By all accounts, the world is awash with oil: production remains high while demand is softening along with the global economy. This has led many observers to forecast further declines in oil from the current price (in USD) of around…
This is a story that demands much closer attention. The Huffington Post reports: NEW YORK — Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers have a simple question for their new owner: Who are you? Several staffers at the Review-Journal, the largest media outlet in Nevada,…
Max Keiser interviewed GoldCore Research Director, Mark O’Byrne last week and the video was released on Saturday. Key points and topics covered: – “Monetary insanity” of ECB and Fed is “frightening” – “Absolutely nothing has been learned” since financial crisis…
Here’s Chris Martenson’s mammoth annual report on the fundamental reasons for owning gold. The plethora of systemic risks that make gold a wise investment continue to expand, as does the shocking imbalance between increasing demand and tightening supply. We approaching a moment…
We discuss that never was a story of more woe than that of deflation and her Mario. We look at the tragic figures – central bankers and heads of the OPEC oil cartel – once able to command markets and…
Global developments in finance and geopolitics are prompting a rethinking of the structure of banking and of the nature of money itself. Among other interesting news items: In Russia, vulnerability to Western sanctions has led to proposals for a banking…
Editor in Chief at Reason, Nick Gillespie, just penned a very important and very timely piece over at the Daily Beast, titled: Why Hillary Clinton Should Thank God for Donald Trump. I completely agree with his analysis, which is that Trump’s rise benefits…
Finland made the news recently by proposing a pilot program of guaranteed income for all, also known as Universal Basic Income: Desperate Finland Set To Unleash Helicopter Money Drop To All Citizens. The goal is two-fold: by providing every household…
Bank ‘bail-ins’ and the new international bail-in regime that impose losses on bank investors, bondholders and even depositors may undermine the confidence of small savers in the banking system, a senior Bank of Italy official warned on Wednesday. Protect Your…
So who could possibly be worse than John Boehner? Paul Ryan, of course, which is precisely why he was chosen to lead the RINOs in the stinking cesspool known as the U.S. House of Representatives. So what is Paul Ryan up to…
We discuss the situation in Paris where they find, ‘Je suis en terrasse, mais je vote FN.’ They cut to a special interview on the Champs des Elysees with Alec Baldwin in Paris for COP21. In the second half, Max…
The self-congratulatory rah-rah about American entrepreneurism rings hollow,as the evidence is conclusive: entrepreneurship, new businesses and the source of new businesses, self-employment, are all declining. Two recent articles describe the trend: American Entrepreneurship Is Actually Vanishing. Here’s Why (Inc) American…
We’re at a moment of historic opportunity. By Chris Martenson Every year or two we update this report which lays out the investment thesis for gold. Here is this year’s version. Silver is touched upon only as necessary; as a…