Jim Rickards says we’re in a different world. The systemic risks have never been greater. The next financial crises will be unprecedented in its magnitude and the central bankers capacity to deal with it are diminishing. Were looking at an extinction level event in the next financial crises.
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Yesterday’s incident at United reveals much about the changes happening to America. First, let’s sort through the stories to see what really happened. Then let’s skip the cheap hand-waving and draw conclusions that can help us understand events and so begin to retake control of this nation. The New York Times tells … Read more
by Pamela Williams Unfortunately the people in Dallas, Texas know what the end of the world feels like. They were asleep, or many of them were, when sirens went off alerting everyone to prepare themselves for….well, right now I would think of a bombing by North Korea or Russia. I cannot get my mind off of … Read more
by Mark Angelides Across the Western world, governments and citizens are clubbing together to work for either a minimum wage to be put in place or to increase the minimum wage to a more “living wage”. But they are ignoring the reality. In almost every place where a minimum wage is enacted, it soon becomes … Read more
By Gabrielle Seunagal A freelancer is defined as a person who works as a writer, designer, performer, or the like, selling work or services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer. In previous times, freelancing was looked down upon and even synonymous with being … Read more
by Umar Farooq For homeowners the great, big, unanswered question is whether or not the Canadian real estate market will finally crash in 2017. Turns out, all reports and analysis lean towards a flattening out of property prices in most Canadian markets, with some areas of the country experiencing a decline in both sales … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced a crackdown against alleged stock promotion schemes in which writers were secretly paid to post hundreds of bullish articles about public companies on financial websites. Twenty-seven individuals and entities, including a Hollywood actress, were charged with misleading investors into believing they were reading “independent, unbiased … Read more
by Pamela Williams We need some good news, and we just got it. Following the Labor Department’s release of the March unemployment report, President Trump’s Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn said that tax reform is the number one domestic priority for the administration, and Cohn hopes to get it done this year. “The President is pushing … Read more
by Mark Angelides The Left (and much of the Right) appears to have themselves in a bit of a paradoxical pickle. They have become entrapped in strands of righteous virtue trying to decide on one hand how to denounce Trump, Putin and Al-Assad, whilst on the other, trying to support Syrians who decry Al-Assad, the … Read more
by Mark Angelides The European Union, finally fed up with the news agencies that don’t follow the party line, has taken the unsurprising step of opening its own propaganda arm in the form of two news agencies. As a bloc that brooks no dissent (EU pensions are contingent on a non-disparagement clause), the newly formed … Read more