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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
6/14 US retail sales point to strong domestic demand – Reuters
6/14 European stocks slide ahead of Fed meeting, Brexit fears weigh – CNBC
6/14 Germany joins Japan, Switzerland in negative 10-year yield club – Mish
6/14 Germany’s 10-year bund move shows lack of confidence in ECB – CNBC
6/14 Business inventories rise modestly as sales surge – Yahoo!
6/14 Sell off coming! – GoldAndOilGuy
6/14 Violence erupts as thousands rally against labor law in Paris – Reuters
6/14 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
6/14 Biggest Brexit fear really end of European Union as we know it – CNBC
6/14 The global economy amlost collapsed twice in last 18 years – Schiff Gold
6/14 US economy is like Botox, looks fine only on the outside – RT
6/14 The downside of negative rates and the coming pension crisis – BNN
6/14 $12 trillion of QE and the lowest rates in 5,000 years… for this? – CNBC
6/14 More collateral damage from negative interest rates – Naked Capitalism
6/14 Will China’s monetary policies cause its next financial crisis? – Investment Week
6/14 Weekend report – Korelin Report
6/14 These debt slaves are the government’s largest asset class – Wolf Street
Precious Metals
6/14 Is Pan American Silver’s 130% stock price increase in 2016 justified? – Seeking Alpha
6/14 Is $10,000 gold on the horizon? One commodities expert says yes! – CNBC
6/14 How are negative interest rates affecting gold? – Market Realist
6/14 Fake gold and silver coins ‘flooding’ market – GATA
6/14 Bank of America Merill Lynch picks its top gold and silver stocks – Seeking Alpha
6/14 5 gold mining stocks under $10 that are buys right now – Zacks
6/13 American silver eagle sales up 122% in May – Smaulgld
6/13 Soros buying gold on Brexit, EU “collapse” risk – Zero Hedge
6/13 Unfortunate gold – Seeking Alpha
6/13 Top prospective gold junior takeover targets – Seeking Alpha
6/13 Gold is now ready for the next leg up – Seeking Alpha
6/13 Is $10,000 gold on the horizon? One commodities expert says yes! – CNBC
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
6/14 UK moves closer to Brexit as The Sun backs ‘leave’ vote – Bloomberg
6/14 The smart money that’s not worried about the UK vote – Bloomberg
6/14 Abe aide sees potential for BOJ buying riskier corporate debt – Bloomberg
6/14 Fitch cuts outlook on government debt – Japan Times
6/14 Breaking “the bond barrier” – Daily Reckoning
6/14 Eyes on Bank of Japan meeting as inflation wanes – The Street
6/13 Yuan headed for new low vs. US dollar? – Mish
6/13 Asia yields follow Europe’s to all-time lows on Brexit concern – Bloomberg
6/13 EU referendum live: Gordon Brown delivers his EU speech – Guardian
6/13 “Fed will struggle to lift interest rates” – MarketWatch
6/13 Brexit vote is about the supremacy of Parliament and nothing else – Telegraph
6/13 Bitcoin hits 2 year high following fears about Chinese economy – RT
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
6/13 Romney tears into GOP for not criticizing Trump – CNN
6/13 Elizabeth Warren’s latest assault on Donald Trump – Salon
6/13 A Clinton-Warren pairing would be profoundly unusual – Washington Post
6/13 Leave vote will mean victory for politics of Farage and Le Pen – Independent
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
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
6/13 How Fascism comes to America – International Man
6/13 Where do matters stand? – Paul Craig Roberts
6/13 Presidential dictatorship – Antonius Aquinas
6/12 50 dead in Orlando nightclub shooting – CNN
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
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
6/13 Why checking your iron level is so crucial for optimal health – Mercola.com
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
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
6/13 Doctor’s plan for full-body transplants raises doubts even in daring China – CNBC
6/13 Doctors who prescribed Salix drugs ate well – Bloomberg
6/13 Oregon citizen is a genius – Burning Platform
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
