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Deutsche & Santander Fail ‘Stress Tests’ – Risk of Bail-Ins
Deutsche & Santander Fail ‘Stress Tests’ – Risk of Bail-Ins – Largest banks in Germany and Spain fail Federal Reserve’s ‘stress tests’ – Stress tests designed to assess whether lenders can withstand another financial crisis – U.S. subsidiaries fail…
Martin Armstrong Asks: “Rothschilds – Fact or Disinformation to Protect the Guilty?”
Within the anti-establishment world in which I proudly reside, many people look for simplistic narratives. Ironically, these narratives are often as silly and narrow-minded as those who pledge allegiance to the fraudulent Republican or Democratic parties. For some, it’s the…
Why Is Per Capita Energy Consumption at Recession Levels After Six Years of Recovery?
Per capita energy consumption remains at recession levels. One way to verify rosy official data–GDP growth, low unemployment, etc.–is to compare it with data that is less easily gamed: for example, energy consumption.Those seeking a realistic snapshot of the Chinese…
Apple Gold Demand – Bloomberg View Misrepresents GoldCore
Apple Gold Demand – Bloomberg View Misrepresents GoldCore – Bloomberg View’s Mark Gilbert misrepresents our widely read Apple gold demand – CNBC quoted extensively and favourably from our market update – Gilbert quoted selectively from our piece to misrepresent “gold…
Tax Breaks for Oligarchs – The $100 Million Manhattan Apartment with a Property Tax Rate of 0.017%
The most disingenuous and sickening type of status quo defender is the person who blames the recent expansion in wealth inequality on a “lack of skilled workers.” Such a person is either a liar or an imbecile. There’s not much…
If Everything’s so Great, Why Are New Orders Cratering?
New Orders are in recessionary territory. The financial news is astonishingly rosy: record trade surpluses in China, positive surprises in Europe, the best run of new jobs added to the U.S. economy since the go-go 1990s, and the gift that…
‘BREXIT’ Poses Risks To London Property, FTSE and Sterling Assets
‘BREXIT’ Poses Risks To London Property, FTSE and Sterling Assets Political uncertainty beginning to impact bond and property markets UK bonds and stocks at all time record highs and ‘bubbly’ FTSE looks overvalued and ripe for sharp correction “Air of…
Sheldon Adelson – The Dangerous American Oligarch Behind Benjamin Netanyahu
Of all the commentary written about Netanyahu’s embarrassing political stunt in front of the U.S. Congress last week, the most important angle was largely overlooked. That is, it sort of represented a coming out party for the American oligarch from behind the…
Currency Wars Deepen – IMF Concedes End to Dollar Hegemony
Currency Wars Deepen – IMF Concedes End to Dollar Hegemony – Dollar has declined as reserve currency over past decade from 70% of global reserves to 61% – Chinese yuan is growing in stature as international currency – IMF deputy…
Turn Off, Tune Out and Boycott Radio Teilifis Eireann
Yesterday a number of Irish people turned off, tuned out and dropped in on Ireland’s public service broadcaster RTE. They were protesting media bias that ‘favours elites and demonizes ordinary people’. The serious overpayment of out of touch media ‘stars’,…
Why you won’t see me in Terry Jones @PythonJones new film about crash-o-nomics, “BoomBustBoom.”
I’m getting lots of emails from people asking me why I’m not in the new Terry Jones film ‘BoomBustBoom’ about the folly of economic theory and wonky markets. After all, “Keiser Report” is probably the most recognized name in the…