|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| RATIOS & INDEXES |
| Gold / Silver | 66.10 |
| Gold / Oil | 12.41 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 12.68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 | Most read |  |
|
 | Wolf Richter |
 What the Heck is Going on With US Treasuries In Belgium?  |
| The tiny country of Belgium – my beloved hunting grounds for three years a while back – with a GDP of $484 billion, a country which you can cross by bicycle in a single day if you're really fit, a country that became famous to the chagrin of some people because it did just fine for a couple of years without a national government – well, that tiny speck of land is starting to grow an enormous mountain of US Treasury Securities.
In February, according to data just released by the US Treasury DeparThursday, April 17, 2014 |
|
 | Charleston Voice |
| Fort Knox Looted of 7,000 Tons of Gold in 1973-1974 says 1981 Article! |
| This imaged article from 1981 and excerpted commentary below it will set the landscape for the scandal that is just now unraveling before the world. To date, we have not been able to uncover any official refutations, disclaimers or denials from the USG or Federal Reserve.
for larger view: http://www.knology.net/~bilrum/811215_FtKnoxGold_globe.jpg
To read - Enlarge Image
Dr. Peter David Beter - Audio Letter No. 70.
"AUDIO LETTER(R)" is a registered trademark of Audio Books, Inc., a Texas cThursday, April 17, 2014 |
|
 | Mike Hewitt - Dollar Daze |
 Hyperinflation around the Globe  |
| Angola (1991-1999)
Angola went through the worst inflation from 1991 to 1995. In early 1991, the highest denomination was 50,000 kwanzas. By 1994, it was 500,000 kwanzas. In the 1995 currency reform, 1 kwanza reajustado was exchanged for 1,000 kwanzas. The highest denomination in 1995 was 5,000,000 kwanzas reajustados. In the 1999 currency reform, 1 new kwanza was exchanged for 1,000,000 kwanzas reajustados. The overall impact of hyperinflation: 1 new kwanza = 1,000,000,000 pre-1991 kwanzas.Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Ukraine Accord Broken Already; Key Uninvited Group to Peace Party Doesn't Like the Deal; Reflections |
| Immediately after the 4-player Ukraine accord announcement yesterday (See Ukraine Talks End in Accord; What About the Key Missing Player?) I commented ...
Lots of Questions
This accord raises more questions than answers.
Did anyone consult the separatists?
Who is going to enforce the agreement?
Is there a single voice, or even a small group of voices who can speak for the separatists?
If the separatists are acting on their own, then unless Russia or someone else can convince the separatisSaturday, April 19, 2014 |
|
 | Jesse - Le Cafe Américain |
| His Final Journey: Remembering the 149th Anniversary of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| "Unconscious, Lincoln was carried from Ford's Theatre to the nearby house of Williams Peterson at 453 10th Street. There, in a room rented to William Clark, a boarder, Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m., April 15, 1865.
When Lincoln died Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton is reported to have uttered, 'Now he belongs to the ages.'"
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which tTuesday, April 15, 2014 |
|
 | George F. Smith - Barbarous Relic |
The Virtue of Hoarding  |
| Most people would admit to hoarding money only with a tinge of guilt, because to be a hoarder carries with it the suggestion of being a miser — a Scrooge. And yet, every participant in an economy based on indirect exchange holds some amount of money and can be said to be hoarding it, that is, declining to spend it. Hoarding is a strategy for achieving personal goals or for dealing with economic uncertainty.Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
|
| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Pro-Russia Separatists Defy Ukraine Deadline; Russia Promises to Protect Protesters From Violence; U |
| There is no sign of tension easing in the Ukraine today. Russia promises to protect the protesters from violence as the Separatists Defy Ukraine Deadline.
Pro-Russia separatists occupying government buildings in up to 10 cities and towns in eastern Ukraine on Monday defied a deadline from Kiev to surrender as Moscow promised to “protect” people in the region from violence.
Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine’s acting president, responded by appealing to Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, to deploy pMonday, April 14, 2014 |
|
 | Tim Iacono - Iacono Research |
 C.F. Martin & Company, Established 1833 |
| There was a nice article in Fortune magazine not long ago about Martin Guitar of Nazareth, PA and it’s been hanging around in my Drafts folder, waiting for some Sunday morning when there wasn’t anything else readily available to hoist up.
As some of you may know, I grew up just a few miles from Nazareth and Martin Guitar ranks probably a distant second to Mario Andretti in the town’s claim to fame.
Even with consumer spending on the uptick, you might not think buyers would be spending their dollMonday, April 21, 2014 |
|
| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| "Low Inflation has Positive Impact and Helps Spain's Competitiveness" Says Economy Minister |
| Luis de Guindos, Spain's Economy Minister, sings the praises of low inflation.
Via translation from El Economista, please consider Economy Minister Says Deflation Has "Positive Impact".
James Daniel, Spain's mission advisor to the IMF, said that inflation close to zero in the country increases the burden of debt and real interest rates and difficult to reduce unemployment.
Daniel's words contradict the perception Luis de Guindos, the Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, who also Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
|
|
 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| China Doesn't Need Much Gold To Create a Gold-Based Dollar ... |
| Although the idea
of Classical money — in practice, a gold-based currency — is
not popular today in the U.S., it actually has quite a lot of
support elsewhere. Both China and Russia are clearly making moves in
that direction, even if perhaps in the form of contingency plans
should the present dollar-based system become unusable.
However, this trend has been handicapped to some degree by the
notion that enormous amounts of gold bullion need to be accumulated
Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
| Tim Iacono - Iacono Research |
| The Weekend Update is Now Available |
| The latest issue of the Iacono Research Weekend Update has been posted to the website and is now available for subscribers here.
There will be no changes to the model portfolio or the buy ratings this week, but last week’s covered call sales are reviewed in the following discussion topic:
Last Week’s Covered Call Sales
The executive summary is as follows:
Amid better-than-expected economic news in general and strong retail sales in particular, U.S. stocks rebounded sharply from big declines thSunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
| Charleston Voice |
| The Secret World Of Gold |
| Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/19/2014 21:22 -0400
In light of the Chinese demand we discussed earlier, the ongoing manipulation of 'rigged' markets everywhere, and rising geopolitical tensions (as the de-escalation continues), we thought it worth dusting off this excellent and wide-ranging look at the history and present of the barbarous relic, gathering many perspectives (pro and con) on gold.
The following documentary moves from historical shipwrecks to Nazi 'death gold' and England's Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
|
|
| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| Foreign Exchange Rates 1913-1941 #3: The Brief Rebuilding of the World Gold Standard System |
| Today, we continue our investigation of currency history in the
1914-1941 period.
April
6, 2014: Foreign Exchange Rates 1913-1941 #2: The Currency
Upheavals of the Interwar Period
March 30, 2014: Foreign Exchange Rates 1913-1941: Just Looking At
the Data
Colombia:
As befits a Latin American country within the U.S. sphere of
influence, Colombia's history mirrors that of the U.S. dollar.
Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
|
| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| How to Make Billions While Making People Happy and Saving the Planet |
| Real-estate legend Sam Zell said recently that the “End of Suburbia” might be
happening. Right here and now.
Of course, all the suburban dreck that was built in the last six
decades isn’t going to vaporize. But, in terms of new construction —
in other words, the real estate development business — reproducing
the postwar, automobile-dependent Suburbia pattern is a money-losing
proposition.
“You’re drawing all the young people in America to these 24/7
ciSunday, April 20, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|