America Needs a New National Strategy

by Charles Hugh-Smith A productive national Strategy would systemically decentralize power and capital rather than concentrate both in the hands of a self-serving elite. If you ask America’s well-paid punditry to define America’s National Strategy, you’ll most likely get the …

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TRUMP NEEDS TO READ THIS

by Jim Quinn Trump is right. The Fed is to blame for the coming crash. But, the crash is not because of their tightening. The crash is coming because of their 8 years of 0% interest rates. Real interest rates …

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The next time you read that China needs a stimulus, remember… China is slowing down WITH a monster stimulus

China is slowing down WITH a monster stimulus Cartoon of the Day: Misplaced Fear #China $FXI #EmergingMarkets #GrowthSlowing $EEM https://app.hedgeye.com/insights/68864-cartoon-of-the-day-misplaced-fear … Emerging Market Currencies Are Not Suffering Due To Foreign Evil Forces… Evil Monetary Imbalances Built Year After Year, Rather. …

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De-Dollarization Escalates Again: “African Economy Needs More Usage Of Chinese Yuan”

from Zero Hedge The world’s push towards de-dollarization continues to accelerate as Americans go about their daily lives worrying more about blasphemous comedians, participation trophies, and Kim and Kanye’s traitorous behavior. From yuan-denominated oil futures (and soon to be yuan-denominated metals contracts) to Europe’s …

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Who Needs Enemies?

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Vittorio Matteo Corcos Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg 1892  Obviously, there are tensions between Europe and the US. Just as obviously, these tensions are blamed on, who else, Donald Trump. European Council President Donald Tusk recently said: …

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I owe $50k in credit card debt. I have a house with $150k equity in it, but it needs $10k additional renovations before it can sell. But my credit score is too bad to rent after it sells.

by throw_me_in_garbage I’m in significant credit card debt for various reasons. Most of it was unavoidable home repairs and renovations to prepare to sell my house (it was a heavy fixer-upper and my family needed a place to live) but …

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