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Best Of The Web
What went wrong? – David Rosenberg
Weekly commentary: Historic crazy – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Pity poor China: There’s no easy fix to the S-curve – Charles Hugh Smith
The money cult – ClubOrlov
Interest rates at lowest levels in 5,000 years: BAML – ValueWalk
EU referendum – Britain’s immigration / migrant crisis explained – Market Oracle
The only thing that grows is debt – Automatic Earth
A false sense of global security? – AEI
Nigel Farage on the EU referendum – Financial Times
Monkey with money at your own peril – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The case for a Super Glass-Steagal – David Stockman
When will the recession start? Deutsche Bank’s disturbing answer – Zero Hedge
Grasshopper nation: Planning for those who aren’t prepared – Peak Prosperity
What makes this jobs report so truly ugly? – Wolf Street
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Breaking News
The Economy
6/12 Why record low interest rates are a cause for alarm, not celebration – Telegraph
6/12 Global worries spur negative interest rates – Barron’s
6/12 Bank of America stock chart flashes bearish signals galore – MarketWatch
6/12 Something we’ve never witnessed before in recorded history – Daily Coin
6/12 Why Jim Chanos thinks China’s outlook is pretty grim – Market Realist
6/11 European banks are crashing – Talk Markets
6/11 “China is fixed” narrative breaks – Talk Markets
6/11 Yield curve flattens again – Mish
6/11 Bond yields around the world fall to record on growth outlook – Bloomberg
6/11 ‘Brexit’ will have cascading effect in Europe, US will be safe haven – CNBC
6/11 China is walking its economy right into a trap – Business Insider
6/11 Goldman says there’s an elevated risk of a big market selloff – Bloomberg
6/10 Collapse in global bond yields: $1 trillion global nightmare – Business Insider
6/10 New Brexit poll spooks markets, US stocks fall hard – CNBC
6/10 Bill Gross: $10 trillion negative yield ‘supernova’ will ‘explode’ – CNBC
6/10 Soros buying gold on Brexit, EU “collapse” risk – GoldCore
6/10 Global investors are fleeing US stocks at a record pace – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
6/12 Man who said gold miners was the ‘best trade in the world’ now sees this – CNBC
6/12 The huge opportunity shaping up in today’s gold market – Casey Research
6/12 Why Samsung is not buying silver – Redux – Silver Coin Investor
6/12 Five junior mining companies creating value through exploration – Streetwise Reports
6/12 Why McEwen Mining Inc. stock fell nearly 13% in May – Motley Fool
6/12 3 precious metals stocks that glitter – Forbes
6/12 Fed caution, Brexit risk boosting gold price – CNBC
6/12 Why big investors think it’s time to hoard gold – CNBC
6/12 Gold is sending a warning signal: Bouroudjian – CNBC
6/12 Nations seeking power also seek gold – NewsMax
6/12 New factor in the gold narrative could change everything – Seeking Alpha
6/11 Gold stocks retreat at resistance – Talk Markets
6/11 New leg higher for gold – 321Gold
6/11 US silver imports surge to new monthly record – SRSrocco Report
6/11 Big investors have a gold gleam in their eyes – Schiff Gold
6/11 Country risk + security of supply = resource nationalism – AheadOfTheHerd.com
6/10 Gold ETF investing: 10 facts investors need to know – Seeking Alpha
6/10 The pensions mess: can gold help? – GoldMoney
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
6/12 Record-low inflation expectations sharpen next week’s Fed debate – Bloomberg
6/12 The Fed must attack low inflation – Bloomberg
6/12 China’s reserves slipped on strong dollar – China Business News
6/12 Germany panics over Brexit – Zero Hedge
6/12 What would Monopoly money be worth today if adjusted for inflation? – Time
6/12 “All my very rich friends are hoarding cash” – Zero Hedge
6/12 An everyman’s guide to understanding cryptocurrencies – Peak Prosperity
6/11 New ‘Brexit’ poll shows Brits leaning toward leaving, hits markets – CNBC
6/11 Brexit poll swings spur outflows amid pound volatility blow – Bloomberg
6/11 The Rise and rise of bitcoin – Aljazeera
6/11 Negative rates are taking over the world… are you prepared? – Casey Research
6/11 Negative interest rates by ECB, BOJ can’t boost growth – CNBC
Real Estate Bubble
6/12 Lack of housing inventory plagues real estate market – Dr. Housing Bubble
6/11 Mortgage rates even closer to all-time lows – Mortgage News Daily
6/10 Everyone still hates housing. Here’s why it’s time to buy – Agora Financial
6/08 A sign Manhattan’s real estate bubble is ready to pop – Economy And Markets
DollarCollapse Podcasts
6/08 Gold Will Soar, Marijuana Will Be Legal
5/23 Hard times for obsolete entities
5/14 Chaos spreads to US retailers and Italian banks
5/04 Easy money has failed; what’s next?
4/27 Okay, I’ll say it: run for the hills
4/21 Corporate earnings (among other things) go from bad to horrendous
4/13 A potentially brutal earnings season kicks off
4/06 The end of privacy = risk off and soaring gold
3/30 The inevitable is now imminent
3/22 Huge government deficits coming
Politics
6/12 New poll shows brexit with 10-point lead: is it flawed? – Mish
6/12 ‘Patriotic spring’: Populist parties to meet in Vienna – Breitbart
6/11 Emails in Clinton probe dealt with planned drone strikes: WSJ – Reuters
6/11 Bernie Sanders’s last stand – Atlantic
6/11 Farage to become poster boy for Remain campaign – Independent
6/11 Emails reveal how Clinton foundation donor bought advisor seat – Zero Hedge
6/10 It sounds like Bernie Sanders is preparing for defeat – Vox
6/10 Look out EU – Eurosceptic “United We Can” party in Spain – Mish
6/10 Wooing Sanders supporters will be tough task for Clinton – Reuters
6/10 Obama meets with Sanders ahead of president’s Clinton endorsement – Bloomberg
6/10 Predicting the efficacy of a coming revolution – Sprott
6/10 #1 reason to vote Brexit: Goldman Sachs, JPM, IMF seek remain – Mish
Offshore Investing
6/08 Get this second passport before the price goes up – Nestmann
6/04 Why I set up an offshore company – International Man
5/20 EU to compile common blacklist of tax havens, sanction them – Reuters
5/17 Panama Papers: dozens of Americans tied in – Panama Papers
Clean Tech
6/12 First offshore wind farm ‘to save energy’ creates ripple effect – Herald Scotland
6/12 The great British wind farm scandal – Breitbart
6/12 US coal production drops to levels not seen since 1980s – Ars Technica
6/11 Tesla’s betting you’ll pay $9,000 for a software upgrade – Bloomberg
6/10 New solar power exceeds new natural gas power – WTOP
6/10 Tesla falls after NHTSA says examining Model S suspension – Bloomberg
6/10 SunEdison redid boards in ‘Friday night massacre,’ suit says – Bloomberg
6/10 Japan’s solar splurge may result in cooler summer power bills – Japan Times
6/09 How to overcome the greatest barriers to rooftop solar power – Scientific American
6/07 Solar will replace nearly all retiring coal in Texas – GTM
6/07 Cleveland soon to be home to first offshore wind farm in fresh water – Eco Watch
Art of the Collapse
6/08 Taylor Swift, robots, uber star in timely new book on America’s dollar – NY Sun
6/08 Why to legalize marijuana – JP Sears
6/08 Debt buyers – John Oliver
6/03 Dominic Frisby on Brexit: ‘nothing will ever be possible again’ – wOw
5/30 Economic reality, brick walls, budget balancing act political cartoons – Mish
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
6/12 The “crime” of offending Islam & death of free speech in Europe – Zero Hedge
6/12 UK startup sells intimate social media data to landlords – Fintech Collective
6/12 Kucinich: Cowardly US leaders push endless cycle of war – Ron Paul Institute
6/11 Will California stop police from taking people’s property? – LA Times
6/11 Moscow warns of response after US sends destroyer to Black Sea – Zero Hedge
6/11 Migrant boys tell of attacks, murder in Libyan ‘hell’ – Reuters
6/11 Obama approves broader role for U.S. forces in Afghanistan – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
6/12 How nutrition influences cancer – Mercola
6/12 Ionising radiation – the genetic killer – Dr. Sircus
6/08 New anti-gun control ads seek to rally women, LGBT voters – Time
6/08 How to easily dig a well on your property – Survival Sullivan
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
6/10 Large UK businesses are holding bitcoin to pay ransoms – Brave New Coin
6/10 Wendy’s says breach was ‘considerably’ bigger than it thought – Bloomberg
6/08 Tech terrorism: Saudis blamed for hacking Iranian newspaper – Sputnik
6/08 Now theft and sabotage instead of just spying – Register
6/08 Catch ‘Cyberwar Threat’ Wednesday @ 9 – WVUT
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
6/12 Egg producers will end chick culling – Modern Farmer
6/12 Mary Meeker on internet trends – an excellent presentation – Mish
6/11 Justin Trudeau may have made the best case for legal pot ever – Washington Post
6/11 Michigan marijuana legalization doesn’t qualify for ballot, board rules – Cannabist
6/10 “Gene drive.” Learn the term – Vox
6/10 On land and at sea, large animals are in ‘double jeopardy’ – Science Daily
6/10 The best VR headsets: The virtual reality race is on – Wareable
6/10 John Kasich signs medical marijuana legalization bill into law – Huffington Post
6/09 Primate evolution influenced by climate change – Science World Report
6/09 The human-rights case for drug legalization – Atlantic
6/09 Anti-pot legalization forces raise $300k, are looking for more – Libertarian Republic