The Internet is a hive of activity for innovative ideas simply waiting to sprout. Without the Internet, there would be no online social media, no cryptocurrency trading, no online trading, and no blogs. Society as we know it would be

It is no longer news that some political events happening in Washington, Europe, and the rest of the global political landscape often has huge effects on the financial markets. Interestingly, the effects of politics on the financial markets tend to

In this episode of the Keiser Report from Freedom Fest in Las Vegas Max and Stacy talk about Wall Street’s ‘dean of valuation’ declaring that bitcoin is replacing gold as the ‘go to’ trade in a time when investors don’t

In this episode of the Keiser Report from Freedom Fest in Las Vegas Max and Stacy talk about Wall Street’s ‘dean of valuation’ declaring that bitcoin is replacing gold as the ‘go to’ trade in a time when investors don’t

We all know what a hyper-financialized economy looks like–we live in one:central banks create credit/money out of thin air and distribute it to the already-wealthy, who use the nearly free money to buy back corporate shares, enriching themselves while creating zero jobs.

– Shrinkflation has hit 2,500 products in five years – Not just chocolate bars that are shrinking – Toilet rolls, coffee, fruit juice and many other goods – Effects of shrinkflation been seen for “good number of years” – Consumer Association of

In this episode of the Keiser Report’s annual Summer Solutions series, Max and Stacy talk to JP Sottile of Newsvandal.com about whether or not MAGAnomics will help make America Great Again. They discuss trade deals and automation: which has played

– ‘Mother of all debt bubbles’ keeps gold in focus – Global debt alert: At all time high of astronomical $217 T – India imports “phenomenal” 525 tons in first half of 2017 – Record investment demand – ETPs record $245B

DON’T THINK THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN THE METALS? Fed Complacency now too??? FED Holds! | USD Drops, AU Pops, AG Pops! FED KEEPS RATES ON HOLD AT 100 – 125 BASIS POINTS GOLD UP AFTER FOMC DECISION SILVER

– Easy credit offered by UK banks is endangering “everyone else in the economy” – UK banks are “dicing with the spiral of complacency” again – Bank of England official believes household debt is good in moderation – Household debt

There’s an entire sub-industry in journalism devoted to the idea that China is poised to replace the U.S. as the “global empire” / hegemon. This notion of global empire being something like a baton that gets passed from nation-state to nation-state

– Gold seasonal sweet spot – August and September – is coming – Gold’s performance by month from 1979 to 2016 – must see table – August sees average return of 1.4% and September of 2.5% – September is best month

Counterfeit wine is a billion dollar market – approximately $3 billion per year says Maureen Downey, an expert on fake wine. One wine fraudster, Indonesian Rudy Kurniawan, is serving time for selling $500,000,000 worth of fake wine. Shanghai-based blockchain company

Is renewal / recovery from systemic decline possible? The history of the Roman Empire is a potentially insightful place to start looking for answers. As long-time readers know, I’ve been studying both the Western and Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empires over the