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- Why Gold Bulls Should Have Hope
- Hoover's Folly
- Asian Metals Market Update: Jan-12-2017
- What Does The Future Hold For 'Average Joes'? (Spoiler Alert: Feudalism)
- 2016 Chicago Homicides Even Higher Than Originally Reported
- Another nail in the American mall's coffin gets hammered home
- The Path To $10,000 Bitcoin
- Gold Price Closed at $1195.60 Up $11.40 or 0.96%
- Live Stream - UKIP Nigel Farage MEP Hosts Wednesday Night LBC Show [11/01/17]
- Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Gains Again While Silver Slips
- CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? Here it is..
- Nomi Prins: More Corporate Defaults, Central Bank Desperation in 2017
- Six months before the Treasury Market Collapse -- Professor Laurence Kotlikoff
- Gold Prices Are Being Hacked
- Gold Is Cheap Insurance No Matter What the Fed Will Do
- The Recent Up-Trend in Gold Price is Temporary… Overall Trend is Still Down for 2017
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| GoldSeek Radio Nugget: Peter Eliades and Chris Waltzek Posted: 12 Jan 2017 07:10 AM PST Peter Eliades of Stockmarket Cycles, returns with a warning for US equities investors. Despite the recent advance, his technical cycles work predicts a possible market peak. If the advance / decline line fails to confirm a retest of the zenith, a decade long stock bear could emerge from the 8 year slumber. A key component of his analysis includes his three decade cycle that seems to confirm his equities market top thesis. Peter Eliades notes in a recent interview that gold represents real wealth. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why Gold Bulls Should Have Hope Posted: 12 Jan 2017 07:00 AM PST Gold's robust rally paused for just long enough on Wednesday to discourage bulls — including your editor, who had advised a long position in GDX with a stop-loss far more generous than is typical for a Rick's Picks trade. Unfortunately, it wasn't generous enough to weather the gratuitous swoon shown in the chart (see inset), although it did leave the 1210.50 rally target we'd been using intact. I've lowered the target slightly, to 1209.80, to conform to a 'one-off' low at 1147.20 that looks likely to produce a more accurate short-term top. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 12 Jan 2017 01:00 AM PST Submitted by 720Global's Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In 1930, Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. As the world entered the early phases of the Great Depression, the measure was intended to protect American jobs and farmers. Ignoring warnings from global trade partners, the new law placed tariffs on goods imported into the U.S. which resulted in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods exported to other countries. By 1934, U.S. imports and exports were reduced by more than 50% and many Great Depression scholars have blamed the tariffs for playing a substantial role in amplifying the scope and duration of the Great Depression. The United States paid a steep price for trying to protect its workforce through short-sighted political expedience. On January 3, 2017 Ford Motor Company backed away from plans to build a $1.6 billion assembly plant in Mexico and instead opted to add 700 jobs at a Michigan plant. This abrupt reversal followed sharp criticism from Donald Trump. Ford joins Carrier in reneging on plans to move production to Mexico and will possibly be followed by other large corporations rumored to be reconsidering outsourcing. Although retaining manufacturing and jobs in the U.S. is a favorable development, it seems unlikely that these companies are changing their plans over concerns for American workers or due to stern remarks from President-elect Trump. What does seem likely? Big changes in trade policy occurring within the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency. The change in plans by Ford and Carrier serve as clues to what may lie ahead and imply a cost-benefit analysis. In order to gain better insight into what the trade policy of the new administration may hold, consideration of cabinet members nominated to key positions of influence is in order. Trump’s Trade AppointmentsAs we close in on Trump’s inauguration, his cabinet and team of advisors is taking shape. With regard to global trade, there are three cabinet nominations that most capture our attention:
Donald Trump said that Mr. Lighthizer will work “in close coordination” with Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro. The bottom line is that these three advisors have strong protectionist views and generally feel that China, Mexico and other nations have taken advantage of America. Gettysburg and Other RhetoricOn October 22, 2016 in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, Donald Trump delivered a litany of goals that he hopes to accomplish in his first 100 days of office. Within the list are seven actions aimed at protecting American workers. Four of them deal with foreign trade. They are as follows:
These four proposals and other trade-related rhetoric that Donald Trump repeatedly stated while running for president suggest that he will take immediate steps to level the global trade playing field. At this point, it is pure conjecture what actions may or may not be taken. However, the article, “We need a tough negotiator like Trump to fix U.S. trade policy”, penned by Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross from July 2016 offers clues. In the article, Navarro and Ross took the World Trade Organization (WTO) to task for being negligent in defending the United States against unfair trade. Additionally, they note the WTO “provides little or no protection against four of the most potent unfair trade practices many of our trade partners routinely engage in — currency manipulation, intellectual property theft, and the use of both sweatshop labor and pollution havens”. They also note that the U.S. does not have a Value-Added Tax (VAT). Heavily used in the European Union and much of the rest of world, a VAT is a tax imposed at various stages of production where value is added and/or at the final sale. The tax rate is commonly based on the location of the customer, and it can be used to affect global trade. Manufacturers from countries with VAT taxes frequently receive rebates for taxes incurred during the production process. Because the U.S. does not have a VAT, the WTO has denied U.S. corporations the ability to receive VAT rebates. In fact, the WTO has rejected three congressional attempts to give American companies equal VAT rebate treatment. By denying VAT rebates the WTO is “giving foreign competitors a huge tax-break edge.” It is possible that, within weeks of taking office, President-elect Trump may threaten to leave the WTO. In what is likely a negotiating tactic, we should expect strong proposals from Trump and his team with the goal of forcing the WTO to alter decisions more to the favor of the United States. Among the actions the Trump administration may take, or threaten to take, is the pulling out of prior trade agreements and/or establishing tariffs on imports into the United States. Because of its efficiency and simplicity, border tax adjustments, which are similar to VAT, seem to be a more logical approach as they would effectively assess a tax on importers of foreign goods and resources without affecting exporters. Border tax adjustments seem even more plausible when considered in the context of a recent Twitter message that Donald Trump posted: “General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border – Make in U.S.A. or pay big border tax!” Ramifications and Investment AdviceAlthough it remains unclear which approach the Trump trade team will take, much less what they will accomplish, we are quite certain they will make waves. The U.S. equity markets have been bullish on the outlook for the new administration given its business friendly posture toward tax and regulatory reform, but they have turned a blind eye toward possible negative side effects of any of his plans. Global trade and supply chain interdependencies have been a tailwind for corporate earnings for decades. Abrupt changes in those dynamics represent a meaningful shift in the trajectory of global growth, and the equity markets will eventually be required to deal with the uncertainties that will accompany those changes. If actions are taken to impose tariffs, VATs, border adjustments or renege on trade deals, the consequences to various asset classes could be severe. Of further importance, the U.S. dollar is the world’s reserve currency and accounts for the majority of global trade. If global trade is hampered, marginal demand for dollars would likely decrease as would the value of the dollar versus other currencies. From an investment standpoint, this would have many effects. First, commodities priced in dollars would likely benefit, especially precious metals. Secondly, without the need to hold as many U.S. dollars in reserve, foreign nations might sell their Treasury securities holdings. Further adding pressure to U.S. Treasury securities and all fixed income securities, a weakening dollar is inflationary on the margin, which brings consideration of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy into play. Investors should anticipate that, whatever actions are taken by the new administration, America’s trade partners will likely take similar actions in order to protect their own interests. If this is the case, the prices of goods and materials will likely rise along with tensions in global trade markets. Retaliation raises the specter of heightened inflationary pressures, which could force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at a faster pace than expected. The possibility of inflation coupled with higher interest rates and weak economic growth would lead to an economic state called stagflation. Other than precious metals and possibly some companies operating largely within the United States, it iummaryc or global assets that benefit. d to envision other assets lation, higher interest and stagnant economic growth would lis hard to envision many other domestic or global assets that benefit from a trade war. SummaryWe like to think that the lessons from the Great Depression would prevent a trade war like the one precipitated by the Smoot-Hawley Tariff act. We must realize, however, that nationalism is on the rise here and abroad, and America will soon have a president that appears more than willing to take swift and aggressive action to ensure that it is not taken advantage of in the global trade arena. It is premature to make investment decisions based on rhetoric and threats. It is also possible that much of this bluster could simply be the opening bid in what is a peaceful renegotiation of global trade agreements. To the extent that global growth and trade has been the beneficiary of years of asymmetries at the expense of the United States, then change is overdue. Our hope is that the Trump administration can impose the discipline of smart business with the tact of shrewd diplomacy to affect these changes in an orderly manner. Regardless, we must pay close attention as trade conflicts and their consequences can escalate quickly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Metals Market Update: Jan-12-2017 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 11:00 PM PST Trump's press conference was a damn squib. It was hawkish with no solid information on future policy. This resulted in gold's rise and a fall in the US dollar. Attack of pharma companies and separation of his business interests and the Mexico wall also did not go down well with traders and investors. There are also issues over US senate clearance of Trumps cabinet. Lack of clarity over key issues has resulted in gold rising. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What Does The Future Hold For 'Average Joes'? (Spoiler Alert: Feudalism) Posted: 11 Jan 2017 11:00 PM PST It is difficult to say exactly how, or when, the next collapse will be triggered, but, as SHTFPlan.com's Mac Slavo notes, of course all the conditions are ripe for it.
You Realize The Universal Basic Income Is Feudalism, Right?What does the future hold for average people? Feudalism. And they’ll welcome it with open arms, convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly. Here’s what I mean. Have you ever been around people who say things like,
But the thing is, what we “deserve” is the right to pursue our dreams freely.
No one owes us anything other than that. But quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them.A lot of people disagree with that list of rights. They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath. As Gawker’s headline reads, “A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.”
Sure, money for nothing sounds great on the surface. But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be? Feudalism. Serfdom. Enslavement. UBI would fast track us back to the feudalism of the Middle Ages. Sure, we’d be living in slick, modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks. We’d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor. But, in the end, we wouldn’t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class. We’d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life. Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would be harshly discouraged. People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity: food, shelter, water, clothing. What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival? (If you’re like me and a life of serfdom is not the future you want, you have to take your independence into your hands. Go here for a bundle of self-reliance downloads, absolutely free, to help you do just that.) Here’s a quick glimpse at peasant life in the Middle Ages, for comparison’s sake. The period of history from the 5th to the 15th century was known as the Middle Ages. During this time, the law of the land in Europe was the “feudal system.” This system was the manner in which the upper 10% (the nobility) controlled the lower 90% (the serfs or peasants). It is estimated that just over 90% of the population of Europe were peasants. Most peasants were basically slaves. They were provided with a small shelter on an inferior piece of land and the “protection” of the noble in charge of that area. In return, they worked for the estate, farming the land with no recompense, paying taxes and having no control over their lives. Some peasants were “free” and had small businesses: blacksmiths, carpenters, bakers, etc. They paid for the protection of the “Lord” with money, goods, and services. Peasants had few rights. They could be taxed at any time, were obligated to use (and pay for) services of the manor like mills or large ovens, and had to request permission for marriages, change of locations or educating their children. Each year, the peasant was required to give the best part of his harvest to the lord of the manor. The peasants were not allowed to own things that made their lives easier, like oxen or horses, for example. A peasant did not own the land on which he lived and was therefore obligated to live where he was told, grow what he was told, and farm in the manner in which he was told. They were not allowed to hunt on the lord’s land – poaching was an offense punishable by death. They were not permitted to cut trees for firewood but forced to gather fallen branches to stay warm. A peasant was not allowed to have real, effective weapons – those were reserved for the armies of the nobility, to keep the peasants in line and immediately quell any quest for dignity and independence. Most of the peasants seemed content with the arrangement because they received security and safety from the Lord. He was obligated to protect them from marauders and barbarians and provide enough land for subsistence. (Learn more about feudalism here.) People will be trapped into servitude because they feel entitled to a lifestyle. Over the past years, the education has drummed a sense of entitlement into students. And now, world leaders are counting on using that feeling of entitlement to march society willingly right into a tiny gilded cage. The World Economic Forum is held yearly in Davos, Switzerland. It is at this meeting where a couple thousand of the world’s top economic and political leaders meet to plot our future. If you think I’m crazy for the comparison between UBI and serfdom, wait until you see this year’s vision for our future. Ida Auken, a Danish politician who is a contributor to the World Economic Forum, doesn’t believe we should own things. She doesn’t stop at personal possessions, though. She believes we should eschew privacy in our homes, that cash is unnecessary, and that even our thoughts and dreams are not really ours. You can read about her idea of a perfect future in an article for the Annual Meeting of the Global Futures Council titled “Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better.” In her article, Auken idealizes feudalism, and the kinds of people who believe they “deserve” certain entitlements, like the UBI will welcome this loss of individuality and freedom with open arms. Watch the video below. I couldn’t make this up if I tried. For more information about a futuristic feudal society, watch the documentary Obsolete, available for free with an Amazon Prime membership. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 Chicago Homicides Even Higher Than Originally Reported Posted: 11 Jan 2017 08:30 PM PST 2016 was a record breaking year for the city of Chicago, unfortunately just not in any positive ways. Throughout 2016 we noted several grim milestones that plagued the Windy City: the deadliest month in 23 years, the deadliest day in 13 years, 4,300 people shot...the list goes on and on. And, as we noted a couple of weeks ago, when it was all said and done Chicago was thought to have recorded around 762 murders in 2016 (see "Chicago Violence Worst In 20 Years: 'Not Seen This Level Of Disrespect For Police Ever'"). To put those numbers into perspective, Chicago recorded over 20% more murders in 2016 than New York and Los Angeles combined, despite having a fraction of the population. And as bad as all those figures are, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, the actual number of homicides recorded in Chicago in 2016 were even higher than the official police data would suggest. The discrepancy is largely due to the fact that the Medical Examiner's office tallies "homicides" while the official police data tracks "murders," which exclude intentional killings that are deemed "justified" (e.g. police shootings). So while the official police data suggests there were 762 murders in 2016 the county numbers reflect 812 homicides including all of the "justified" killings.
Meanwhile, the overwhelming majority of Chicago's homicides came a result of gunshot wounds while ~80% of the victims in Cook County were African American.
On a positive note, after a violent opening weekend to the year (see "3 Killed, 27 Wounded As Chicago Opens 2017 With A String Of Murders"), shootings and murders over the past week seem to be much lower than the run-rate for most of December. Per HeyJackAss!:
And while we would like to hope the recent data points to a less violent 2017, the collapse in shootings seems to be perfectly correlated with a 5-day period of frigid temperatures that likely kept Chicago's violent youth indoors for a few days. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Another nail in the American mall's coffin gets hammered home Posted: 11 Jan 2017 08:00 PM PST Both Macy's and Sears announced the closure of many of their stores across America recently, resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs. But that's not the worst part of their closures, according to The Resident. The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog tracks trends and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 11 Jan 2017 06:50 PM PST Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, So let's imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative--any alternative to staying in an asset class that's circling the drain. As my colleague Davefairtex observed recently, the paint isn't quite dry on bitcoin and the expanding host of other cryptocurrencies. Initial enthusiasm for the latest cryptocurrency that's going to eat bitcoin's lunch generates outsized returns for early investors, but as glitches in the vision arise, the bubble of initial euphoria pops. Differing visions of bitcoin's future have divided its community of participants and miners, and hard forks have split other cryptocurrencies into competing camps. Meanwhile, the spectre of outright bans on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies by nations such as China adds uncertainty to the entire sector. Many observers expect that China's increasingly pervasive attempts to staunch the flow of capital out of China via capital controls will lead inevitably to strict limits on bitcoin or even a total ban on bitcoin transactions and mining in China. Since the majority of mining and transactions occur in China, severe limits or a ban would have an outsized impact on the bitcoin community. Many observers foresee the potential for a massive decline in the price of bitcoin should such a ban be imposed. As if all these issues didn't generate enough uncertainty and skepticism, it seems as if every time the general public starts getting interested in cryptocurrencies, another exchange is hacked or another entry in the cryptocurrency sweepstakes blows up, sending the sector back into the "untrustworthy" abyss. But this minefield shouldn't blind us to the possibility of a path to $10,000 bitcoin. Skepticism is always prudent in any financial matter, especially a speculative one, so put on your skeptical thinkijng cap and follow along. The problem is everything is now speculative. Do you really think the $100 trillion private-sector bond market (i.e. the bet that debtors will pay back what they borrowed with interest) is "safe," as in guaranteed, bullet-proof, no serious loss of capital is possible, etc.? How about the $60 trillion sovereign (government) bond market? The problem with sovereign bonds is governments with central banks can create "money" out of thin air to pay interest and redeem maturing bonds, but this devalues the currency. So getting back 100% of your nominal investment doesn't mean you're whole; if the currency the bond is denominated in fell 50%, bondholders suffer a 50% loss in the purchasing power of their initial capital. Ouch. How is that not speculative? How about the $70 trillion in global stocks? Yes, we all "know" that stocks will never go down ever again because central banks can keep inflating new credit bubbles indefinitely--but let's not kid ourselves: history tells us that stocks remain a speculative gamble. How about the $62 trillion in unsecuritized debt instruments? How much of this debt is collateralized by fast-dying malls, bubble-priced real estate, or Unicorn-type valuations in other assets? Take a gander at this chart of financial assets, roughly $300 trillion, and note that this doesn't include real estate, housing, etc. Global real estate is estimated at $217 trillion, roughly two-thirds of financial wealth. Together, these assets add up to over $500 trillion.
Once again, the larger context here is: all these assets are speculative. Yes, even real estate. Consider this, if you missed it: When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities. Then there's the currency market. Care to argue that currencies are non-speculative investments? Is that why Chinese wealth is gushing out of the yuan, because it's so guaranteed to never lose purchasing power? Is that why the euro fell from 1.40 to 1.05, because it's a guaranteed safe investment? Venezuelans learned the hard way that fiat currencies when mismanaged by the issuing nation/central bank can destroy wealth on an unimaginable scale. So now let's turn to bitcoin, with a market cap of about $14 billion, down from a recent high of $18 billion. Now compare that to $500 trillion. If we take 1 measly little trillion, bitcoin's entire market cap is 1/70th of that. So let's imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative--any alternative to staying in an asset class that's circling the drain. We're accustomed to "rotation," the nice little game where bonds can be sold and the capital invested in real estate or stocks, or vice versa. We're less accustomed to all the conventional asset classes toppling like dominoes. Where do the fleeing trillions go when stocks, bonds and real estate are all going down in a chaotic sell-off? Gold and silver are time-honored safe havens, but it's not too difficult to foresee the potential for limits or bans on gold, or supply constraints. Some percentage of investors will consider alternatives. In such an environment of a crowd rushing for increasingly narrowing exits, what thin slice of institutional and individual investors will take a chance that bitcoin might hold or even increase its value as a major currency melts down, or some other global financial crisis unfolds? Shall we guess 1/10th of 1% of the panicky fleeing wealth will take the chance that bitcoin will be a safer haven than the conventional assets that are cratering? So 1% of the $300 trillion in financial assets (setting aside the $200 trillion in real estate for the moment) is $3 trillion, and a tenth of that is $300 billion. So what happens to bitcoin's price if $300 billion rushes through the wormhole? On the face of it, market cap would go up 20-fold from current levels. Since the number of bitcoin is limited to around 18 or 19 million (subtracting those bitcoin lost forever to hard drive crashes, etc., and those yet to be mined), price would also have to rise 20-fold. OK, so 1/10th of 1% of global financial wealth flowing into bitcoin strains credulity. Let's make it 1/20th of 1%, or $150 billion. That still pushes bitcoin's market cap and price up 10-fold. That's the pathway to $10,000 bitcoin. Unlikely, you say? Perhaps. But if you're of the mind that $500 trillion in current assets might be revalued considerably lower in a global crisis, then a tiny sliver of that fast-evaporating wealth finding a home in bitcoin (or other cryptocurrencies) doesn't seem all that farfetched. You want farfetched, how about $3 trillion in panicky fleeing capital flooding into bitcoin? Yes, a whole, gigantic, enormous 1% of speculative financial "wealth" and "money" seeking a home in cryptocurrencies. (It's worth doing the same exercise with gold, only substitute $6.4 trillion in market cap (i.e. all the non-central owned bank gold) for bitcoin's $14 billion market cap.) Cryptocurrencies are intrinsically volatile and speculative. Anyone pondering them must keep this firmly in mind at all times. There is no "guaranteed" safety or guaranteed anything. Everything that appears solid can melt into thin air (to borrow Marx's phrase) without advance notice. All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization How Much Gold Do Central Banks Actually Have? Disclosure: the author has a tiny speculative position in bitcoin. This is not a recommendation to anyone to speculate in any financial instrument, including cryptocurrecies. Please read the site's full disclosure here: HUGE GIANT BIG FAT DISCLAIMER. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Price Closed at $1195.60 Up $11.40 or 0.96% Posted: 11 Jan 2017 06:04 PM PST
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| Live Stream - UKIP Nigel Farage MEP Hosts Wednesday Night LBC Show [11/01/17] Posted: 11 Jan 2017 04:30 PM PST The big problem is the Globalist Marxist are controlling nearly all the media, the globalists want to stop all freedom for us all, we need more freedom media else we are F@@@@@ Heroes of this century ..Putin. Assange...Farage..and.. Trump . Putin for keeping a cool head in the face of a silver... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Gains Again While Silver Slips Posted: 11 Jan 2017 01:32 PM PST Gold edged up to $1191.26 in Asia before it fell back to $1177.25 in midmorning New York trade, but it then jumped to as high as $1198.13 in early afternoon trade and ended with a gain of 0.31%. Silver slipped to $16.534 before it rallied back to $16.86 and then fell back off into the close, but it ended with a loss of just 0.36%. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? Here it is.. Posted: 11 Jan 2017 01:30 PM PST money is the problem of all causes not the government or that it MONEY What if the real problems are hidden from you, and the brainwashing machine is at full swing?We are Anonymous.We are Legion.We do not Forgive.We do not Forget.Expect us. The Financial Armageddon Economic Collapse Blog... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nomi Prins: More Corporate Defaults, Central Bank Desperation in 2017 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 11:26 AM PST This post Nomi Prins: More Corporate Defaults, Central Bank Desperation in 2017 appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Nomi Prins joined Yahoo Finance and The Final Round's Jen Rogers to discuss the events facing 2017 – including increased corporate defaults, market volatility and the impact of oil under Rex Tillerson at the U.S State Department. When posed the question about economic growth and the incoming Trump administration Prins did not mince words saying, "Ultimately what is going to happen is he's not going to be able to push a "mega fiscal budget" through a Republican Congress, nor will he try. Nor will he be able to sustain the kind of growth that he has promised. There may be a PR element, but in terms of actual conversions and the practical realities of the economy, that was weak to begin with for so many people, that's not going to be a reality. That is going to take its toll on not just our stock market, but will add uncertainty into the rest of the world that is looking at these expectations."
Nomi Prins is the best selling author of All the Presidents' Bankers and is currently working on her latest book, The Artisans of Money. Prins is a former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and worked at an array of the most influential Wall Street banks. She continues to be a strong advocate for a modern Glass-Steagall Act and breaking up big bank institutions that pose a threat to the global economy. When asked about the outlook for the Fed, growth projections, and whether the U.S central bank will have to get ahead of inflation she responded, "We have had a price inflation, in terms of the cost of living, but we haven't had inflation in terms of the areas that the Fed actually measures. What was interesting about when the Federal Reserve raised rates in December, which had been done a year earlier in December as well, was that they projected last year (after examining what they're looking at for forecasts based in growth and the economy) four rate hikes, we got one. This year they have only projected three. In effect the status on their own projections is actually more accommodative than it was the year before." "In the year before the markets opened up in January with a lot of falls. That was when we saw other central banks around the world, in particular the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, come in and reduce their rates to equate all of the costs of money globally back at zero. This was done to balance against the Fed's hike."
Switching from central bank policy to advising people to remove themselves from financial institutions Prins' remarked, " (People must be prepared) In the event of a separate financial crisis of any kind. There are issues that have still not been cleaned up in the financial sector, that is built on codependency between banks, and we could see a lot more of what has happened in Cyprus and Venezuela come into core markets. This would require banks to "batten down the hatches" on the liquidity they give to their customers, particularly if they are concerned about liquidity or credit problems. "Corporate defaults are rising and occurring in the markets to which they lend. In that event, it is better to have more cash out of accounts that are effectively receiving zero interest rates, or close to zero, anyways. They could use that to buy hard assets, to pay down certain debts and to maintain as more liquid as individuals in terms of money on hand, as opposed to money in a bank." The Yahoo Finance host then asked why she saw the trend of corporate defaults continuing in 2017, "First, last year was a bad year. It was 40% worse than it had been the year before. So we are inching up toward the number of medium and longer term corporate defaults that we had during the worst year of the crisis." She went on to remark, "that will continue, not least because of where oil prices are. Oil streams from a lot of what caused, and is still causing, some of these defaults. In the instance that Rex Tillerson is to become Secretary of State, he holds a policy to drill and increase supply. That is not necessarily going to impact the price of oil, which may continue to hurt that segment of the market, and other outlying sectors that rely on corporate defaults." "The trajectory for 2017 is likely to continue, and if the U.S dollar stays the strong and rates stay where they are, where the Fed doesn't increase interest rates – we will be looking at international defaults. These international corporate defaults have also been increasing, while countries have to pay higher costs of their dollars." To catch the full interview with Nomi Prins on Yahoo Finance covering greater corporate defaults in store for 2017 and what is on her financial road map, Click Here. Regards, Craig Wilson, @craig_wilson7 The post Nomi Prins: More Corporate Defaults, Central Bank Desperation in 2017 appeared first on Daily Reckoning. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Six months before the Treasury Market Collapse -- Professor Laurence Kotlikoff Posted: 11 Jan 2017 10:00 AM PST GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek talks to Laurence J. Kotlikoff, a Professor of Economics at Boston University, Highlights According to economist Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff, the nation is facing runaway prices that could send the PMs skyward. With over $200 trillion in total debt,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 11 Jan 2017 08:17 AM PST Guest Post By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange Major U.S. and international banks cheat their customers and rig markets. Revelations have been piling up since the 2008 financial crisis. Hundreds... {This is a content summary only. Click on the blog title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website, and more!} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Is Cheap Insurance No Matter What the Fed Will Do Posted: 11 Jan 2017 07:41 AM PST By Olivier Garret : Gold prices have dropped from $1,340 an ounce in September to around $1,130 as of this writing. The cause is the strengthening USD and the recent rally in the US stock market that followed Trump’s surprise victory. Plus, most people now expect at least a few rate hikes by the Fed. Gold rarely fares well in a rising real rates environment. Many investors wonder if gold has entered a lasting bear market. Or if this is the time to buy while prices are low. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Recent Up-Trend in Gold Price is Temporary… Overall Trend is Still Down for 2017 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 07:30 AM PST Twenty-two radio interviews for the new book, 10 of them live. At this point, my voice is tired. So are gold sellers. Gold peaked at $1,934 in September of 2011 – the last major commodity to peak in the 30-year cycle that first peaked in mid-2008. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Owned Land and Gold Bars Worth $800,000 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 07:21 AM PST Gold Bars Worth $800,000 Owned By Prince Prince, RIP, owned gold bars worth just over $800,000 according to the statement filed in a Minnesota court last Friday. At the time of his death, Prince had taken delivery of and had in his possession 67 gold bars, 10 ounce gold bars, valued at $836,166.70. That’s according to an asset inventory compiled by Bremer Trust released by the Carver County District Court, as first reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Owned Land and Gold Bars Worth $800,000 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 06:15 AM PST gold.ie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breaking News And Best Of The Web Posted: 11 Jan 2017 01:37 AM PST US stocks near record. Bitcoin falls from recent high. US jobs growth disappoints, but wages jump. Global debt continues to soar. US retaliates against alleged Russian hacking. Fake news debate rages. Best Of The Web Black magic fraud to be exposed in 2017 – gold up 300x – Egon von Greyerz The economic risk […] The post Breaking News And Best Of The Web appeared first on DollarCollapse.com. |
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