Via Survival Sullivan If you are reading this article, on this site, you probably care about surviving disasters in all their forms. And you should; death follows in the wake of disasters. No matter how well prepared, how well equipped or well trained death will always get a vote. In this article, instead of delving … Read more
Macroeconomic analyst Rob Kirby is a broker of physical precious metals by the ton for wealthy clients, and he says people are quietly panicking. Kirby explains, “If you look at a duck moving across the water, it looks very graceful. But if you take a picture of what’s going on underneath the waterline, you see … Read more
via visualcapitalist: With the smartphone as the centerpiece of the new global consumer economy, how we allocate our screentime between the myriad of apps that exist is becoming a very telling statistic. After all, the companies that win the battle for app mindshare will have unfettered access to billions of consumers, as well as the economic … Read more
To diversify from the euro-debt-crisis, the biggest Spanish banks pushed deeply into Emerging Markets. Now, they’re in a new crisis. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Almost exactly six years ago, the Spanish government requested a €100 billion bailout from the Troika (ECB, European Commission and IMF) to rescue its bankrupt savings … Read more
Whenever discussions turn towards a finance industry topic such as the stock market, you oftentimes hear the terms “investing” and “trading” erroneously used to mean the same thing. Most people cannot differentiate between the two. The reality is that there’s a considerable difference between them. While both of them participate in the same investment arena, … Read more
The MSM is reporting that Mueller is going to drop a bombshell, which most likely will fizzle. Google and Mastercard share info without the public knowing. Trump says that Google, Twitter and Amazon might have anti-trust problems. Q drops many breadcrumbs and confirms the plan. CIA and NSA systems might have been taken down according … Read more
via nypost: Wells Fargo just can’t help itself. The nation’s third-biggest bank is planning to ramp up trading in controversial securities tied to the mortgage market — just weeks after it paid a $2 billion fine for its role in the financial crisis, The Post has learned. Headed by Chief Executive Tim Sloan, Wells Fargo is actively … Read more
via forbes: Since the dark days of the Great Recession in 2009, America has experienced one of the most powerful household wealth booms in its history. Household wealth has ballooned by approximately $46 trillion or 83% to an all-time high of $100.8 trillion. While most people welcome and applaud a wealth boom like this, my research shows that it is … Read more
Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world. Many of his employees are so poor, you’re paying their welfare benefits. And he’s not the only tech billionaire offloading his payroll costs onto taxpayers. This is an indefensible scam. Why is only Bernie talking about it? pic.twitter.com/PdXBfQsHsq — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 31, 2018
From Birch Gold Group The U.S. Economy is approaching an “economic iceberg” in the form of an insane corporate debt load. Companies in the U.S. have taken on a record $6.3 trillion in debt. This is more corporate debt than 2007, just before the last major recession. And according to S&P’s analysis, which looked at 2017 year-end … Read more