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Image | Bernanke’s Suspicious Remarks on Gold
Bernanke’s Suspicious Remarks on Gold
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by Chris Martenson

Recently, on July 18, 2013, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress a number of things about gold that make us wonder which one of two interpretations is correct: Is he really that out of touch? Or is he telling us lies with the bumbling skill of a four-year-old?
Bernanke’s Suspicious Remarks on Gold
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Recently, on July 18, 2013, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress a number of things about gold that make us wonder which one of two interpretations is correct: Is he really that out of touch? Or is he telling us lies with the bumbling skill of a four-year-old?
Image | Off the Cuff: Living in Denial
Off the Cuff: Living in Denial
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Egypt's Example
    • What happens once a nation overshoots its resources
  • Europe Smoldering
    • Predicting which match will cause the explosion 
  • Living in Denial
    • Current "all is well" meme will doom both markets & policy
Off the Cuff: Living in Denial
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Egypt's Example
    • What happens once a nation overshoots its resources
  • Europe Smoldering
    • Predicting which match will cause the explosion 
  • Living in Denial
    • Current "all is well" meme will doom both markets & policy
Image | Where Will the Minsky Moment Occur?
Where Will the Minsky Moment Occur?
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by Alasdair Macleod

Executive Summary Spain: after tens of €billions in bailouts, its banks still need more Germany: its largest banks are ridiculously levered France: its banks are deteriorating fast with the sinking French economy UK: bail-ins are now on the table If you have not yet read Part I: Europe's Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future available free to…
Where Will the Minsky Moment Occur?
 PREVIEW by Alasdair Macleod

Executive Summary Spain: after tens of €billions in bailouts, its banks still need more Germany: its largest banks are ridiculously levered France: its banks are deteriorating fast with the sinking French economy UK: bail-ins are now on the table If you have not yet read Part I: Europe's Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future available free to…
Image | Europe’s Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future
Europe’s Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future
by Alasdair Macleod

Crying Wolf?

It is easy to get the impression that the naysayers are wrong about Europe. After all of the predictions of Armageddon, ten-year government bond yields for Spain and Italy fell to the 4% level, France (which is retreating into old-fashioned socialism) was able to borrow at about 2%, and one of the best-performing bond investments has been until recently – wait for it – Greek government bonds! Admittedly, bond yields have risen from those lows, but so have they everywhere. It is clear, when one stands back from all the usual euro-rhetoric, that, as a threat to the global financial system, it is a case of "panic over."
Europe’s Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future
 by Alasdair Macleod

Crying Wolf?

It is easy to get the impression that the naysayers are wrong about Europe. After all of the predictions of Armageddon, ten-year government bond yields for Spain and Italy fell to the 4% level, France (which is retreating into old-fashioned socialism) was able to borrow at about 2%, and one of the best-performing bond investments has been until recently – wait for it – Greek government bonds! Admittedly, bond yields have risen from those lows, but so have they everywhere. It is clear, when one stands back from all the usual euro-rhetoric, that, as a threat to the global financial system, it is a case of "panic over."
Image | Four Signs That We’re Back in Dangerous Bubble Territory
Four Signs That We’re Back in Dangerous Bubble Territory
by Chris Martenson

As the global equity and bond markets grind ever higher, abundant signs exist that we are once again living through an asset bubble – or rather a whole series of bubbles in a variety of markets. This makes this period quite interesting, but also quite dangerous.

With equity and bond markets at or near all-time record highs, with all financial assets consistently shrugging off bad – or worse – news as the riskiest of assets continue to find consistent upward bids, we find ourselves in familiar and bubbly territory.
Four Signs That We’re Back in Dangerous Bubble Territory
 by Chris Martenson

As the global equity and bond markets grind ever higher, abundant signs exist that we are once again living through an asset bubble – or rather a whole series of bubbles in a variety of markets. This makes this period quite interesting, but also quite dangerous.

With equity and bond markets at or near all-time record highs, with all financial assets consistently shrugging off bad – or worse – news as the riskiest of assets continue to find consistent upward bids, we find ourselves in familiar and bubbly territory.
Image | We’ve Dug a Pretty Damn Big Hole for Ourselves
We’ve Dug a Pretty Damn Big Hole for Ourselves
by JHK

The diminishing returns of technology are insidious, and they are ever with us. By this I mean the slow erosion of the quality of life, despite the impression that technological wonders only make our lives better.
We’ve Dug a Pretty Damn Big Hole for Ourselves
 by JHK

The diminishing returns of technology are insidious, and they are ever with us. By this I mean the slow erosion of the quality of life, despite the impression that technological wonders only make our lives better.
Image | Unintended Consequences Are Increasing World Demand for Gold
Unintended Consequences Are Increasing World Demand for Gold
by Chris Martenson

With the financial experts claiming, some gleefully, that gold has "lost its safe haven status" in the aftermath of its biggest tumble in 30 years, many commentators  thought (hoped?) that the dramatic price drop would steer people away from gold ownership. To my eyes, the past week has all the earmarks of a high-gloss propaganda campaign complete with well placed anti-gold stories in the media and the careful use of language aimed at sowing doubt about gold's ability to be a store of wealth.

But for those who consider gold a store of value, the recent gold slam is a gift: an invitation to purchase more sound money with fewer units of paper currency. In other words, a sweet deal.  Gold and silver on sale and the world is taking advantage.
Unintended Consequences Are Increasing World Demand for Gold
 by Chris Martenson

With the financial experts claiming, some gleefully, that gold has "lost its safe haven status" in the aftermath of its biggest tumble in 30 years, many commentators  thought (hoped?) that the dramatic price drop would steer people away from gold ownership. To my eyes, the past week has all the earmarks of a high-gloss propaganda campaign complete with well placed anti-gold stories in the media and the careful use of language aimed at sowing doubt about gold's ability to be a store of wealth.

But for those who consider gold a store of value, the recent gold slam is a gift: an invitation to purchase more sound money with fewer units of paper currency. In other words, a sweet deal.  Gold and silver on sale and the world is taking advantage.
Image | Off the Cuff: Cognitive Dissonance
Off the Cuff: Cognitive Dissonance
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

 

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Europe Worsens
    • Even Germany is showing signs of weakness now
  • David Stockman
    • Everyone's trying to shoot the messenger
  • Cognitive Dissonance
    • It feels like we're taking crazy pills
Off the Cuff: Cognitive Dissonance
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

 

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Europe Worsens
    • Even Germany is showing signs of weakness now
  • David Stockman
    • Everyone's trying to shoot the messenger
  • Cognitive Dissonance
    • It feels like we're taking crazy pills
Image | Investors Beware: Market Risks Today Are Higher than Ever
Investors Beware: Market Risks Today Are Higher than Ever
by Chris Martenson

After the shot across the bow in 2008, you might have expected regulators and market participants would use the experience to change for the better, to become more prudent, and to reduce the sorts of risky behaviors that almost crashed the entire system.

Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
Investors Beware: Market Risks Today Are Higher than Ever
 by Chris Martenson

After the shot across the bow in 2008, you might have expected regulators and market participants would use the experience to change for the better, to become more prudent, and to reduce the sorts of risky behaviors that almost crashed the entire system.

Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
Image | Cyprus Bank Heist: A True Game-Changer
Cyprus Bank Heist: A True Game-Changer
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

This weekend on 3/16/13, under pressure from IMF bankers and a push from German politicians, a Cyprus bailout deal was approved that would take the bulk of the bailout fund from the private bank accounts of Cyprus bank depositors.  Yes, you read that right; savers were determined to be the logical target to bail out the profligate.

The reaction from depositors, predictably, was intensely negative.  They are furious and shocked.

This is a complete game-changer.  It means that even money in the bank is not safe.  It implies that money in pension and money market accounts is not safe, either.  It means that rule of laws and contracts really don't matter.  Of course, MF Global taught us that.  It finally means that trust is no longer a part of the equation… 
Cyprus Bank Heist: A True Game-Changer
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

This weekend on 3/16/13, under pressure from IMF bankers and a push from German politicians, a Cyprus bailout deal was approved that would take the bulk of the bailout fund from the private bank accounts of Cyprus bank depositors.  Yes, you read that right; savers were determined to be the logical target to bail out the profligate.

The reaction from depositors, predictably, was intensely negative.  They are furious and shocked.

This is a complete game-changer.  It means that even money in the bank is not safe.  It implies that money in pension and money market accounts is not safe, either.  It means that rule of laws and contracts really don't matter.  Of course, MF Global taught us that.  It finally means that trust is no longer a part of the equation… 
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