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Markets directionless in anticipation of Yellen speech. Other Fed officials predicting Sept rate hike. Negative interest rates getting a lot of attention, mostly critical. Gold and silver seem ripe for correction. Trump hires new people, keeps falling in polls.
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Negative interest rates – S&P Global
World out of whack: coming this way… demographic shock – Capitalist Exploits
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
8/22 Stephanie Pomboy: A grim outlook for the economy, stocks – Barron’s
8/22 Oil down 2% as rally snaps on rising crude, China fuel exports – Reuters
8/22 This US bank is about to relive the 2008 derivatives nightmare – Money Morning
8/22 Australia’s collapse in business investment, in one chart – Business Insider
8/22 Yield hunt emboldens companies to chip away loan safeguards – Bloomberg
8/22 Fischer signals 2016 rate hike with economy nearing Fed goals – Bloomberg
8/22 Germany: Citizens should load food, cash – DWN
8/22 Germans furious after Bundesbank demands people work until age 69 – Zero Hedge
8/22 S&P on why negative interest rates ‘defy normal logic’ – Financial Review
8/22 Brexit: Worst case scenario for EU – Mish
8/22 Minsky’s 5 stages of a bubble – where are we now? – MunKnee
8/22 3 hidden signs of surging credit stress – MunKnee
8/22 The wealthiest 10% hold 76% of the wealth – My Budget 360
8/22 All the fun is going out of hedge funds – Bloomberg
8/22 The most important market in the world. Are we at a tipping point? – Kitco
Precious Metals
8/22 Money managers trim bullish positioning in gold, silver – Kitco
8/22 Gold, silver pressured by bearish outside markets – Kitco
8/22 Avoid these 3 rookie gold trading mistakes now – Kitco
8/22 Trump Advisor calls for gold standard – Market Slant
8/22 President Nixon’s decision to abandon the gold standard – Antonius Aquinas
8/22 The 5 surprises that could launch precious metals – Seeking Alpha
8/22 Precious metals and financial blasphemy, part 1 – Silver Coin Investor
8/22 The 4 silver juniors with the best free cash flow figures – MunKnee
8/22 Gold to fall further – Seeking Alpha
8/22 Will Yellen’s Jackson hole speech provide the next miner catalyst? – Kitco
8/22 The gold series: the eclipsing demand of the East (part 3 of 5) – Visual Capitalist
8/21 6 charts – Why gold is going higher – ValueWalk
8/21 What did JP Morgan mean? – Goldmoney
8/21 Gold in SDRs will launch gold’s strongest rise, Leeb says – GATA
8/20 Junior gold stocks: relentless leadership – 321Gold
8/20 Gold miners’ Q2’16 fundamentals – Seeking Alpha
8/20 Gold stock technicals during dog days of summer – Daily Gold
8/20 Walsh’s lusk: Gold eases as dollar rises – Kitco
8/20 Harmony Gold Mining reports results – Guru Focus
8/20 Top gold funds’ top gold stock picks – Seeking Alpha
8/20 Silver miners ETFs can keep soaring – Nasdaq
8/20 Gold will explode in value well beyond what Jim Rickards forecasts – SRSrocco Report
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
8/22 Ireland’s biggest bank charging depositors – GoldCore
8/22 Wrong then, even wronger now – Mish
8/22 8 major bitcoin debit cards – Coin Telegraph
8/22 Inflation: It’s a wealth redistribution scheme – Mises Institute
8/21 Bank of Ireland and RBS to charge negative interest rates to depositors – Forbes
8/21 RBS pays negative interest on large deposits starting Monday – Mish
8/21 Dollar disaster looms? China and Russian currencies break away – Daily Bell
8/20 Negative rate moves ‘clear sign of desperation’ – FT Adviser
8/20 Savers hit by negative rates are starting to store their cash in safes – Yahoo!
8/20 Small businesses brace for negative interest rates – Forbes
8/20 Could negative interest rates lead to the end of cash? – Advisor Perspectives
Real Estate Bubble
8/22 How to build a 400 sqft solar powered off grid cabin for $2000 – Collective Evolution
8/19 Vancouver housing market implodes – Zero Hedge
8/17 What China’s US buying spree means for the future of hospitality – Forbes
8/17 The “housing crisis” in San Francisco strangles demand – Wolf Street
8/17 Parents should expect they’ll have to help their kids buy a house – Business Insider
DollarCollapse Podcasts
8/16 A tough time to manage money
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
Politics
8/22 Happy 81st birthday to the libertarian legend Ron Paul! – Libertarian Republic
8/22 Is our civilization doomed? – LA Times
8/22 How Trump’s obsession with the media helped him select a new team – LA Times
8/22 Donald Trump faces backlash after attempt to win over black voters – Fortune
8/22 53% of Clinton Foundation donors would be barred under proposed rule – Zero Hedge
8/22 Analyzing Trump’s election chances – Mish
8/21 German anti-immigrant party leader urges people arm themselves – Zero Hedge
8/21 The bad pitch Trump made for the black vote – Washington Post
8/20 Donald Trump (maybe) finally pivots! It (probably) won’t work – Washington Post
8/20 Republicans worry a falling Donald Trump tide will lower all boats – New York Times
8/20 Brexit is ‘fabulous’ for France, says Bruno Le Maire – Politico
8/20 Donald Trump releases first campaign ad, to air in 4 states – NPR
8/20 Paul Manafort quits Donald Trump’s campaign afer a tumultuous run – New York Times
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
8/21 Netherlands on brink of banning sale of petrol-fuelled cars – Independent
8/20 Bigger, better, cheaper: wind power is flourishing in the US – Vox
8/19 Ballard Power Systems shares soar after Toyota distribution deal – 660 News
8/18 Australia finds out wind power doesn’t really work – Daily Bell
8/17 Indonesia plans to add 5 GW of solar PV capacity in 2 – 3 years – Solar Server
8/16 Offshore wind: a revolution is on the horizon – Energy Post
8/16 Solarworld sees second half sales slump, bucking price pressures – Bloomberg
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
Art of the Collapse
8/17 The hardest job in the world: Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates – Daily Show
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
8/22 Two views of West’s decline – OC Register
8/22 The demonic false flag October surprise option – BATR
8/21 Can the deep state be cured? – Zero Hedge
8/21 U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars – Reuters
8/20 NED, the legal window of the CIA – Ron Paul Institute
8/20 Is the growing military tension between Russia, China and the US for real? – Daily Bell
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
8/22 How to boost your immune system – Dr. Sircus
8/22 Dry skin brushing: benefits and how to – Mercola
8/21 Scientists discover why mediation and yoga work – Kurzweil
8/19 Which items disappear first during a major national emergency? – Economic Collapse
8/17 The ultimate urban survival guide – Survival Sullivan
8/17 Olympic training for the brain? – NICABM
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
8/22 New Snowden documents confirm leaked NSA tools are real – Verge
8/22 The cyber war that’s breaking out between the US and Russia – Financial Review
8/21 The fog of (cyber) war – part 2 of 2 – Carnegie
8/20 A cyber agency for cyber terror – IDSA
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
8/22 ‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’ – Guardian
8/21 Evidence piles up for popular pesticides’ link to pollinator problems – ScienceNews
8/21 In Austin, a new mobile farmers market will travel to food deserts – Modern Farmer
8/21 Capybaras may be poised to be Florida’s next invasive rodent – Science News
8/19 Have US weather patterns changed permanently? – Most Important News
8/19 Zika now spreading in Miami Beach, sources say – Miami Herald
8/19 Uber offers driverless rides this month! – Mish
8/18 This drug could end America’s painkiller epidemic – Bloomberg
8/17 Floridians fear ‘Pandora’s box’ of genetically altered mosquitos – Guardian
8/17 Thousands evacuated as California wildfire grows – Bloomberg
8/16 This has been the worst 12 months for floods in US history – Most Important News
