Month: May 2019

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via @crossbordercap: Emerging Markets: Dollar Watching, China Waiting : GLI report China’s PBoC continues to take liquidity out of markets EM currencies more stable than a year ago, but still likely to soften versus stronger USD #PBOC #China #EmergingMarkets #Liquidity  

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by Gary Christenson Much Higher Gold Prices are NOT Crazy Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his. Egon von Greyerz discussed “3 Dozen Reasons to Hold Gold” and mentioned price targets of $30,000 for gold and $3,000 for silver. Gold sells for $1,310 and silver sells in the mid-$15s. His numbers suggest that … Read more

via Zerohedge: With the trade war between the US and China re-escalating once more, investors are again casting frightened glances at declining global trade volumes, which as Bloomberg writes today, “threaten to upend the global economy’s much-anticipated rebound and could even throw its decade-long expansion into doubt if the conflict spirals out of control.” “Just … Read more

BY JOHN RUBINO The developed world is doing something unprecedented: It’s no longer reproducing. That’s great for the environment and very good for the work and housing prospects of the relative handful of kids that are being born (since fewer workers mean rising pay and fewer households mean cheaper real estate). But it’s bad for retirees … Read more

by visualcapitalist The desire to live longer — and outrun death — is ingrained in the human spirit. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, may have even drank mercury in his quest for immortality. Over time, advice for living longer has become more practical: eat well, get regular exercise, seek medical advice. However, as life expectancies … Read more

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, American farmers are being pushed to the brink by government policies.  Most have had enough of the trade war and are increasingly becoming impatient with their financial instability and worsening regulatory burdens placed on their backs. Bankruptcies are skyrocketing, food prices are expected to soar, and American farmers are losing … Read more

Join Mike Maloney as he examines the latest moves in the US/China trade war, and visits some compelling arguments from the Foundation for Economic Education. To quote their article by Mark J Perry: “It’s a scientifically and mathematically provable fact that all tariffs, at any time and in any country, will harm economic growth, eliminate … Read more

via @TaviCosta: Gold-to-S&P 500 re-testing its multi-year resistance line. This could mark a critical inflection point for precious metals. This pattern resembles the GFC when the ratio broke out in the 06 housing bubble and then re-tested at the 07 stock market peak.

via @RudyHavenstein: In 2017 (latest available report), the Fed had 19,161 employees, including 1,630 “other officers” (not the President), making, on average, salaries (ex-benefits) of $233,099. The rest averaged over $100k. https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2017-ar-statistical-tables.htm … If you add up “Salaries and other personnel expenses” and “Retirement and other benefits” (Table 10), you get $3.147 billion, which averages out to … Read more

via @mnicoletos: #HongKong: Pressure on the #USD – #HKD peg is mounting. The rising #US interest rates have put enormous pressure on the HKD peg. This has depleted Hong Kong’s excess FX reserves. More #HongKong has FX Reserves of $438bn (March 2019) plus another $6.9bn from the HKMA Exchange Fund which is there to stabilize the … Read more

Freedom of Speech denied to Canadian Senator (Link to article below) https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/task…

by Dr. Eowyn U.S. Dept. of Justice press release says that on May 13, 2019, a federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, convicted former attorney and former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee Craig P. Orrock, 71, of Sandy, Utah, of tax evasion and obstructing internal revenue laws. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, starting in the … Read more

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by Brandon Smith Times of great political and social crisis can almost always be linked back to a common root cause – false paradigms. There are many people out there who have no clue what this phrase means, just as they have no clue what the phrase “controlled opposition” means. Some of these people are … Read more

The stock market is going higher on an unconfirmed report about a future event that may or may not happen. This is a fantastic example of the insanity and delusions of today’s markets. Buy the dip or you will fear missing out on becoming the next on the Forbes richest list. Meanwhile, global trade is … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzpEeNaQyys Jim Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Twitter suspended David Horowitz from the Freedom Center on Tuesday. Horowitz was the latest conservative banned or suspended by the far left media giant. We are witnessing the elimination of conservatism from the public square. And Republicans do NOTHING! Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTLPtPJR_Pg I Love My Freedom reports, Old soundbites are coming back to haunt 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden. That shouldn’t be a huge surprise, given the former vice president’s propensity for gaffes. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/watch-unea…