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Keep Your Eye On The Ball
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For investors and regular folks just trying to protect and growth their wealth, now is the hardest of all possible times.

As we've written extensively about here at PeakProsperity.com, we're living through the Mother of all Financial Bubbles. Simply maintaining this sham is requiring the world's central banks to inject an enormous amount of thin-air money into the markets. Every. Single. Day.

Everything has become distorted. Price signals are completely broken and mean nothing. Fundamentals? They haven't mattered for nearly a decade. It’s very, very hard to maintain one’s perspective during such a time.

And things get even more nuts each time a critical election occurs, as we just had yesterday in France.
Keep Your Eye On The Ball
 PREVIEW

For investors and regular folks just trying to protect and growth their wealth, now is the hardest of all possible times.

As we've written extensively about here at PeakProsperity.com, we're living through the Mother of all Financial Bubbles. Simply maintaining this sham is requiring the world's central banks to inject an enormous amount of thin-air money into the markets. Every. Single. Day.

Everything has become distorted. Price signals are completely broken and mean nothing. Fundamentals? They haven't mattered for nearly a decade. It’s very, very hard to maintain one’s perspective during such a time.

And things get even more nuts each time a critical election occurs, as we just had yesterday in France.
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G. Edward Griffin: Exposing The Creature From Jekyll Island

G. Edward Griffin, the author of the seminal book on the formation of the Federal Reserve, The Creature of Jekyll Island, joins the podcast this week to add his perspective to our ongoing critical examination of the Fed and the impact its actions are having on society.

Ed's decades of research and critique of the Federal Reserve, sadly, have left him with conclusions that corroborate our own. Despite its carefully-crafted image as an essential public servant, Griffin concludes it is anything but. It is a private cartel that has connived its way to tremendous advantage and power, secretly (and not-so-secretly) plundering the American people of their treasure and freedoms.

G. Edward Griffin: Exposing The Creature From Jekyll Island

G. Edward Griffin, the author of the seminal book on the formation of the Federal Reserve, The Creature of Jekyll Island, joins the podcast this week to add his perspective to our ongoing critical examination of the Fed and the impact its actions are having on society.

Ed's decades of research and critique of the Federal Reserve, sadly, have left him with conclusions that corroborate our own. Despite its carefully-crafted image as an essential public servant, Griffin concludes it is anything but. It is a private cartel that has connived its way to tremendous advantage and power, secretly (and not-so-secretly) plundering the American people of their treasure and freedoms.

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The Coming Conflagration
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Executive Summary Have overt central bank propping efforts created a bubble in asset prices? Will these overinflated markets EVER collapse? What to expect when today's smoke turns into tomorrow's conflagration Which assets are most sensitive to a price correction if the central banks' efforts fail? If you have not yet read Part 1: Where there’s smoke… available…
The Coming Conflagration
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Executive Summary Have overt central bank propping efforts created a bubble in asset prices? Will these overinflated markets EVER collapse? What to expect when today's smoke turns into tomorrow's conflagration Which assets are most sensitive to a price correction if the central banks' efforts fail? If you have not yet read Part 1: Where there’s smoke… available…
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Where There’s Smoke…

Many questions surround the elevated financial asset prices we are faced with today.

I'm talking not just about the sky-high prices of stocks and bonds, but also of the trillions of dollars’ worth of derivatives that are linked to them.  All are intricately linked together. For instance, stocks are elevated, in part, because bond yields are so low. 

These questions are important to consider because — if central banks have been too involved and gotten themselves mixed up in trying to ‘wag the dog’ by using elevated financial asset prices as a means to drive economic expansion — then the risk is a big implosion in financial asset prices if their efforts fail.
Where There’s Smoke…

Many questions surround the elevated financial asset prices we are faced with today.

I'm talking not just about the sky-high prices of stocks and bonds, but also of the trillions of dollars’ worth of derivatives that are linked to them.  All are intricately linked together. For instance, stocks are elevated, in part, because bond yields are so low. 

These questions are important to consider because — if central banks have been too involved and gotten themselves mixed up in trying to ‘wag the dog’ by using elevated financial asset prices as a means to drive economic expansion — then the risk is a big implosion in financial asset prices if their efforts fail.
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Off The Cuff: The Era Of Easy Money Is Over
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss: Sovereign Sabre-Rattling Suddenly, the world became a lot less safe Market Misdirection The central planners are doing their utmost to paint a positive picture The Era Of Easy Money is Over Debt-funded stimulus no longer results in an increase of GDP How This…
Off The Cuff: The Era Of Easy Money Is Over
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss: Sovereign Sabre-Rattling Suddenly, the world became a lot less safe Market Misdirection The central planners are doing their utmost to paint a positive picture The Era Of Easy Money is Over Debt-funded stimulus no longer results in an increase of GDP How This…
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Brad Birkenfeld: Lucifer’s Banker

Just how bad is the ongoing fraud in the banking system? Get ready for a mind-bowing expose by a former insider at UBS.

Brad Birkenfield, author of Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy, recounts the efforts he uncovered by his employer to help its clients cheat the US government out of tens of $billions in taxes.

Brad Birkenfeld: Lucifer’s Banker

Just how bad is the ongoing fraud in the banking system? Get ready for a mind-bowing expose by a former insider at UBS.

Brad Birkenfield, author of Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy, recounts the efforts he uncovered by his employer to help its clients cheat the US government out of tens of $billions in taxes.

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Off The Cuff: The Soft Data & Hard Data Are At Odds
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss: Soft vs Hard Data They disagree. Which is correct? More Manipulation The central banks are not even hiding it anymore The Big Problem: Too Much Debt Don't expect the Fed to raise rates much higher from here The French Election However it unfolds,…
Off The Cuff: The Soft Data & Hard Data Are At Odds
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss: Soft vs Hard Data They disagree. Which is correct? More Manipulation The central banks are not even hiding it anymore The Big Problem: Too Much Debt Don't expect the Fed to raise rates much higher from here The French Election However it unfolds,…
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Sheelah Kolhatkar: Hedge Funds Are The Robber Barons Of Our Time

Sheelah Kolhatkar, former hedge fund analyst and staff writer at the New Yorker, thinks hedge funds have enjoyed enormous unfair advantages for far too long.

In her recent book Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street, she details out how many hedge funds use financial engineering and accounting tricks — legal and illegal — to fill their coffers at investor expense. And then they use those ill-gotten gains to influence politics.

Sheelah Kolhatkar: Hedge Funds Are The Robber Barons Of Our Time

Sheelah Kolhatkar, former hedge fund analyst and staff writer at the New Yorker, thinks hedge funds have enjoyed enormous unfair advantages for far too long.

In her recent book Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street, she details out how many hedge funds use financial engineering and accounting tricks — legal and illegal — to fill their coffers at investor expense. And then they use those ill-gotten gains to influence politics.

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Off The Cuff: Eggshell Markets
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss: Vexing Volatility How the VIX is being used to drive the markets We Can't Handle Losses Anymore Why the market is now incredibly vulnerable to downturns Our Captive System Until it breaks, the system is run to serve the banks, not us The…
Off The Cuff: Eggshell Markets
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss: Vexing Volatility How the VIX is being used to drive the markets We Can't Handle Losses Anymore Why the market is now incredibly vulnerable to downturns Our Captive System Until it breaks, the system is run to serve the banks, not us The…
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