Category: Economics & Investing

Americans are having more trouble paying off their student debt than their houses. – G.G. o o o Is the EU Finally Breaking Free of Russia’s Energy Grip? o o o Obama wants to tax your retirement accounts. – RBS o o o DANGER AHEAD FOR U.S. & WEST: Shown In These Gold Charts o o o Investors Have No Choice But To Own Gold After This Latest McKinsey Chart

3 Essential Rules for Dealing With the Government o o o Why Wal-Mart is raising its wages. – G.G. o o o The Inevitability of Economic Collapse, The Possible Collapse Of The Euro, Widespread Panic In The Eurozone – A Conversation with G. Edward G… o o o Is There Any Hope Left For Nuclear Energy?

The revival of the American debt machine: auto loans, student debt, and credit card debt surge in latest report. Total non-housing debt now at $3.15 trillion. o o o Greece is a sideshow – watch US T-bonds instead. – A.D. o o o Infographic: Too Big to Fail o o o “When central banks print money nothing begins to make sense!”— “It is no longer a free market. Markets are now manipulated by governments and notably by their agents, the central bankers.”

Why The Stock Market Likes Cheap Oil o o o Debt Heaven Fallacy, not on Earth o o o If You Were Bankrupt o o o Income Investors Beware: The Fed Will Raise Rates o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Greece Rejects Bailout Deal – Deadline To Avoid Financial Chaos In Europe Is March 1st

Federal benefit programs to support Apple Pay . – RBS o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Audio Interview: David Stockman: The Global Economy Has Entered The Crack-Up Phase I May Get Out of US Stocks: Nobel-Winner Shiller With Clock Ticking, Greece May Ask for More Time Why The Alarms Over A Slight Rate Hike? – While we should have market set rates and not central planners to “set” rates, what is a fact is the U.S. economy cannot withstand higher interest rates, as JWR and many others have pointed out. The author clearly doesn’t understand this.

Video: Silver & Gold Dealers To Be Shut Down? Update On Operation Chokepoint – Mike Maloney JWR’s Comment: On orders from Eric Holder, America’s gun dealers and precious metals dealers have been targeted as “undesirables”, putting them in the same category as pornographers. It is notable that the apparatchiks have made themselves exempt from oversight and the FOIA, in the “Chokepoint” campaign. o o o How much debt does your state have? o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: U.S. Companies Can Avoid Venezuela Devaluations by Taking One Big Hit Risk of Greece Leaving the Euro Increases As Bank Run …

If Fed raises Interest Rates… will create the greatest economic collapse in modern times o o o Is Washington Fabricating the Economic Data? o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Stockman: Slap Handcuffs on the Fed Before It’s Too Late Japan Q4 Annualized GDP +2.2%, Worse than Expected How Truly Free Markets Help the Poor Pharmacy Shelves Care in Venezuela

As IMF Extends $17.5 Billion Credit To Kiev, Gazprom Demands Debt Repayment o o o Hong Kong is doomed—foolishly lowering and even eliminating taxes. – H.L. o o o Economists-Say-Dumb-Things Chronicles: ‘Debt Is Money We Owe To Ourselves’ o o o Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware. – H.L.

Economic WAR Between U.S. & Russia, WWIII lies ahead, Federal Reserve is signally economic collapse o o o Capitol City Bank & Trust Co, Georgia, Collapses – Largest Bank Failure of 2015. – G.G. o o o Could Turkey Become the New Ukraine? o o o IEA Sees Oil Prices Bottoming Out, But Not Surging Back To $100-Plus Levels

Central Banks Are Boosting Their Gold Reserves. – G.G. o o o Central banks still in “emergency mode”: WSJ’s da Costa: o o o Attention to Deficits Disorder o o o Russia’s Complicated Relationship With OPEC o o o BRICS SDR to Bailout Eurozone. – A.P.

Sweden cuts rates below zero and starts QE – G.G. o o o This is the first time I’ve seen this gold ‘buy’ signal since 2009 – Dominic Frisby o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Guess What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Dollar Skyrocketed In Value Like This?… US Weekly Jobless Claims Total 304,000 vs 285,000 Estimate Food Stamp Beneficiaries Exceed 46,000,000 for 39 Straight Months U.S. Foreclosure Activity Rises 5% in January

Why We Won’t See An Oil Price Rebound Yet o o o Barack Obama’s policies for 6 years have brought NEITHER peace nor prosperity. PERIOD! o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Medicare and Social Security Tabs Coming Due – Good article, but I have seen credible folks saying the numbers on unfunded liabilities in the 200+ trillion dollar range. David Stockman: Audit The Fed——And Shackle It, Too Low Oil Price Won’t Spur Global Growth Says Moody’s Shifting Goal Posts on Employment Signals Slower Fed Rate Hikes – Of course they are going to move the goal post; that is …

Silver and Gold Truth Versus Fiat Lies. – C.G. o o o The world economy stands on the brink of a second credit crisis, China is imploding, interbank lending begin to seize up, the debt markets fall over, Europe on edge and TRILLION$$ in currency derivatives at risk o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Tomorrow Greece Decides: Europe… Or Russia How Fast Would Contagion Spread If Greece Exits The Eurozone Video: ‘Less Chocolate In a Bar, Price Stays The Same: Pure Deflation?’ Dr. Pippa Malmgren – Great video. Video: The Central Bank Manipulation Trade – Rick Santelli

The Global Currency Reset is Real & in Motion. The EU, BRICS & the US Dollar Fighting each other for Total Control. o o o Second Alleged Murder Suicide by JPMorgan Worker in Seven Months. – P.K. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: In the Shadow of Abenomics, Japan’s Poor and Elderly Are Being Left Behind Bubble? Meet The $25 Million Grilled-Cheese Truck Fearing Grexit, Greeks Turn To Gold Again Why Citi Thinks Oil Is Going To $20