Courtesy of John Rubino.
Japan’s GDP growth stalls. US manufacturing, retail sales weaker than expected, wholesale prices fall. Odds of Fed rate hike go down. Money pours into bond funds. Oil, gold, stocks all rise. More good earnings reports from precious metals miners. China, Japan, Russia rattle their sabers. Trump attempts to salvage his campaign, is failing.
Best Of The Web
Insanity, oddities and dark clouds in credit-land – Acting Man
Weekly commentary: Inflation – Credit Bubble Bulletin
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
8/15 Here’s the truth behind new all-time highs – Daily Reckoning
8/15 Hedge funds are losing endowments after exodus of pensions – Bloomberg
8/15 China shares hit seven-month high; world yields keep falling – Reuters
8/15 Russia says oil market talks with Saudi developing – Reuters
8/15 Japan’s economic growth slows as business spending slumps – Bloomberg
8/15 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
8/15 Younger generation in UK face overwhelming pensions bill – Guardian
8/15 A simple test to dispel the illusion behind stock buybacks – New York Times
8/15 Portugal gaining on Italy in the European banking “doom loop” – Zero Hedge
8/15 Empire State manufacturing index back in negative territory – MarketWatch
8/15 The Bank of Japan’s unstoppable rise to shareholder no. 1 – Bloomberg
8/15 Italy on verge of recession – Mish
8/15 Truck shipment deterioration in chart form – Mish
8/15 When will the Bank of Japan own 100% of Japanese ETFs? – Mish
8/15 Ever-lower interest rates have failed. It’s time to raise them – Guardian
Precious Metals
8/15 Buy physical gold because central banks are on its side – GATA
8/15 Gold and silver miners set to raise or resume dividend payments – GATA
8/15 Bullion Star’s infographic on the Chinese gold market – GATA
8/15 The importance of gold during times of crisis – Seeking Alpha
8/15 Credit Suisse reiterates forecast of $1,475 gold in 4Q – Kitco
8/15 These 4 gold mining companies could double in price – MunKnee
8/15 Charts suggest trend for gold is up & sideways for silver – MunKnee
8/15 A reason for precious metals investors to smile again – Seeking Alpha
8/14 Every American should know why China and Russia are buying up gold – Birch Gold
8/14 The global economy’s “perfect storm” that may send gold even higher – Birch Gold
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
8/15 Cheap money fuels the boom in Germany, but fails to lift France and Italy – CNBC
8/15 Panic? China is hoarding cash at the fastest pace since Lehman – Zero Hedge
8/15 Fiscal stimulus revisited – Bloomberg
8/15 Negative rates for the people arrive as German bank gives in – Bloomberg
8/15 Don’t expect a return to a gold standard any time soon – Antonius Aquinas
8/15 Adopt a gold-backed dollar? What happened the last time we tried – MarketWatch
8/15 Bitcoin’s technology has a surprising fan: IBM – CNet
8/14 The inflation secret that’s quietly chipping away at your wealth – Birch Gold
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
Real Estate Bubble
8/15 Prices of UK homes for sale see biggest fall in 9 months in August – Reuters
8/14 Silicon Valley housing market is ‘looney-tunes’ – CNBC
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
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
8/15 Democrats brace for more leaks from hackers – Wall Street Journal
8/15 The no-pivot election – Bloomberg
8/15 Inside the failing mission to tame Donald Trump’s tongue – New York Times
8/15 Maybe Donald Trump won’t debate after all – Red State
8/15 Who do you hate the least? The dilemma for French voters – Reuters
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
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
8/15 Tesla spontaneously catches fire, burns down during test drive in France – Zero Hedge
8/15 Britain’s vast national gamble on wind power may yet pay off – Telegraph
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
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
8/15 Officer injured, one person shot in second night of Milwaukee protests – Reuters
8/15 Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal – Reuters
8/15 Nearly 100 people shot in Chicago in less than a week – Chicago Tribune
8/15 Japan plans to develop missiles to protect islands – Bloomberg
8/15 Suicide bomber kills 15 Syria rebel fighters on bus at Turkish border – AntiWar
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
8/15 A record number of Americans attend universities – My Budget 360
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
8/15 Soros hacked, thousands of Open Society Foundations files released online – RT
8/15 How Alex Gibney made the most chilling documentary file of the year – Fortune
8/14 Hacked democratic Congressional campaign documents released – Bloomberg
8/12 Russian hackers of DNC said to nab secrets from NATO, Soros – Bloomberg
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
8/14 How to break the power of money – Yes Magazine
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
