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US GDP disappoints. IMF admits it mishandled Greek crisis. Plunging interest rates turning insurance companies into hedge funds. Oil back in technical bear market. Japan considers 50-year bonds. Companies report fake numbers. Money pours into corporate bonds as sovereign yields go negative. Clinton accepts nomination. Gold and silver miners start reporting earnings.
Best Of The Web
IMF admits disastrous love affair with the euro – Telegraph
Biggest companies in the S&P 500 use made-up earnings numbers – MarketWatch
This is how independent central banks are – Gold Republic
Why real reform is impossible – OfTwoMinds.com
Plutocracy, then and now – the lesser of two evils – Jesse’s Cafe Americain
How to profit form these massive, Brexit-induced trends – Casey Research
5 reasons why Trump will win – Michael Moore
An upside down world – Financial Sense
IceCap asks what happens when the bond bubble finally pops – Zero Hedge
It’s all connected – Globe And Mail
The central planning virus mutates – Acting Man
Cycle of insurgency: cops are being targeted, what’s next? – The Fifth Column
The real reason pharma companies hate medical marijuana – Liberty Blizkrieg
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Breaking News
The Economy
7/29 This sort of earnings report always triggers bear market – Felder Report
7/29 Japan sees weaker consumer spending, manufacturing in June – Fox News
7/29 Not even fiscal stimulus will save global growth – Bloomberg
7/29 Global trade is not growing slower – it’s not growing at all – WE Forum
7/29 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
7/29 BFI insights: the Zulauf perspective – Mountain Vision
7/29 Cook County pension liability skyrockets from $6 to $15 billion – Breitbart
7/29 French second quarter growth unexpectedly grinds to a halt – Reuters
7/29 US 2Q GDP up by less than forecast 1.2% – Bloomberg
7/29 US oil settles down 78 cents, or 1.86 pct, at $41.14 a barrel – CNBC
7/29 Plunging bond yields could spur insurers’ risk-taking – SMH
7/29 Can helicopter money overcome global deflation? – Seeking Alpha
7/29 BFI insights: the Zulauf perspective – Mountain Vision
7/29 We have never had so many traders saying “we are totally lost” – Zero Hedge
7/29 Insiders are secretly selling – GoldAndOilGuy
7/28 Can the world deal with a new bank crisis? – Bloomberg
7/28 Insanity in Japan – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
7/29 Gold bargains gone as Sibanye sees few chances for a deal – GATA
7/29 Silver is all around us – Schiff Gold
7/29 Endeavour on track to meet full year guidance – Mineweb
7/29 TD’s $230 billion man goes maximum gold as volatility mounts – Bloomberg
7/29 What are fractional coin sizes? – APMEX
7/29 What is an ETF? – APMEX
7/29 Here’s why you should own both gold and silver right now – The Street
7/28 Barrick adjusted earnings rise sharply in second quarter – Kitco
7/28 Goldcorp posts Q2 loss on reduced production – Kitco
7/28 Kinross Gold’s adjusted loss narrows in second quarter – Kitco
7/28 Agnico Eagle Mines reports higher profit, increases dividend – Kitco
7/28 Why I have more than 10% of my assets in gold and silver – GoldSilver
7/28 The sentiment of fundamentals for gold – Seeking Alpha
7/28 DRD Gold CEO sees metal shortage as ‘paper gold’ increases – GATA
7/28 Experts: “Peak gold” has arrived – Daily Reckoning
7/27 The Greenback fires a warning shot, commodities face trouble – Daily Reckoning
7/27 Barrick Gold weighs sale of $1.9-billion Acacia stake – Globe And Mail
7/27 Six mining companies to watch as M&A heats up – Yahoo!
7/27 Gold’s gotten pricey – Seeking Alpha
7/27 Ronald Stoeferle: Central banks in lose-lose situation – Gold And Liberty
7/27 Remembering gold’s bullish set-up on Dec. 1, 2015 – 24hGold
7/27 ‘Rewards of gold promise to be of historic magnitude’ – Barron’s
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
7/29 Negative interest rates: spreading like a financial cancer – Seeking Alpha
7/29 Bank of Japan ups ETF purchases, keeps interest rates steady – CNBC
7/29 World out of whack: who’s first with the helicopters? – Capitalist Exploits
7/29 Venezuela turns to bitcoin as inflation skyrockets – PYMNTS.com
7/29 Bitcoin price impact debated ahead of possible Japan stimulus – Coin Desk
7/28 ‘Helicopter money’ might weaken currencies more than QE – Reuters
7/28 Fed caution hits dollar as Japan anticipation builds – Reuters
7/28 German inflation picks up more than forecast in July – Reuters
7/28 If helicopter money succeeds, it will lead to 1,500% inflation – Zero Hedge
7/27 PM Abe’s plan for $265 billion stimulus puts pressure on BOJ to ease – Reuters
Real Estate Bubble
7/29 The American dream plunges to record low – Wolf Street
7/28 US homeownership lowest since president Carter – Confounded Interest
7/28 Canadian housing agency lifts Vancouver risk warning-level – Bloomberg
7/27 Realtors fear unhealthy price appreciation – Zero Hedge
7/27 Auckland house prices need to drop 50 percent – Radionz
7/26 New home sales hit 592,000 in June, versus 560,000 estimate – CNBC
DollarCollapse Podcasts
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
7/21 It’s not the event but the response to the event that matters
7/01 Brexit was just the beginning
6/25 The deeper meaning of Brexit
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
Politics
7/29 Get ready for the nastiest, most unpredictable campaign you can imagine – McClatchy DC
7/29 How Hillary Clinton defined her historic moment – CNN
7/29 Bernie Sanders stalwarts make a last stand at the DNC barricades – Yahoo!
7/29 Can Jill Stein lead a revolution? – Atlantic
7/29 With some luck, Trump will destroy the republican party – Casey Research
7/29 Puppet theory: Is Trump Putin’s puppet? – Mish
7/29 Don’t blame Bernie’s #NeverHillary voters if Trump wins – MarketWatch
7/29 Marine Le Pen’s statement to the press – American Renaissance
7/29 Marion Le Pen joins military in response to ISIS murder of priest – Townhall
7/29 Why our model is bullish on Trump, for now – Five Thirty Eight
7/29 Marine Le Pen “isn’t going to do anything dramatic” if elected – The Rebel
7/29 Bernie Sanders’s struggle continues – New York Times
7/28 Democrats skewer Trump – Politico
Offshore Investing
7/20 Costa Rica: Central America’s hidden gem – Sovereign Investor
7/08 Time to adjust your wealth plan – Mountain Vision
7/08 We pulled the ripcord on daily life and moved to Costa Rica – International Living
7/02 America’s offshore tax cheats are feeling the heat once again – Bloomberg
Clean Tech
7/29 Global grid-connected energy storage capacity to double in 2016 – SolarServer
7/29 Wind & solar up to 5X more costly than existing coal and nuclear – IER
7/28 Why tech giants are investing billions in green energy – Oil Price
7/28 The enormous gigafactory, where Tesla will build its future – Wired
7/27 Why drones are ‘game-changing’ for renewable energy – Greentech Media
7/27 ABB sells first order for 15-second bus charging – Greentech Media
7/27 Tesla opens gigafactory to expand battery production, sales – Bloomberg
7/27 The top 3 energy storage deals so far this year – Greentech Media
7/27 How storage paves the way for the grid of the future – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
7/27 Meanwhile at the DNC – Zero Hedge
7/25 Trump’s acceptance speech – Digg
7/17 Obama’s 11-point response to the French tragedy – Zero Hedge
7/13 Artist’s impression of Hillary’s inauguration – Zero Hedge
7/03 Debunking Utopia – Future of Freedom Foundation
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
7/29 Turkey creates “traitors’ cemetary” for dead coup-plotters – Zero Hedge
7/29 Turkey: From boiling frog to flash fry – PJ Media
7/29 The power of “nyet” – ClubOrlov
7/29 The drug war and the crime of driving (or walking) while black – Forbes
7/29 Why social fragmentation suits the powers that be – Zero Hedge
7/29 All wars are bankers’ wars – Daily Bell
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
7/19 Can drinking more water help you lose weight? – Mercola
7/27 Elevated blood sugar sets the stage for cancer growth – Mercola
7/24 Hospital beds & massage tables with biomats – Dr Sircus
7/23 These powders are powerful – Bloomberg
7/17 Sticking germy fingers in mouth may give upper hand on health – ARS Technica
7/17 Paying farmers to go organic, even before the crops come in – NY Times
7/17 Obama expected to sign industry-backed GMO label bill into law – Automatic Earth
7/15 U.S. GMO food labeling bill passes Senate – Reuters
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
7/29 How the Chinese government became the world’s hacking superpower – Motherboard
7/29 Russia’s continuing cyber warfare – Forbes
7/29 Declaring cyberwar on Russia because of the DNC hack is a bad idea – Tech Dirt
7/29 North Korea and Iran unite in major attack on US – Daily Star
7/29 Russia’s rise to cyberwar superpower – Daily Dot
7/28 Wikileaks has officially lost the moral high ground – Wired
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
7/29 Marijuana legalization might be fix to nation’s opioid problems – The Hill
7/29 Antibiotic resistance: ‘Snot wars’ study yields new class of drugs – BBC
7/29 Barney Frank just made the best argument for legalizing all drugs – Raw Story
7/29 Why most women secretly want a stereotypical breadwinner – Telegraph
7/28 The slot machine in your pocket – Spiegel
7/28 Facebook’s realy big plans for virtual reality – Bloomberg
7/27 A 4-billion-year-old ancestor of all living things on Earth – IB Times
7/27 Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40% – Guardian
7/27 What a city with driverless cars will look like (in 10 years or less) – 24hGold
7/26 Democrats expand marijuana platform plank and slam drug war – Marijuana.com
7/26 Italy’s parliament votes on Colorado-style marijuana legalization – Westword
