quiet strength and tremendous wisdom rooted in a deep and abiding confidence of America’s unstated power …. a confidence so unshakeable that there was no need to speak of it. While Trump speaks openly about America’s decline, Obama and Hillary acknowledge the same sentiment, albeit unknowingly. Decline is evident when one has to say endlessly and openly what once was too obvious to say. In other words, if you have to brag about it, you no longer have it. For a cultural equivalent, call it the Rambo-ization of America. I absolutely loved “westerns” as a kid. The post WWII movie “heroes” of my youth were folks like John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Chuck Conners, and then as a teen, Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood. Other than their acting abilities, what was remarkable about them? Well …. nothing, really. They were remarkably ordinary looking, like the guy in your office or next-door neighbor, not overly muscled, not possessing other-worldly fighting skills, and their weapons were basically identical to that of their enemies. But, then came America’s defeat (or, was it a “draw”?) in Vietnam to a bunch of guys dressed in pajamas, with rusty rifles, and living in tunnels. Hollywood helped us cope with our malaise and depression by now giving us outrageousness; outrageous muscles, outrageous weapons, and outrageous killing skills whereby now an Army is no longer needed but, rather, just One Guy defeats the gooks. We like our lies, but we really really love outrageous lies. Eventually, mere humans, no matter how muscled, no longer provided enough titillation to dull our senses. Whereby we once were satisfied that Conan enjoyed crushing his enemies and hearing the lamentations of their women, by 1984 we demanded and cheered a virtually undefeatable cyborg from the future with a German accent uttering amazing philosophical pandering such as, “Fuck you, asshole.” And, what heroes do we have today? Spiderman, Thor, Hulk, Superman, X-Men, Iron Man, Ant Man, Captain America, Batman, ad infinitum. How ironic that in an Age of Science and Technology that we find solace and amusement in heroes who defy all known laws of physics … and, sensible dialogue. It seems that the deeper America sinks into chaos, that the more ridiculously obscene our heroes (and, leaders) become. [Side Note; Surprisingly (probably to most folks), it is Ronald Reagan who started the ball rolling in terms of being defensive regarding America’s greatness. I do acknowledge that he said this – “Let’s reject the nonsense that America is doomed to decline”. However, Reagan used “again” — long before The Donald did — in his iconic 1984 commercial titled ‘Prouder, Stronger, Better’ where the voiceover says — “It’s morning again in America.” — and later asks, “Why would we ever want to return to where we were less than four short years ago?” — a very Trump-ish admission of America’s decline. Nevertheless, Reagan is hard to pigeonhole as he didn’t lack for superlatives flowing from both sides of his mouth ranging from his “shining city upon a hill” (probably stolen from JFK’s inaugural address) to his unwavering, almost Obama-esque belief in America’s greatness — “ … here in the heartland of America lives the hope of the world … in a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind’s best hope.”.] When it’s all said and done, remember to tell your grandchildren about The Year 2016. It’s the official year when the USA!USA!USA! went on record as being a Nation In Decline. Thank you, Donald! * * * The biggest change since our arrival in 1957 is that America has somehow morphed from being a democracy to at best being an oligarchy, at worst, a dictatorship. Now, some of you are getting ready to educate me on the error of my ways by pointing out that the United States is a republic. Let’s not quibble over semantics. The key question is whether this country is controlled by an elite aristocracy, or the public. In a democracy/republic the government represents the people, while an aristocracy represents itself. An elite aristocracy is a dictatorship no matter how it is flavored; Nazis in Germany, Commies in Soviet Union, Fascists in Italy, or oligarchs in the United States.
I’ll stop now, even though I could easily go on for another ten thousand words. Besides, some of you will say this is all anecdotal. Some will attempt to refute each and every point. And others – the especially ignorant – will chime in with a “Well, you have nothing to worry about if you don’t break the laws”. The most retarded of all will opine, “Hey! Shaddup! This is all for our safety and security! And, the children.” OK, you |
| Cash-Strapped ISIS Is Selling Sex Slaves On Facebook: Asking Price $8,000 Each Posted: 29 May 2016 06:08 PM PDT One month after disturbing reports emerged that the cash-strapped Islamic State regime, which as noted last week is rapidly losing control over territory it had gained during its 2014 blitz offensive in 2014 in Iraq and Syria, has been killing its own fighters in order to sell their organs, as well as paying $50 to fighters for every female sex slave they own, ISIS has now tapped into yet another critical cash-flow stream: selling female sex slaves. A recent Facebook posting attributed to an Islamic State fighter who calls himself Abu Assad Almani shows a young woman, around 18, with olive skin and dark bangs that droop onto her face. In the Facebook photo, she attempts to smile but doesn't look at her photographer. The caption mentions a single biographical fact: She is for sale. "To all the bros thinking about buying a slave, this one is $8,000," begins the May 20 Facebook posting by Almani. The same man posted a second image a few hours later, this one a pale young face with weepy red eyes. "Another sabiyah [slave], also about $8,000," the posting reads. "Yay, or nay?"
As WaPo adds, after advising his Facebook friends to "get married" and "come to dawlah," the name for the Islamic State's territory in Iraq and Syria, Almani then engaged with different commenters in an extensive discussion about whether the $8,000 asking price was a good value. Some who replied to the postings mocked the women's looks, while others scolded Almani for posting photos of women who weren't wearing the veil. The sex trade conversation then devolved into pure Econ 101: "What makes her worth that price? Does she have an exceptional skill?" one of his correspondents asks about woman in the second photo. "Nope," he replies. "Supply and demand makes her that price." Technically $8,000 was the ask. It is unclear what if any bids were presented and if any actual trades took place.
A Yazidi who had been held by ISIS militants as a slave for several According to WaPo, the photos were taken down within hours by Facebook; it is unclear whether the account's owner was doing the selling himself or commenting about women being sold by other fighters. The unusual posting suggests that not only is ISIS in desperate financial straits, but obviously hundreds of women who are now ISIS' sex slaves face an extremely perilous existence. The group's female captives appear to be sold and traded by cash-strapped fighters, subjected to shortages of food and medicine, and put at risk daily by military strikes, according to terrorism experts and human rights groups. Social-media sites used by Islamic State fighters in recent months have included numerous accounts of the buying and selling of sex slaves, as well the promulgation of formal rules for dealing with them. The guidelines cover such topics as whether it's possible to have sex with prepubescent prisoners, yes, the Islamic State's "legal experts" say, and how severely a slave can be beaten. But until the May 20 incident, there were no known instances of Islamic State fighters posting photographs of female captives being offered for sale. The photos of the two unidentified women appeared only briefly before being deleted by Facebook, but the images were captured by the Middle East Media Research Institute, a Washington nonprofit group that monitors jihadists' social-media accounts. Not much is known about Abu Almani, the owner of the Facebook account: according to WaPo he is thought to be a German national fighting for the Islamic State in Syria. He has previously posted to social-media accounts under that name, in the slangy, poorly rendered English used by many European fighters who can't speak Arabic. Early postings suggest that Almani is intimately familiar with the Islamic State's activities around Raqqa, the group's de facto capital in Syria. He also regularly uses his accounts to solicit donations for the terrorist group. ISIS has had to constantly innovate its sex slave trade marketing. Facebook has been quick to react to terrorists' use its pages. At the same time, the militants also have become more agile, leaping quickly from one social-media platform to another and opening new accounts as soon as older ones are shut down. And while we commiserate with the plight of hundreds of women who are the innocent hostages of yet another proxy war involving the world's political superpowers, we can't help but notice how increasingly streamlined and efficient the Islamic State is becoming as a result of its fiscal stress. Recall in late April we showed a wage voucher which confirmed that ISIS is now paying soldiers extra cash for each additional family member with the biggest kick for those who have a sex slave in the form of a $50 bonus. The following crinkled wage voucher breaks it down by family member:
So "invest" $50 to cultivate each sex slave, and then retain a substantial portion of the ~$8,000 transaction price once said slave is sold on to her future owner. Not a bad IRR for a militant regime whose collapse is now just a matter of time. |
| Energy and Debt Crisis Point to Much Higher Metals Prices Posted: 29 May 2016 06:00 PM PDT from Money Metals:
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| The Last Days are Upon Us -- Michael Snyder Posted: 29 May 2016 06:00 PM PDT Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse Blog is back on the show today for Part 2 or our discussion. We cover the headlines that suggest the end may be near and the growing technology that is bringing us closer to a global cashless currency and the Mark-of-the-beast system of the final world... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| GERALD CELENTE EXPOSES THE GRAND TRANSGENDER DISTRACTION Posted: 29 May 2016 05:30 PM PDT Why is Obama pushing the Transgender movement in America? Gerald Celente exposes the facts behind the motives with Gary Franchi on the Next News Network. The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog tracks trends and forecasts , futurists , visionaries , free investigative... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| Europe May Soon be Swept by a New Wave of Migrants Posted: 29 May 2016 05:30 PM PDT by Martin Berger, New Eastern Outlook:
For sure, this decision can be partially explained by the fact that the migrants entering Europe via the Turkish Route are mostly refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Over decades, migrants from these countries have been forming large ethnic groups in Central and Northern Europe and that is the reason why today's refugees are trying to reach those areas. It should be noted that over 900,000 migrant have taken the "eastern route" between Turkey and Greece back in 2015, and most of them sought refuge in Germany, the UK, and Nordic states. Germany alone may spend over 93 billion euros to accommodate all those people by 2020, says Der Spiegel while making a special reference to the German Ministry of Finance. In order to understand how grave the situation is, one may note that this sum is two times larger that the budget of Greece. However, the northern Mediterranean countries, especially Italy, are starting to comprehend the fact that their economies would collapse should the migration waves from Africa that have largely been ignored by Germany and the UK be left unchecked. Additionally, according to health experts that spoke with the Daily Mail, a wave of refugees arriving from North Africa may raise the risk of the spread of various contagious diseases in Europe. The Italian newspaper Il Giornale notes that in August-September Italy may be swept by a migrant wave of biblical proportions,with at least half a million migrants from Libya reaching the shores of Italy. The alarm bell was rung by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda Kahamba Kutesa and his estimates were later confirmed by a study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to which the closure of two refugee camps in Kenya will lead to a massive wave of refugees reaching the Mediterranean states in the next few months. Those countries, especially Italy, may expect the arrival of an absolute minimum of 600,000 people. For instance, there's over 220,000 refugees living in the Kenyan camp of Kakuma alone, most of them are migrants from South Sudan. Experts are convinced that once Kenyan camps are closed, thousands of their inhabitants will head north to Libya, and there will be dozens of militants among them. Kenya is well aware of this fact, but it will be happy to get rid of them. In general, according to estimates of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there's well over 15 million refugees in Africa, and a mere drop of them – a total of 100,000 arrived in Europe last year. The central Mediterranean migratory route is being taken by representatives of three countries: Eritrea, Sudan and Nigeria. Eritrea is the most authoritarian state in the world; Sudan is riddled by countless conflicts, while in Nigeria the ongoing operations of the terrorist organization Boko Haram in the north-east of the country forced over 2 million people to leave their homes. In the near future we may witness a growing number of refugees from the Central African Republic, Mali, Congo-Kinshasa, Gambia and other African countries, since the situation in most of these states remains tense. For the better part of those leaving these countries there is no immediate danger to their lives, still they want a better future for themselves and their families. We must not forget that Africa, which is by no means a rich continent, has already been providing shelter to the largest number of refugees in the world. For example, Nigeria is taking care of over 2.5 million internal refugees. Another country with a considerable number of refugees is Congo-Kinshasa, where there's 1.5 million displaced persons, while half a million Congolese are finding refuge in neighboring states. There's also Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya which have been hosting refugees from South Sudan. As for the conflict in Somalia it has been turning people into refugees for decades, so by now there's over a million Somalis that have been forced to flee their homes. |
| Former IMF Head and Bond King Both Recommend Gold Over Stocks and Bonds Posted: 29 May 2016 05:00 PM PDT from Hang The Bankers:
One of Rogoff's main reasons for the argument is that with interest rates at or below zero, there is little value to be gained in buying such assets. As for gold, he puts it simply:
It seems central banks and billionaires alike are taking this advice and opting out of debt investments and the stock market, and instead buying up gold – what Rogoff called the "low-risk asset". The argument that gold offers long-term protection of one's wealth — especially during times of turmoil — is well noted and received. Rogoff continues:
China alone holds $3.3 trillion in foreign-currency reserves. Could you imagine if they, along with a handful of other nations, took up Rogoff's advice and started piling into gold at a greater rate? What do you think that sort of demand would do to the price of the precious metal? Billionaire Bill Gross, former head of PIMCO, is another that has turned bearish on bonds and the stock market. Dubbed by many as the "bond king", Gross believes people are now better off moving into in gold. It's hard to argue with a guy that made $1.7 billion by seeing what was coming in the future, and to bet against Fannie and Freddie prior to the 2008 collapse. So what does Gross see now that has him shifting to gold?
Perhaps this quote from his interview on Bloomberg this week will give you a hint:
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| Opportunity Amongst The Entrails Of European Banks Posted: 29 May 2016 04:24 PM PDT By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at In a misguided and desperate attempt to fight the headwinds of deflation (a byproduct ofunsustainable debt which the market has been trying to unwind for the past decade), central bankers have manipulated markets with a range of tools. This ranges from a lot of preposterous jawboning to quantitative easing and slashing interest rates all the way down to levels never experienced before. The markets' belief in central bankers abilities to keep this particular boat afloat has never been higher. We can see this in the futures market where the market is pricing in low (and even negative) interest rates well into the sunset. If you doubt me go take a look at Euribor rates where the market still expects 3-month euro rates to be 0% some 5 years from now.One would only do this if one thought that default risk was non-existent. As if that is not enough, central bankers themselves actually are beginning to believe their own rhetoric:
We are clearly dealing with delusional people, and market participants are increasingly making decisions based on the absurdities uttered by these people. Expecting the very same people who have caused so many of the problems we face today to be able to both identify and then solve those problems is like expecting my dog to be able to solve a quantum mechanics problem, cook my dinner, and restrain himself from chasing a cat. It's just not going to happen. While we can't stop or change what these monetary masters of the universe have done (and will likely continue to do), we can look to profit from the global mispricing of assets - a byproduct of their actions. The economic and political problems in Europe have seen investors turn on European banking stocks in the same way an ill treated pit bull can turn on its owner, mauling him to death. Ask one hundred people where things are headed with European banks and you'll likely receive an overwhelming majority telling you they're in trouble and to stay away. This is one of the most fearful markets in the world today. Quite simply: European banks today are universally feared and hated. I have no doubt that some will disappear over the course of the next decade, if not sooner. But certainly much of the pessimism is baked into the proverbial cake. Markets are forward-looking and the market is pricing in serious problems for European banks. But here's the deal: Things don't actually need to get better. The worst, already priced into the market, just need NOT eventuate. This market is priced for the absolute worst. And while the worst may yet happen, it's unlikely to happen to all the players. This shouldn't come as a surprise. Any investor who was alive during the last decade harbours a deep-seated hatred of financial institutions. First, they came near bringing down the world economy in 2008 and then they lobbied the political class to ensure they could keep the holiday home on the French Riviera. And it all worked. Having spent the beginning of my career in the entrails of investment banks I sympathise. I can name a few people who should have been drowned at birth who inhabit the hallowed walls of these "fine" institutions. All that aside, when a market is so unloved I'm instinctively curious. And so into the carnage we go hunting... And while parsing the entrails of financial reports we found something very interesting and we think it's worth sharing. Loving The DutchAnywhere you go in the world I can pretty much guarantee you that when meeting a Dutchman you're likely to find them amongst the friendliest, most open, and genuine people you'll meet. Maybe I've just been lucky but I've just found another reason to love them. The opportunity we are investing in is ING, a Dutch banking group (ING on the NYSE or INGVF in Amsterdam). ING, like its unusual headquarters, stands out for a number of reasons.
One of the reasons is that ING trades at 80% of tangible book value, sports a price to earnings of 9.8x, and has just increased their dividend to 7%. This is easily one of the more compelling opportunities in the market today. It's no surprise that it is hidden in a sector as bleak and miserable looking as European banking.
Digging deeper, we see that their capital levels are one of the highest in the industry and rising. They are also sporting strong loan volume growth and are implementing a deposit repricing rollout to further strengthen their profit margins. Embracing DigitalTo understand why ING has managed to significantly increase profitability and growing its customer base while its competitors have languished, we need to look at their cost structure. It is here that we find that, unlike its more traditional peers such as Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, ING operates without branches. Preferring to leverage technology, they have managed to operate and compete with a far lower cost structure and this has allowed them to achieve a 30% return on their equity. Take a look at this slide from their 2016 investor presentation:
ING has been tarred with the brush of recent well publicised negative market events such as exposure to the energy sector and Russia. It's common knowledge that European banks have been financiers of Russian business and so the subsequent collapse in the ruble, together with negative impact of the energy sector, has severely impacted their balance sheets. ING's Russian exposure is approximately 1% of their loan book so we think investors' fears are way overdone with respect to ING. The other well publicised market event has been the Ukraine. But ING's Ukraine exposure amounts to 0.2% of their loan book. And given the fact that ING's NPL coverage ratio as of last quarter was 66% we think once again that the market is mispricing ING. Certainly two of the most publicised negative market events have brought negative views of European banks regardless of who is actually exposed. Considering all of the above, it is not hard to see that throwing the baby out with the bathwater has provided the opportunity to buy a well run company at a nice discount. (As a side note, I'd suggest buying ING in Amsterdam for greater liquidity.) And while buying ING outright makes a lot of sense, this is not how we're personally trading this. Brad, the head trader at our Asymmetric Opportunities Fund, has prepared a detailed writeup on how exactly we're playing this: a way to place a small amount of capital at risk and potentially achieve a 1,150% payoff. As a subscriber of Capitalist Exploits you'll automatically receive this tomorrow (and if not, I encourage you to sign up here). Consider it a window into how a successful hedge fund trader approaches such opportunities. - Chris "People who confuse what they wish were true with what is really true create distorted pictures of reality that make it impossible for them to make the best choices." - Ray Dalio, founder Bridgewater Associates ============ Liked this article? Don't miss our future articles and podcasts, and get access to free subscriber-only content here. ============ |
| Venezuela in Complete Collapse/CERN Posted: 29 May 2016 04:15 PM PDT Also, the Schumann Resonance Under Pressure Today. The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog tracks trends and forecasts , futurists , visionaries , free investigative journalists , researchers , Whistelblowers , truthers and many more [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2016 04:00 PM PDT by J. D. Heyes, Natural News:
But sometimes dreams don’t come true, and for a reason: Some entity somewhere is trying to spare Sanders supporters (and the rest of the American public) the pain and agony and despair that socialism would bring to the United States. That entity is even providing a modern-day example, if anyone at Sanders’ rallies cares to take an honest look: Venezuela, a once-successful capitalistic country that has descended into an economic death spiral, thanks to more than a decade of bad, socialist government. A pictorial report of conditions in the South American nation recently by the UK’s Daily Mail should make any real fan of socialism not simply take pause, but run away as fast as they can from anyone advocating that form of government. ‘They’re the lucky ones’ Poor hospital conditions with dirty operating instruments; dramatic shortages of IV fluids and even basic medications; food shortages; power shortages; spiking crime and unrest – it is madness. Hell on earth. And it’s going to get worse, because the country’s socialist president, former bus driver Nicolas Maduro, is blaming his lousy governance and economic illiteracy on some crazy U.S.-hatched plot to bring him and the country down. (In reality, the last thing America needs is yet another migrant stream from yet another failed Central or South American country.) Emergency patients must wait for hours in filthy ERs and operating rooms before being attended to, again with poor instrumentation and in very unsanitary conditions. The shortage of doctors and medical staff has long since become an emergency in and of itself. As the Daily Mail notes further: The Luis Razetti Hospital in the portal city of Barcelona looks like a war zone. Patients can be seen balancing themselves on half-broken beds with days-old blood on their bodies. They’re the lucky ones; most are curled up on the floor, blood streaming, limbs blackening. Children lie among dirty cardboard boxes in the hallways without food, water or medication. Without electricity or functioning machines, medics have had to create their own solutions. Two men who had surgery on their legs have their limbs elevated by makeshift slings made out of water bottles. One man is missing half his skull after a severe head injury a year ago. He is still waiting for post-surgery treatment. Last summer, the Daily Mail reported how rampant opossums had infested the Luiz Razetti Hospital, killing 17 newborns. That was just the start of months of misery at the center. This is real, but most Sanders supporters and other Americans who were taught by Left-wing academics and politicians to hate free-market capitalism and incentive – the very economic models that transformed America into the world’s biggest economy – have never seen such conditions or experienced them, so they have no point of reference. It’s easy to shout, “Everything should be free,” and “Make the rich pay!” when you don’t (yet) have to live with the results. |
| Plague Of Baghdad Boils : Hits Damascus & Middle East Posted: 29 May 2016 03:40 PM PDT The Middle East is "Plagued" by the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis" or "Baghdad Boils" in Damascus The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog tracks trends and forecasts , futurists , visionaries , free investigative journalists , researchers , Whistelblowers , truthers and many more [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| Divide and Conquer (CDC Production) Posted: 29 May 2016 02:00 PM PDT I think this pretty much covers it....lol The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog tracks trends and forecasts , futurists , visionaries , free investigative journalists , researchers , Whistelblowers , truthers and many more [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| It All Going to Collapse at the Same Time -- Gregory Mannarino Posted: 29 May 2016 10:54 AM PDT Financial analyst Gregory Mannarino says, " I am just waiting to see what they will do to prop this up further, or at least stop it from making a precipitous plunge. That is coming no matter what they do. The debt market here is on fire. It's in big trouble here. Another alarm is the yield curve.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| GERALD CELENTE MAKES SHOCKING WHITE HOUSE FORECAST REVERSAL! Posted: 29 May 2016 09:00 AM PDT In a rare event Gerald Celente make a shocking reversal on his White House prediction with Gary Franchi on the Next News Network. The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog tracks trends and forecasts , futurists , visionaries , free investigative journalists , researchers ,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| Trump Warning Massive Economic Collapse in Petrodollar 2016 Posted: 29 May 2016 08:20 AM PDT The elite is planning the NWO. They serve Lucifer, and Obama bring the written fall of Babylon USA as his promissed hope and change. They need the collapse to bring the NWO. Also Russia will take ¨ the land of USA as written. Obama bring the biblical end The Financial Armageddon Economic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| EVERY American Needs To See This Video! (2016-2017) Posted: 29 May 2016 07:50 AM PDT Look at Events from the Past Week: Prophecy in the News Something Strange is Going On "A New World Order is Now Being Built"- Chuck Hagel end times blackhawk helicopters military training across america transgender LGBT agenda current world news The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  |
| Investors Had Fair Warning: NW Territorial Mint Posted: 29 May 2016 07:00 AM PDT Originally posted on Money Metals Exchange The news unfortunately just keeps getting worse for customers and creditors of Northwest Territorial Mint. The prominent bullion dealer located near... {This is a content summary only. Click on the blog title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website, and more!} |
| For how many millennia do John Plender and the FT plan to disparage gold? Posted: 29 May 2016 06:33 AM PDT 9:41a ET Sunday, May 29, 2016 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Annoyed at former International Monetary Fund economist Kenneth Rogoff for having lent some respectability to gold this month, for having recommended that developing countries hold less of their foreign exchange reserves in zero-interest developed-nation bonds and more in gold -- http://www.gata.org/node/16466 -- Financial Times columnist John Plender today can't concede Rogoff's point without disparaging the monetary metal: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8174208e-21bb-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d.html "Gold," Plender writes, "has been a bubble for millennia." Some bubble! Don't millennia compare pretty well with the individual human lifespan? For how many millennia are Plender and the Financial Times planning to keep disparaging the monetary metal? ... Dispatch continues below ... ADVERTISEMENT Silver mining stock report comes with 1-ounce silver round Future Money Trends is offering a special 18-page silver mining stock report about how to profit with the monetary and industrial metal, and it comes with a free 1-ounce silver round. Proceeds from the report's sales are shared with the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee to support its efforts to expose manipulation in the monetary metals markets. To learn about this report, please visit: Repeating the appalling rookie mistake Rogoff himself made, Plender writes that gold "yields no dividends or interest," though central banks and others lend gold at interest every day just as government currencies are lent at interest. Then Plender knocks gold for volatility and "capriciousness." Of course the Financial Times could always shed a little light on gold's volatility and capriciousness by inquiring into the long and continuing history of surreptitious intervention in the gold market by Western central banks, which, when they don't think anyone outside their circle is listening, acknowledge that they trade gold and gold derivatives "nearly on a daily basis" to control and usually suppress the monetary metal's price and thereby protect their own currencies. Extensive documentation of this market rigging has been compiled by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee here -- http://www.gata.org/node/14839 -- and this documentation often has been given to journalists at the Financial Times, including Plender himself. Inadvertently showing how easy it would be for journalists to validate this documentation, just a few weeks ago the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Dudley, clumsily refused at a public forum in Virginia to answer a question about whether the Fed is involved in gold swaps -- http://www.gata.org/node/16341 -- gold swaps having been identified by a secret 1999 report of the International Monetary Fund as a primary mechanism of gold price suppression: http://www.gata.org/node/12016 Of course the Financial Times is entitled to its politics -- statist and establishment as opposed to individualist and questioning. But the FT purports to be a news organization as well as an advocate of a political ideology. So the FT should show more interest in exposing what governments are doing in what are mistakenly assumed to be free markets. The FT should not be opining so arrogantly about gold's place in the world monetary system without first putting to central banks a few critical questions about their surreptitious involvement in the gold market and the policy purposes behind it. And yet as far as your secretary/treasurer can tell, the FT has never attempted that. Indeed, the first rule of journalism at the Financial Times seems to be: Never put a critical question to a central bank. As a result, when it comes to gold and indeed much else, the FT remains capable only of disinformation. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Support GATA by purchasing DVDs of GATA's London conference in August 2011 or GATA's Dawson City conference in August 2006: http://www.goldrush21.com/order.html Or a colorful poster of GATA's full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal on January 31, 2009: http://gata.org/node/wallstreetjournal Help keep GATA going GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at: To contribute to GATA, please visit: |
| Paper Market Manipulation Creates Gold and Silver Very Volatile Bottoming Pattern - Video Posted: 29 May 2016 03:30 AM PDT Because most analysts still refuse to recognize the artificial nature of gold’s bear market, they aren’t going to navigate the bottoming pattern correctly. The pendulum is going to swing wildly back and forth for a while during the bottoming process until price calms down and resumes the natural bull market trend in earnest. |
| Mining Legend Says We Are in the Second Leg of Gold Bull Market Posted: 29 May 2016 03:11 AM PDT Today I'm going to talk about gold and silver for that matter we have had a put-back fairly sharp and yes a lot of people are probably worried about this pullback in gold mainly because we've had such a vicious you know bear market in gold from 2011 and silver to 2015 December beginning of December and the mining shares as well bottom in January and but I think in my opinion this is just a correction and we but we have bottomed in the correct longer term correction that we had and we're in the second leg of the bull market in gold and and mining shares in my opinion so yeah I listened to a very interesting interview just a few minutes ago and I put the link to it it's peerless song and he's a legendary mining investor and mining company CEO and chairman and he was interviewed by Eric King and King world |
| Breaking News And Best Of The Web Posted: 29 May 2016 12:00 AM PDT China’s growth slows further. Japan ramps up the stimulus, bolstering the thesis that huge deficits are the next big financial mistake. The government’s fake numbers become a campaign issue. Charles Hugh Smith on why pension funds (that is, your retirement) are doomed. Great interviews with James Rickards and Helen Chaitman. Oil stabilizes and gold continues […] The post Breaking News And Best Of The Web appeared first on DollarCollapse.com. |
| A Few Questions To Those Who Slam Gold Posted: 27 May 2016 08:20 AM PDT Gains Pains & Capital |
Steve shares his top-notch research with our listeners on some alarming trend changes in silver supply and explains how and why the debt bubble is eventually going to burst and why he believes gold and silver will be the assets to own when it all unravels. Don't miss an incredibly enlightening and eye-opening interview with Steve St. Angelo coming up after this week's market update.
These days, as Europe is engaged in a behind the scenes fight with Turkey to put an end to the flow of migrants along the "Turkish route", European officials prefer to keep silent about yet another impressive wave of migrants coming to the EU from Africa.
Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenneth Rogoff, recently penned a piece in which he recommended that emerging markets diversify their foreign exchange holdings away from the bonds of developed countries and into gold.
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