Courtesy of John Rubino.
Best Of The Web
Thinking upside down; Dow 18k still key – Best Minds Inc.
Full employment & stable prices OR fat spreads & asset bubbles? – Econimica
Why this time is completely, utterly, totally different – Economicia
15 facts about the imploding US economy – Economic Collapse
Pity the poor central bankers – Charles Hugh Smith
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
6/17 Fed’s Bullard: Only one rate hike needed through 2018 – CNBC
6/17 The world economy looks a bit like it’s the 1930s – Bloomberg
6/17 “The Fed has failed” – Zero Hedge+
6/17 The stock market crash of 2016 – Economic Collapse
6/17 Global bonds entering new abnormal as Japan leads yield meltdown – Bloomberg
6/17 “Creditism” and the death of capitalism, part I – Daily Reckoning
6/17 When are people going to wake up? – Schiff Gold
6/17 The confidence game – McAlvany ICA
6/17 India’s exports shrink for 6 qtrs in a row, down by 0.8% in May – BTVin
6/17 Massive attitude shifts in latest Brexit polls – Mish
6/17 China’s debt is 250% of GDP and ‘could be fatal’ – Guardian
6/17 Is the world turning its back on free trade? – BBC
6/16 US stocks recover, pound eases drop as Brexit odds decline – Bloomberg
6/16 Brexit campaigns suspended after Jo Cox murder – USA Today
6/16 The jobs picture is getting even worse – CNBC
6/16 European stocks, oil slide as growth fears add to Brexit pressure – Reuters
6/16 Oil hits three-week low on weak U.S. stock draw, Brexit fear – Reuters
Precious Metals
6/17 US silver imports surge to two-year high while markets fall – Sprott Money
6/17 Factors that favor gold (charts) – Seeking Alpha
6/17 Gold prices surge to highest in nearly two years – GoldCore
6/17 The US economy priced in gold – Deviant Investor
6/17 Why the Fed cant’ stop the runaway bull market in gold – Casey Research
6/17 Gold is undervalued; dollar is overprinted – Seeking Alpha
6/17 The rush to gold: a new respect is growing – Seeking Alpha
6/17 Silver ETF holdings soar to record highs – Zero Hedge
6/16 Gold hits highest in nearly two years after Fed’s cautious outlook – Reuters
6/16 Name aside, Silver Wheaton says it may be tilting toward gold – Bloomberg
6/16 Which miners have the strongest correlation to gold? – Market Realist
6/15 World’s wealthiest familes are buying bold — Marin Katusa – SGT Report
6/15 Brexit to fuel gold stock performance – 321Gold
6/15 What happens when big money movse into silver? – SRSrocco Report
6/15 Why June 2016 is the most important month of the decade – Investing Haven
6/15 As silver expected to rally, investors might consider junior miners – Daily Bell
6/15 Fed props up stocks but metals are staying strong – GATA
6/15 TF Metals Report: The latest bank participation report – GATA
6/15 Gold shines as equities sink and investors fret – The Street
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
6/17 Draghi’s euro-saving pledge runs into risk of populist backlash – Bloomberg
6/17 Entire Swiss yield curve is negative – Wall Street Journal
6/17 Foreign selling of U.S. Treasuries in April was most since 1978 – Reuters
6/17 Currency traders flee euro, pound as Brexit fear fuels haven bid – Bloomberg
6/17 The biggest factor in Americans’ cost of living is rising – Business Insider
6/17 ‘It’s time to call time on the EU experiment’ – LinkedIn
6/17 Switzerland withdraws longstanding application to join EU – RT
6/16 U.S. inflation picks up due to gasoline, rent – MarketWatch
6/16 Canada experiments with digital dollar on blockchain – GATA
6/16 How Brexit (and Donald Trump) could affect the Federal Reserve – Washington Post
6/16 December odds just crashed to 24.2%, cut odds 4.9% – Mish
Real Estate Bubble
6/17 Housing starts little changed as US construction plateaus – Bloomberg
6/17 The bursting of Silicon Valley’s real estate bubble spread – Zero Hedge
6/16 Rent rose at the fastest pace in more than 9 years in May – MarketWatch
6/16 The subprime mortgage is back: it’s 2008 all over again – Sovereign Man
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
6/16 Trump campaign revokes Washington Post’s press credentials – CBS News
6/16 Negative views of Donald Trump just hit a new campaign high – Washington Post
6/16 Donald Trump stretches facts in fiery post-Orlando speech – CNN
6/16 Trump spurns GOP pieties to meet with NRA on terror list gun ban – Wired
6/16 Paul Ryan twisting himself into a pretzel over Trump’s Muslim comments – Vox
6/15 How Trump stands to gain by focusing on gun control – New York Times
6/15 Sad campaign gurus who lost to Trump – Huffington Post
6/15 Wikileaks will publish ‘enough evidence’ to indict Hillary Clinton – RT
6/15 Hillary Clinton wins DC primary, as she meets with Sanders – AP
6/15 EU envoy to Turkey resigns as migration deal threatened – Wall Street Journal
6/15 Trump says Obama should resign in disgrace – Dr. Sircus
6/15 Merkel ready to give in to ‘blackmail’ over Turkish Visas – Breitbart
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
6/16 How close are Siemens and Gamesa to sealing their merger? – NA Wind Power
6/15 Cheap energy storage is set to undermine fossil fuels – Oil Price
6/15 Solar to see twice as much investment as fossil fuels by 2040 – Oil Price
6/15 Addressing climate change could be more costly than thought – Oil Price
6/14 BNEF report says solar, batteries, wind will dominate – Mish
6/14 Solar made up 64% of new capacity in the US in Q1 – GTM
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
Art of the Collapse
6/15 Yellen tries to extend the game one more round – Texas Metals
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
6/16 New Orlando shooter eyewitness emerges – Zero Hedge
6/15 In wake of Orlando, gays should arm themselves – NY Daily News
6/14 Was Orlando shooter really acting for ISIS? – NY Times
6/14 45 years after the Pentagon Papers, a new challenge to gov’t secrecy – WaPo
6/14 Is it a crime to be poor? – New York Times
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
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
6/16 Cell phone radiation boosts cancer rates in animals – Microwave News
6/14 The daily cocktail – Daily Coin
6/14 Low-carb vegetables to live by – Mercola
6/13 Why checking your iron level is so crucial for optimal health – Mercola.com
6/12 How nutrition influences cancer – Mercola
6/14 The daily coctail – Daily Coin
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
6/16 ‘Lone hacker’ claims responsibility for cyber attack on Democrats – Reuters
6/16 Massive cyber attack could trigger NATO response: Stoltenberg – Reuters
6/16 Forget complex hacking, companies lose billions for simple email scheme – ZH
6/16 Hacker posts confidential Trump, Hillary files – Zero Hedge
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
6/16 Superbugs are outpacing science and economics in drug-resistance war – BioWorld
6/15 Why do bee colonies collapse? – Modern Farmer
6/15 Get ready for the world of driverless, electric, shared cars – Slate
6/15 Marijuana sales on 4/20 hit record highs – MarketWatch
6/15 Will luxury weed rule the legal landscape of tomorrow? – Marijuana.com
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
