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Is Housing an Attractive Investment?
by charleshughsmith

In a previous report, Headwinds for Housing, I examined structural reasons why the much-anticipated recovery in housing valuations and sales has failed to materialize. In Searching for the Bottom in Home Prices, I addressed the Washington and Federal Reserve policies that have attempted to boost the housing market. In this third series, let’s explore this…
Is Housing an Attractive Investment?
 by charleshughsmith

In a previous report, Headwinds for Housing, I examined structural reasons why the much-anticipated recovery in housing valuations and sales has failed to materialize. In Searching for the Bottom in Home Prices, I addressed the Washington and Federal Reserve policies that have attempted to boost the housing market. In this third series, let’s explore this…
Image | Ben Davies: Greece is Just a Preview of What’s Coming For the Rest of Us
Ben Davies: Greece is Just a Preview of What’s Coming For the Rest of Us
by Chris Martenson

All eyes are on Greece these days, with hopes that the situation there can soon be resolved and global recovery kicked into high gear.

Sadly, those hopes are misguided claims Ben Davies, CEO of Hinde Capital. In fact, he says, Greece's pain foreshadows the future awaiting the rest of the world. 

It all comes down to simple math. Greece has increased its debts at a rate far faster than its income has grown. At some point, the debt became so large that the country could no longer service it.

What makes the rest of the PIIGS immune from a similar fate? Or Japan? Or the U.S.? Or the OECD, in general?

Nothing.

 
Ben Davies: Greece is Just a Preview of What’s Coming For the Rest of Us
 by Chris Martenson

All eyes are on Greece these days, with hopes that the situation there can soon be resolved and global recovery kicked into high gear.

Sadly, those hopes are misguided claims Ben Davies, CEO of Hinde Capital. In fact, he says, Greece's pain foreshadows the future awaiting the rest of the world. 

It all comes down to simple math. Greece has increased its debts at a rate far faster than its income has grown. At some point, the debt became so large that the country could no longer service it.

What makes the rest of the PIIGS immune from a similar fate? Or Japan? Or the U.S.? Or the OECD, in general?

Nothing.

 
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Dangerous Ideas
by Chris Martenson

We are at a key turning moment in history. The actions that we will soon decide to take will be determined by the beliefs we hold. At a time like this, holding the wrong set of beliefs can destroy your wealth, sap your joy, and even prove to be life-shortening. Knowing the ‘right’ sets of beliefs…
Dangerous Ideas
 by Chris Martenson

We are at a key turning moment in history. The actions that we will soon decide to take will be determined by the beliefs we hold. At a time like this, holding the wrong set of beliefs can destroy your wealth, sap your joy, and even prove to be life-shortening. Knowing the ‘right’ sets of beliefs…
Image | James Rickards: Paper, Gold, or Chaos?
James Rickards: Paper, Gold, or Chaos?
by Chris Martenson

History is replete with the carcasses of failed currencies destroyed through misguided intentional debasement by governments looking for an easy escape from piling up too much debt. James Rickards, author of the recent bestseller Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, sees history repeating itself today – and warns that we are in the escalating stage of a global currency war of the grandest scale.

Whether it ends in hyperinflation, in the return to some form of gold standard, or in chaos, history is telling us we can have confidence that it will end painfully.

 

James Rickards: Paper, Gold, or Chaos?
 by Chris Martenson

History is replete with the carcasses of failed currencies destroyed through misguided intentional debasement by governments looking for an easy escape from piling up too much debt. James Rickards, author of the recent bestseller Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, sees history repeating itself today – and warns that we are in the escalating stage of a global currency war of the grandest scale.

Whether it ends in hyperinflation, in the return to some form of gold standard, or in chaos, history is telling us we can have confidence that it will end painfully.

 

Image | Chris Answers Your Questions (Part 1)
Chris Answers Your Questions (Part 1)
by Chris Martenson

It's the big man's turn in the hot seat today.

A few weeks ago, we asked you, the CM.com community, what questions you would most like to hear Chris address in an interview. You weren't shy!

I sat down with a stack of your questions – ranging from precious metals investing to global warming to what Chris does to blow off steam – and grilled Dr. M as best I could.

Chris Answers Your Questions (Part 1)
 by Chris Martenson

It's the big man's turn in the hot seat today.

A few weeks ago, we asked you, the CM.com community, what questions you would most like to hear Chris address in an interview. You weren't shy!

I sat down with a stack of your questions – ranging from precious metals investing to global warming to what Chris does to blow off steam – and grilled Dr. M as best I could.

Image | Gold Gets a Growth Scare
Gold Gets a Growth Scare
by Gregor Macdonald

An emotional, jubilant hooray! could be heard earlier this month when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its latest jobs numbers for January 2012, showing the addition of 243,000 net new jobs. That’s the kind of news both the financial markets and the political complex were yearning for, because it implies that growth is…
Gold Gets a Growth Scare
 by Gregor Macdonald

An emotional, jubilant hooray! could be heard earlier this month when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its latest jobs numbers for January 2012, showing the addition of 243,000 net new jobs. That’s the kind of news both the financial markets and the political complex were yearning for, because it implies that growth is…
Image | Charles Eisenstein: It’s Time for a Better Narrative
Charles Eisenstein: It’s Time for a Better Narrative
by Chris Martenson

Our actions are determined by our beliefs. And our beliefs are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves.

So what happens when the stories we tell ourselves are inaccurate?

The short answer is, we find ourselves engaging in actions that aren't aligned with our best interests.

Charles Eisenstein has made a profession out of studying the intersection of economics and philosophy. And he thinks that over the past several generations, enabled by an unprecedented subsidy of abundant cheap energy, our society has become so far decoupled from natural laws that it has adopted a paradigm of thinking (or "stories") dangerously irrelevant to the future we face.

As resource scarcity increasingly expresses the natural forces that applied to our grandparents' generation and those prior, we are still living under a mindset that assumes predictable, endless growth.
Charles Eisenstein: It’s Time for a Better Narrative
 by Chris Martenson

Our actions are determined by our beliefs. And our beliefs are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves.

So what happens when the stories we tell ourselves are inaccurate?

The short answer is, we find ourselves engaging in actions that aren't aligned with our best interests.

Charles Eisenstein has made a profession out of studying the intersection of economics and philosophy. And he thinks that over the past several generations, enabled by an unprecedented subsidy of abundant cheap energy, our society has become so far decoupled from natural laws that it has adopted a paradigm of thinking (or "stories") dangerously irrelevant to the future we face.

As resource scarcity increasingly expresses the natural forces that applied to our grandparents' generation and those prior, we are still living under a mindset that assumes predictable, endless growth.
Image | Why Our Currency Will Fail
Why Our Currency Will Fail
by Chris Martenson

The idea that the very same economic forces that are currently plaguing Greece, et al., are somehow not relevant to the United States’ circumstances does not hold water.  As goes the rest of the world, so goes the US.  When we back up far enough, it is clear that money and debt are there to…
Why Our Currency Will Fail
 by Chris Martenson

The idea that the very same economic forces that are currently plaguing Greece, et al., are somehow not relevant to the United States’ circumstances does not hold water.  As goes the rest of the world, so goes the US.  When we back up far enough, it is clear that money and debt are there to…
Image | James Dines: Owning ‘Wealth in the Ground’ Is Your Best Bet to Surviving the Coming ‘Supernova of Inflations’
James Dines: Owning ‘Wealth in the Ground’ Is Your Best Bet to Surviving the Coming ‘Supernova of Inflations’
by Chris Martenson

James Dines has been in the business of making bold calls for over 50 years. In this deep-diving interview, he minces no words about the dire risks the U.S. economy – and the world at large – faces at this juncture.

Simply put, he sees the excessive credit in the financial system as having placed the global economy on a collision course with hyperinflation.

Unlike past periods of turmoil, there are no truly 'safe' places for investment capital to hide. Geographic markets and almost all asset classes are positively correlated these days. They share many of the same risks, and if a systemic crash occurs, they will crash together.
James Dines: Owning ‘Wealth in the Ground’ Is Your Best Bet to Surviving the Coming ‘Supernova of Inflations’
 by Chris Martenson

James Dines has been in the business of making bold calls for over 50 years. In this deep-diving interview, he minces no words about the dire risks the U.S. economy – and the world at large – faces at this juncture.

Simply put, he sees the excessive credit in the financial system as having placed the global economy on a collision course with hyperinflation.

Unlike past periods of turmoil, there are no truly 'safe' places for investment capital to hide. Geographic markets and almost all asset classes are positively correlated these days. They share many of the same risks, and if a systemic crash occurs, they will crash together.
Image | Entering The Debt Dimension, Rare Earth Shortage Could Threaten Innovation
Entering The Debt Dimension, Rare Earth Shortage Could Threaten Innovation
by admin-2
  • 3 Months After The MF Global Bankruptcy, We Find That $1.2 Billion (Or More) In Client Money Has "Vaporized"
  • Exposing Silver Mythology – Part III
  • MF Global – A Despicable State Of Affairs
  • MF Global 4-1-9
  • Entering The Debt Dimension
  • Countrywide Protected Fraudsters By Silencing Whistleblowers, Say Former Employees
  • In 2011, Global Spending on Renewable Energy Rose 40 Percent
  • Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending the Era of Easy Oil?
Entering The Debt Dimension, Rare Earth Shortage Could Threaten Innovation
 by admin-2
  • 3 Months After The MF Global Bankruptcy, We Find That $1.2 Billion (Or More) In Client Money Has "Vaporized"
  • Exposing Silver Mythology – Part III
  • MF Global – A Despicable State Of Affairs
  • MF Global 4-1-9
  • Entering The Debt Dimension
  • Countrywide Protected Fraudsters By Silencing Whistleblowers, Say Former Employees
  • In 2011, Global Spending on Renewable Energy Rose 40 Percent
  • Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending the Era of Easy Oil?
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