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Thetrader.se With news dominated by the Greek elections, the imploding Spanish economy and more, people tend to forget about other issues. One of those being the currency wars going...
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Propaganda, Lies, And War
Submitted by James Miller from the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada Propaganda, Lies, And War If I asked what the cause of the American Civil War was, would your first answer be slavery? Would it...
View ArticleEurope 1-2-3
Submitted by Mark Grant, author of Out of the Box Europe 1-2-3 “Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.” -Henry Ford The...
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Schäuble On German Endgame Plans: Can't Let A European Crisis Go To Waste
That the most important man in Europe is actually a woman is now understood by everyone. Yet behind even Merkel, sits another man: German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who is truly the devious...
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Moody's Downgrades Spanish Banking Sector By 1-4 Notches
The long anticipated downgrade of the recently bailed out Spanish banking sector has arrived. Moody's just brought the hammer down on 28 Spanish banks. Also apparently in Spain banks are now more...
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Supply Chain Slowdown Signals US Economic Slump Ahead
The American Chemistry Council's chief economist Kevin Swift created a 'Chemical Activity Barometer' which tracks chemical production and prices, hours worked at producers, and manufacturing output...
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Thunder Road Report On The Death March: Approaching A New Financial System
From Paul Mylchreest's latest Thunder Road Report Death march: approaching a new financial system If you are reading this, you are probably a member of what the sociologists would term middle class...
View ArticleClass Action Lawsuit Filed Against GM For Channel Stuffing
In a classic example of "speak of the devil", we were barely done with hitting save on our earlier article (in a series going back to 2011) describing the relentless (and innovative) machinations...
View ArticleShhh... Don't Tell Anyone; Central Banks Manipulate Rates
David Zervos, Jefferies: Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone; Central Banks Manipulate Rates It should come as no surprise to anyone that major commercial banks manipulate Libor submissions for their own...
View ArticleChina Threatens With Furious Retaliation In Growing Trade Wars
Last week it was the Fairness Distributor In Chief threatening China with WTO action over its unfair duties on US car imports. Before that it was Europe trying to protect its crumbling trade at all...
View ArticleWho Is Funding The Presidential Race? A List Of The Uber-Wealthy Behind The PACs
Corporations may or may not be people, but money has always talked, and the wealthy certainly do have a lot of excess cash lying around which they would rather prefer spending in hopes of generating...
View ArticleAcumen Vs Academic: Gross Sends Siegel Back To 'Ivory Tower'
While Roach vs Meyer was an outstanding battle - played out face-to-face in the CNBC Squawk Box cage - the Academic vs Acumen drama playing out between Jeremy 'sluggish' Siegel and Bill 'the bond'...
View Article77.9% Of Spanish Voters Polled Have Little Or No Confidence In Rajoy
Submitted by J. Luis Martin, director of trumanfactor.com, originally published in El Confidencial 77.9% Of Spanish Voters Polled Have Little Or No Confidence In Rajoy According to the latest Centro de...
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Guest Post: Has The Perfect Moment To Kill The Dollar Arrived?
Submitted by Brandon Smith from Alt-Market Has The Perfect Moment To Kill The Dollar Arrived? The idea of “collapse”, social and financial, comes with an incredible array of hypothetical consequences...
View ArticleElliott Management: We Make This Recommendation To Our Friends: If You Own US...
Every now and then we prefer to sit back and let some of the smartest money speak, especially when said smart money agrees with us. In this case, we hand the podium over to none other than Paul...
View ArticleTer·ror·ism (Noun): When OTHER People Do What We Do
The United States is arguably the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism, although we call it “self defense” and fighting “humanitarian” wars. But when other people – especially brown-skinned people who...
View Article"Sense And Nonsense" - Assorted Deep Thoughts
With newsflow today non-existent, and the market acting somewhat bizarrely (i.e., not soaring on endless revenue misses and GDP forecast cuts, and in fact, selling off) we take this opportunity to...
View ArticleGuest Post: Hedging Against Capital Controls: Opening An Account Overseas
Submitted by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds Hedging Against Capital Controls: Opening an Account Overseas As financial insecurity and instability rise, hedging becomes increasingly important as...
View ArticleGoldman On Spain's Tension-Inducing Arrogance
Spain needs external financial support – a view that is now clearly held by the consensus. A swift and smooth move by Spain to request external support is needed to validate the recent improvement in...
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Cowardice Is Destroying America
America was founded on courage. For example, I've read a number of biographies of George Washington, who was actually a horrible general. Washington's early campaigns were disastrous, and the entire...
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