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Retail sales weaker than expected. Gold and oil pop. US government debt now has negative yield for foreign investors. More good earnings reports from precious metals miners. A major bitcoin hack throws crypto-currency world into turmoil. China, Japan and Russia rattle their sabers. Trump attempts to salvage his campaign, is failing.
Best Of The Web
The one is going to be bad… – GoldSilver
The Brexit vote and endgame time for the EU – David Stockman
Globalization is dead, but the idea is not – Automatic Earth
A crisis of intervention – Sovereign Man
Priced out of the ‘open society’ – SAXO Group
Updating government finance quasi-capitalism – Credit Bubble Bulletin
A global derivatives expert shines the light on systemic risk – Garret Galland
What happens when rampant asset inflation ends? – OfTwoMinds.com
Bernanke’s “enrich-thy-neighbor” doctrine now in “full bloom” – FRA
Impermanence and full-cycle thinking – Hussman Funds
Minsky’s moment – Economist
Weekly commentary: Bubble battles – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Jim Grant is bullish on gold, bearish on Craft – Barron’s
Breaking News
The Economy
8/13 Last time all 3 stock indexes broke records, a long tumble came next – CNBC
8/13 IMF says China’s credit growth is unsustainable – Reuters
8/13 China credit growth slows to 2-year low on debt curb concern – Bloomberg
8/13 Is another wave of deflation about to hit stocks? – Zero Hedge
8/13 Asia loses its policy punch as consumers pile on debt – Investing.com
8/13 Nightmare at the mall: brick-and-mortar retail totally loses it – Wolf Street
8/13 Surging precious metals prices & US energy inventories – SRSrocco Report
8/13 Farmland bubble bursts as ag credit conditions crumble – Zero Hedge
8/13 ‘Currency crash’ drives British pound to a 31 year low – Most Important News
8/12 Big banks and big insurers send scary signals – Wall Street On Parade
8/12 Italian economy unexpectedly stagnates in threat to Renzi – Bloomberg
8/12 A look at China’s stimulus efforts – Bloomberg
8/12 Private lenders increase the risk of a global debt crisis – Telesur TV
8/12 Global shipping giant reports 90 percent fall in net profit – CNBC
8/12 China bond yields drop to record lows – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
8/13 Pan American Silver: Absorbing outstanding Q2 results – Seeking Alpha
8/13 Rick Rule’s top investing ideas: August 11, 2016 – BNN
8/13 3 reasons to buy Sandstorm Gold Ltd. – Motley Fool
8/13 Miner funds glittering more than gold – The Street
8/13 Gold has now entered its strongest seasonal period – GoldAndOilGuy
8/13 Pan American Silver’s CEO on Q2 2016 results – Seeking Alpha
8/12 Money “madness” negative interest rates sees gold buying surge – GoldCore
8/12 Gold jumps following weak retail sales – Kitco
8/12 Bearish chart formation in gold threatens rally – CNBC
8/12 This catalyst will keep the gold miners shining – CNBC
8/12 Silver standard: I was not expecting this – Seeking Alpha
8/12 Pan American Silver announces net earnings of $34.2 million – PR Newswire
8/12 One simple reason why gold can still jump 50% – Sovereign Man
8/11 Gold investment demand reaches record in first half of 2016 – GoldCore
8/11 Indian, Chinese consumers surprised by higher gold prices – Kitco
8/11 Gold price surge seen cutting India’s demand this year – Bloomberg
8/11 Torex reports profit in Q1 of commercial output – Kitco
8/11 A golden opportunity to hedge gold – Seeking Alpha
8/11 Will the Dow go up 100% and Gold 5,000%? – 24hGold
8/11 Silver and inflation – 24hGold
8/11 Adopt a gold-backed dollar? This is what happened the last time we tried – GATA
8/11 Silver Standard reports second quarter 2016 results – Yahoo!
8/11 Gold meets the “perfect storm” – Daily Reckoning
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
8/13 Weak US retail sales, inflation data dim prospect of Fed rate hike – Reuters
8/13 Solving the euro problem will not ease European turmoil – Daily Bell
8/13 Huge 6% collapse in PPI services final demand for apparel, jewelry, footwear – Mish
8/12 ECB told by IMF team: Forget negative rates – MarketWatch
8/12 Producer prices unexpectedly slide 0.4% – Zero Hedge
8/12 Here is why internet currency bitcoin will never be digital gold – The Street
8/12 The untold history of black gold – Gold And Liberty
8/12 Wow! Global negative-yielding debt stands at $11.4 trillion – Economic Collapse
8/11 ECB negative rates at limit, should focus on asset buys – Reuters
8/11 U.S. import prices unexpectedly rise in July – Yahoo!
Real Estate Bubble
8/13 Chinese envoy challenges Vancouver home tax as fallout spreads – Bloomberg
8/12 Homeownership dips to lowest rate since 1960 – Real Clear Markets
8/11 UK home sales slump most since 2008 – Bloomberg
8/11 Housing rebound leaves millions of people out in the cold – Wall St Journal
8/11 One huge German market is about to be hit by a perfect storm – Business Insider
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
8/13 Donald Trump embraces Paul Krugman’s economic plan – RedState
8/12 Email questions haunt Hillary Clinton – Wall Street Journal
8/12 Clinton leads in 4 more battleground states, 2 by double digits – CNBC
8/12 Merkel support slips as attacks put spotlight on migrant policy – Reuters
8/12 Feds said to launch Clinton foundation corruption probe – Zero Hedge1
8/11 Why Donald Trump might not debate Hillary Clinton – Washington Post
8/11 Did Trump just joke about shooting Hillary over Supreme Court justices? – Policy Mic
8/11 Thank goodness Trump is a compulsive liar – National Review
8/11 Marion Le Pen is a modern ‘Joan of Arc’ reborn to SAVE FRANCE – Express
8/11 Tuesday Trump Dump: Donald Trump is officially not funny anymore – Daily Kos
8/10 One-in-five U.S. Republicans want Trump to drop out: Reuters/Ipsos poll – Reuters
8/10 Trump’s remarks on gun rights, Clinton unleash torrent of criticism – Reuters
8/10 Clinton leads Trump in 3 battleground states: New polls – CNBC
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
8/13 Wind generates 100% of Scotland’s electricity needs for entire day – EcoWatch
8/11 SMA warns of pricing pressures in inverter market – PV Magazine
8/11 SunPower’s shock profit warning makes for tense earnings call – MarketWatch
8/11 Solarcity dodges SunPower inferno, but First & Canadian Solar torched – Investors
8/11 How Tesla’s batteries can change the solar power game – New Scientist
8/11 China’s solar market is stuck in a classic boom-bust cycle – Greentech Media
8/10 Marc Faber: Tesla shares are going to $0 – CNBC
8/10 NRG applies to acquire 2.1 GW of SunEdison solar and wind projects – PV Magazine
8/10 SunPower reports Q2, 2016 results, announces restructuring – SolarServer
Art of the Collapse
8/09 How you got screwed – a user’s guide to a rigged system – Zero Hedge
8/08 Greed corrupts in thrilling ‘Junk’ – San Diego Union-Tribune
8/08 Trump to replace Constitution with the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition – News Thump
8/02 Homer Simpson: “And that’s how I became a Democrat” – Zero Hedge
7/27 Meanwhile at the DNC – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
8/13 World powers call for calm as Putin bolsters Crimea defense – Bloomberg
8/12 Rethinking the cold war – Paul Craig Roberts
8/11 China’s $15 billion energy ambitions crushed within two weeks – Bloomberg
8/11 Everything you need to know about America’s future – Sovereign Man
8/11 Russia pulls out of Ukraine peace talks citing Crimea attack – Mish
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
8/13 Too old for hard labor, but still on the job – New York Times
8/13 Breathing for Dummies – Dr. Sircus
8/09 A roof on the run – bug out shelters – Survival Sullivan
8/08 No, exercise does not wipe out previous memories – Kurzweil
8/08 Feed your family on zero acres – Reluctant Preppers
8/07 How to protect your financial apps from getting hacked – CNBC
8/05 Eating more plant protein associated with lower risk of death – Kurzweil
8/04 Obama just signed a GMO labeling law – Zero Hedge
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
8/12 Russian hackers of DNC said to nab secrets from NATO, Soros – Bloomberg
8/11 You’ve been hacked! – Daily Reckoning
8/09 Health files make for a juicy target for thieves – Boston Globe
8/09 A no-rules cyberwar is well under way – San Francisco Chronicle
8/08 Is cyberwar turning otu to be very different from what we thought? – Politico
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
8/13 16 abandoned olympic venues from around the world – Life Daily
8/11 A population plague spreads around the globe – Bloomberg
8/09 More than 60% of Maldives’ coral reefs hit by bleaching – Guardian
8/09 “Zika zone” turns into ghost-town as planes spray neurotoxins – Zero Hedge
8/08 If flossing is out, prepare for a lot of bad breath – MarketWatch
8/08 Humpback whales are mysteriously rescuing animals from orcas – MNN
8/07 Washington Post will use robots to write stories about the Rio Olympics – Recode
8/07 The average Americans’ weight change since the 1980s is startling – CBS
8/07 Singapore unveils “real” self-driving taxis – Mish
8/06 Huge haul of slain sea turtles tests Vietnam – National Geographic
8/06 Florida shudders as Zika spread forces Miami shops to close – Bloomberg
