Courtesy of John Rubino.
Best Of The Web
Weekly commentary: reminiscing about 2012 – Credit Bubble Bulletin
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
6/19 Polls give boost to Cameron’s fight against Brexit – Reuters
6/19 ‘Negative and substantial’ impact on UK if it leaves EU: IMF – CNBC
6/19 Olympic host Rio gets emergency funding lifeline from Temer – Bloomberg
6/19 Abnormal risks have abnormal consequences – 24hGold
6/19 Brexit is getting the blame – GoldMoney
6/18 Europe closes higher as oil pops and banks rally – CNBC
6/18 The Fed and other central banks have lost their magic powers – MarketWatch
6/18 Rio state declares ‘public calamity’ over finances – BBC
6/18 Japan: a future of stagnation – Charles Hugh Smith
6/18 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
6/18 S&P 500 posts worst week since April as global stress burns anew – Bloomberg
6/18 The debt market is flashing danger right now – Casey Research
6/18 Brexit’s angry voices stilled by murder of UK lawmaker Jo Cox – Bloomberg
6/18 IEX outduels Citadel, NYSE as ‘Flash Boys’ exchange approved – Bloomberg
6/18 China: heading for a Great Depression? – Daily Reckoning
6/18 One last chance to stop China’s impending debt crisis – National Interest
6/18 China faces record debt maturities in next 6 months – Yahoo!
Precious Metals
6/19 Gold longs are at all-time highs, so gold bulls need to be careful – Seeking Alpha
6/19 Gold-stock summer breakout? – 24hGold
6/19 Reversals – 24hGold
6/19 Brexit concerns, monetary policy, geopolitics underpin gold rally – Financial Post
6/19 How high can the gold prices rise? – Economic Times
6/19 Here’s how gold could reach $10,000 – Jim Rickards
6/19 The resurrection of precious metals and related sectors – Seeking Alpha
6/18 Silver wildcats – and the day futures died – part 1 – Silver Coin Investor
6/18 Why big investors are hoarding gold – Birch Gold
6/18 The Fed is trapped, how will gold react? – Birch Gold
6/18 Gold longs are at all-time highs, so gold bulls need to be careful – Seeking Alpha
6/18 Long-term investment interest in gold is making trouble – GATA
6/18 Bull markets that follow epic bears – Daily Gold
6/18 Mike Ballanger: The Fed giveth and the bullion banks taketh away – GATA
6/18 Is bitcoin the new gold? – Investing News
6/17 World’s wealthiest familes are buying bold — Marin Katusa – SGT Report
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
6/19 Gold prices: This catalyst could send gold to $2,000? – Profit Confidential
6/19 How low interest rates enable deflation – Barron’s
6/19 Fear of Brexit forces central banks to remain dovish – FX Empire
6/19 Steven Zeiler on why bitcoin’s future is strong – Coin Telegraph
6/18 ECB closes ranks with Bank of England to avert Brexit crunch – Telegraph
6/18 EU is ‘sinking’ and UK should leave, says economist – CNBC
6/18 All you need to know about blockchain, explained simply – WEForum
6/18 Ethereum is cratering because of a $50 million hack – Business Insider
6/18 Brexit: About that online/phone discrepancy (it vanished) – Mish
6/18 Negative interest rates are ‘experimental procedures’ – Business Insider
6/18 The staggering saga of negative interest rates continues – MoneyWeek
Real Estate Bubble
6/18 San Francisco’s housing mania may finally have reached its limit – Bloomberg
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
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
6/18 Bernie Sanders just made it official: he isn’t dropping out – Mother Jones
6/18 Sanders vindicated: proof DNC used media to rig election for Hillary – Zero Hedge
6/18 Trumped by candidate’s rhetoric, Republican lawmakers at a loss for words – Reuters
6/18 The Brexit vote will be rigged – Sprott Money
6/18 One sentence from Bernie’s speech that enrages Democratic leaders – Vox
6/18 Bernie gave Hillary the primary she needed – CBS News
6/18 Farage’s poster reported for inciting racial hatred – Independent
6/17 The leaked list of Hillary Clinton’s mega donors – Zero Hedge
6/17 Here’s what Warren said during Democrats’ filibuster – Boston Patch
6/17 Hillary Clinton reportedly vetting Elizabeth War-ren as running mate – Week
6/17 Obama pleads for gun control after comforting Orlando victims – Bloomberg
6/17 Trump doubles down on calls for mosque surveil-lance – CNN
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
6/17 Why is wind power New York’s future? Let us count the ways – Grain’s
6/16 How close are Siemens and Gamesa to sealing their merger? – NA Wind Power
6/15 Cheap energy storage is set to under-mine 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
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
6/18 Diplomats’ dissent on Syria is a signal to Clinton – Bloomberg
6/18 Senate inches toward possible gun control action – Reuters
6/18 State Department officials call for strikes against Syria’s Assad – Wall St Journal
6/18 Iraqi PM declares victory over Islamic state in Falluja – Reuters
6/18 The drug war started 45 years ago today – Alter Net
6/17 Detainees describe CIA torture in declassified transcripts – NY Times
6/17 In defense of self-defense – Washington Times
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
6/18 No one knows how to define an ‘act of cyber war’ – Tech Insider
6/18 The DNC hack and dump is what cyberwar looks like – ARS Technica
6/18 As Russian hackers probe, NATO has no clear cyberwar strategy – NY Times
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
6/18 We saved the alligators from extinction – then moved into their territory – WaPo
6/18 Can Marijuana legalization save Atlantic City? – Cash Co
6/17 Could we set aside half the Earth for nature? – Guardian
6/16 Superbugs are outpacing sci-ence 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
