by Simon Black The King of Macedonia was only 21 years old in the spring of 334 BC when he led his army to the Hellespont strait in modern day Turkey. The Hellespont was (and still is today) considered the geographical …
by Simon Black In May 1969, at the height of America’s involvement in Vietnam, the US military declared victory in the Battle of Hamburger Hill. The Army had lost only 50 soldiers and killed about 600 Viet Cong in the process …
“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” h/t SnooBooks5387
By Matthew Piepenburg For informed investors who have successfully traversed the tired Bitcoin vs. Gold debate and recognized the critical importance of owning physical (as opposed to paper/ETF) gold as an obvious antidote to globally debased currenciesand openly systemic financial and banking risk, you have, thankfully, recognized precious metals …
Robinhood has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a 20-year-old trader who killed himself last summer after mistakenly believing he owed $730,000 to the online broker. Alexander Kearns,20, was trading on June 11 last year using the …
Do not count on central banks to tighten. Yields will not rise because of talking about tightening but rather will rise because of accelerating inflation. The transitory talk is just wishful thinking and hope that words become reality. The situation …
Deutsche Bank Macro strategist, Marion Laboure, joins Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi, Myles Udland, and Julie Hyman to discuss bitcoin’s regulatory challenges and volatility.
Source: Pixabay No Attribution Required Table of Contents Stock Exchange Stats What is the OTC Market and What Instruments are Traded There? Why are Penny Stocks Largely Traded OTC? Pros and Cons of Trading Penny Stocks OTC Stock …
by Simon Black In the year 215 AD, the young Roman Emperor Caracalla, then just 27 years of age, decided to ‘fix’ Rome’s perennial inflation problem by minting a brand new coin. Caracalla’s predecessors over the previous several decades had ordered …
by Simon Black Every single month, the US Treasury Department is legally obliged to publish monthly financial statements to the public. This is typically a pretty boring ritual which attracts minimal fanfare; few people pay attention, or even care to …
by visualcapitalist The bull case for bitcoin is linked to the cryptocurrency’s limited supply of only 21 million coins. But scarcity is forming in another way, revolving around investor behavior. According to research from Ark Invest, investors are holding onto bitcoin for longer and longer durations. …
via MarketWatch: A new study has a whole different take on what debt relief means. Getting rid of debt doesn’t just unburden finances, it takes a weight off the mind that clears up cognitive functioning, lessens anxiety and improves impulse …
by Simon Black Amazon made big headlines yesterday when it announced it was walking away from its plan to build a new headquarters in New York City. The company was under intense pressure from the media and politicians who were angered …
By Harry Dent So, the Fed caved on Thursday, January 31, 2019. But did they really? Yes, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments yesterday may have pleased the Donald. But they have good reason to “cave.” And I explain exactly why in today’s …
by Martin Armstrong The politicians in Illinois after destroying the state economically, want to now impose an EXIT tax for anyone who dares to think about leaving the state. This is the problem we face. They will never look at …
by Horg Hi, Currently I make about €4400 gross a month working as a geologist (salaried employment. THP is €2620). I don’t live in a big city, so monthly expenses are pretty low. At the end of the month, I’m …
South Korea is getting ready to lift sanctions on North Korea. China is expanding the silk road into Iraq, Syria and the rest of the middle east. Lavrov says the agreement in Idlib is working. The USS Harry Truman leaves …
by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver It’s easy to show that the stock market is extremely overvalued right now. And we have, many times, many ways. What is also true is that attempting to call the top of a wildly overvalued market is guesswork. …
If you are considering investing in a rental property, you are certainly not alone. This is something that more and more people have gotten into over recent years, and for many it has helped to change their own lives and …
There are some good takeaways here that can really help fight bias, which everyone has as they read things. I saved it for future reference. AC
I was thinking that we are in the beginning of the deflationary phase with credit markets beginning to fail. But she raised an interesting point; if things start to fail central banks can move on and print more money. Only …
via JACOB PASSY Prospective home buyers these days are probably feeling pressure to lock in a deal quickly given skyrocketing home prices across most of the country. But those who wait a couple of years may be rewarded. Real-estate website Zillow and …
By Bob Shanahan “Kanye West On Red-Pill Rampage,” read the first half of ZeroHedge’s Monday headline on Kanye’s recent twitterstorm endorsing Candace Owens and referencing Scott Adams. The Left is melting down over this pop culture icon becoming, as the …
Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, It’s not often my work’s mentioned in mainstream publications, but it’s always instructive when it happens. Such an instance occurred earlier this week in the form of a nonsensical BuzzFeed piece. The article was …
by Thinker In our ever changing world, communication between individuals is steadily decreasing while the communication with our electronic devices is soaring. Slowing humans are losing the ability to function on their own and are depending more and more on …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3phOoH8OyY This has come off the rails. Focus on what’s happening and think of the innocent and traumatized students who’ve been all but forgotten.
So let me get this straight about a bunch of people thinking Obama is the reason the economy is doing good. Obama went 0 for 32(0%) during eight years for having one quarter of above 2% growth. Trump comes in …
by Mark Angelides An illusion called Democracy has been cast upon us. We have the feeling, the view, the idea that we are in fact choosing the person who we want to lead us, but in fact our leaders are …
Senior U.S. military leaders and defense officials are debating whether military force should be used to protect Washington-backed Syrian rebels who have come under attack by Russian airstrikes in recent days. The Associated Press reported early Friday that the question …