The recent acts of violence in the US, especially the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas, are not arising out of a vacuum. Nor are the Brexit vote, the election of Trump, or the recent Catalonian vote for secession, random…
Today started out like all BLS Jobs Report Fridays. As the Nonfarms Payrolls Report was released, gold had an exceptionally rough time: $2,605,900,000 worth of paper gold traded within just four minutes (20,600 contracts). That was not the first hit,…
A Great Migration of the Tax Donkeys is underway, still very much under the radar of the mainstream media and conventional economists. If you are confident no such migration of those who pay the bulk of the taxes could ever…
– Gold investment in Germany surged in past 10 years – Germans are largest gold buyers in world: WGC research – Gold investment in Germany surges to €6.8B in 2016 – Gold demand per person is highest in world – double Chinese,…
It’s not exactly a secret that real-world inflation is a lot higher than the official rates–the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Personal Consumption Expenditures PCE). As many observers have pointed out, there are two primary flaws in the official measures of…
First, for those not familiar with the Equifax data breach, or what to do about it, here it is straight from Federal Trade Commission: If you have a credit report, there’s a good chance that you’re one of the 143…
The policy of guaranteeing every citizen a universal basic income is gaining support around the world, as automation increasingly makes jobs obsolete. But can it be funded without raising taxes or triggering hyperinflation? In a panel I was on at…
– Yahoo admits every single one of 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft – Equifax hacking and security breach exposes half of the U.S. population – Some 143 million people vulnerable to identity theft – Deloitte hack compromised…
If there is any economic truism that is accepted by virtually everyone, it’s that inflation is low and will stay low into the foreseeable future. The reasons are numerous: technology is deflationary, globalization is deflationary, central banks will keep interest rates…
Since the silver market opened on Sunday night, there seems to have been a bottom carved out on the chart: The action on the daily supports the rounded bottom: However, the fingers are at the ready, and as the…
– Safe haven silver to outperform gold in Q4 and 2018 – “Expect silver to eventually outperform gold” say Metals Focus – 2017 YTD, silver has underperformed gold, climbing by 5% versus 11% – Silver undervalued versus gold and especially stocks,…
In this episode of the Keiser Report from Phoenix, Arizona, Max and Stacy take a look at the underreported UN report on Russia sanctions and what the report might teach the individual about maintaining economic sovereignty. In the second half,…
Since federal income taxes are in the spotlight, let’s ask a question that rarely (if ever) makes it into the public discussion: what if the tax donkeys who pay most of the tax rebel? There are several likely reasons why this question…
Run On The Pound ? Jeremy Corbyn Says Should Plan For – Right to plan for ‘run on pound’ if Labour wins says Corbyn and Labour party – British pound already down 20% since Brexit, collapse already in play –…
Russia Gold Rush Sees Record Reserves For Putin Era by Yuliya Fedorinova of Bloomberg via Irish Indepedent Vladimir Putin is doing his part to keep the upswing in gold alive. Since the Russian president went on a geopolitical offensive in Ukraine…