As the Banks & Brokerage Houses continue to forecast the tapering of the QE by the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, the only choice the Fed will have will be to increase not decrease monetary stimulation. QE 5 is coming because U.S. economic indicators continue to disintegrate. According…
The world is invested in the largest Ponzi scheme in history. According to the CityUK Fund most recent report, the total U.S. and world conventional assets under management are forecasted to reach $94.1 trillion in 2013 This is up from $87.2 trillion in 2012. These global conventional assets are broken…
The precious metal investors are actually sitting on gold mine, and they don’t even know the real reason why this is true. Many analysts are focusing on the huge amount of debt and fiat money in the system to be invested in gold and silver, but the fundamental root cause…
By Kurt Cobb — It’s easy to get bad advice from successful people. Here’s why: Successful people assume that the same circumstances that prevailed while they were achieving their success will generally prevail while you are pursuing yours. But, your circumstances will almost surely be different, probably in major ways….
No longer do you have to get tickets to attend the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Show, while the real Circus, the Great Banker Taper Spectacle is in town. Today, the “Greatest Show On Earth” does not include a dozen elephants performing amazing stunts, but rather a group of…
After watching the schizophrenic market reaction to St. Louis Fed Bullard’s remarks, I am amazed that the world doesn’t think we have gone completely insane. I don’t know how long this sort of Fed induced lunacy can continue, but real signs are pointing to an economy that is still stagnating…