As I have been noting for a decade, the broken U.S. healthcare system will bankrupt the nation all by itself. We all know the basic facts: the system delivers uneven results in terms of improving health and life expectancy while costing…
– Gold and silver rise as stocks fall sharply after Barcelona attack – Gold, silver 0.6% higher in week after last weeks 2%, 5% rise – Palladium +36% ytd, breaks out & reaches 16 year high (chart) – Gold to…
Up for discussion in this episode is ‘the silver lining’ of the shocking increase in US mortality rates – reduced pension costs for corporations, increased profits for shareholders. At least this is the upside, according to the financial press. Max…
– Gold hedges massive ongoing devaluation of U.S. Dollar – 46th anniversary of ‘Tricky Dicky’ ending Gold Standard (see video) – Savings destroyed by currency creation and now negative interest rates – Long-term inflation figures show gold a hedge against rising cost…
Max & Stacy discuss Obamacare death spirals and towns left to die post-trade deals. In the second half, Max continues his interview with Gerald Celente of TrendsResearch.com about paradigm shifts: from cryptocurrencies to electric cars. ps – sorry, I didn’t…
– World’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater buys $68 million of gold ETF in Q2 – Investors poured $870 million into SPDR Gold in Q2 – Billionaire Paulson keeps 4.36 million shares in SPDR Gold – “Risks are now rising and do not appear…
– Don’t let “traditional biases” stop you from diversifying into gold – Dalio on Linkedin – “Risks are now rising and do not appear appropriately priced in” warns founder of world’s largest hedge fund – Geo-political risk from North Korea & “risk of hellacious war” –…
How shocked would you be if it was announced that the U.S. had just entered a recession, that is, a period in which gross domestic product (GDP) declines (when adjusted for inflation) for two or more quarters? Would you really…
– Gold has yet another purpose and may help fight cancer – Gold increases effectiveness of drugs used to treat cancer cells by acting as catalyst – research shows – Use of gold in technology and health growing each year – Tech…
Insurance and FinTech have largely remained on opposite sides of the spectrum, until recently. Financial technology companies paid scant attention to the insurance industry, preferring to focus on peer to peer lending, Forex, and payments. That trend is changing. FinTech…
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the electric car boom driving a resource boom in Australia . . . and the biggest mines are now being acquired by Chinese companies. In the second half, Max…
I’ve been writing about cryptocurrencies and bitcoin for many years. For example: Could Bitcoin Become a Global Reserve Currency? (November 7, 2013) I am an interested observer, not an expert. As an observer, it seems to me that the mainstream–media, financial punditry, etc.–as…
Gold Up 2.3%, Silver 5.3% In Week – Gundlach, Gartman and Dalio Positive On Gold – Gold is up 2.3% this week and silver has surged nearly 5.3% as stocks sell off on geopolitical risk – Billionaire fund managers and…
David McWilliams: Great Disaster Looms as Technology Disrupts White Collar Workers – Every era, every century, every generation has its massive technological disruption – Taxi drivers being “disrupted” by technology of Uber – History shows how “middle men” frequently made…
There is perhaps no better metric of class in America than personal power–what is known as agency: the power to influence or transform one’s circumstances in a a self-directed manner. Those with agency have power, those without agency (or very limited agency)…