What do you get when you cross a collapsing economy with a government determined to pass a bill to make overseas military conflicts easier? You get this: Yep, this is what transpired overnight as tensions flared over the controversial “War…
We discuss online cheating services like financial markets luring punters to part with their money in exchange for hot promises from algorithms and other bots. In the second half, Max interviews Tony Gallippi and Marcel Roelants of Bitpay.com about the…
Gold rose 1.3% yesterday ahead of the Federal Reserve interest rate announcement today. Markets remain divided and uncertain whether the Fed will increase rates by 25 basis points today (1900 GMT). The Fed last raised interest rates in June 2006,…
Here’s the American Disease in a nutshell: entitlement and power means you never have to apologize for anything. Public relations might require a grudging, insincere quasi-apology, but the person with power can’t evince humility or shame–he or she doesn’t have…
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I took my first Bitcoin baby steps after I first noticed Bitcoin popping up in little blurbs on the Web a few years ago. I haven’t looked back since… Read more
America is a deeply fallen nation. I don’t know how obvious it has to become before people come to grips and start to do something about it. We haven’t decayed into this tepid abyss of immorality and decadence because of…
Gold has risen to near record highs in many currencies internationally. Bullion is again acting as a safe haven for people throughout the world whose currencies are devaluing and for those who are fleeing instability, terrorism and war. Gold is…
Central banks are like generals: they tend to fight the last war. The Great Financial meltdown of 2008 was centered in too big to fail, too big to jail transnational banks and other financial entities with enormous exposure to collateral…
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Although everyone watching has been convinced that Europe’s disastrous economy and related debt crisis would be the spark to unravel the European Union project, it appears history has its own plans. While EU technocrats have demonstrated an uncanny ability to…
The parlor game of the moment is laying odds on the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise rates, leave rates unchanged, or (gasp!) hint at future stimulus. There are certainly a multitude of inputs to the Fed’s decision, and a variety…
We discuss the protests in Moldova against a billion dollar banking fraud which looks remarkably ‘Made in Europe’ – i.e. similar to banking heists in Iceland and Ireland. They also look at the UK property companies raking in the profits…