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Stocks, gold, oil fall ahead of Yellen speech. Other Fed officials predicting Sept rate hike. US manufacturing, home sales disappoint. Negative interest rates getting a lot of attention, mostly critical. Europe doesn’t seem fixable. Trump hires new people, keeps falling in polls.
Best Of The Web
Eight! – FOFOA
These Olympian gold royalty companies are insanely attractive – US Funds
Monetary policy has nationalized the Japan stock market – CNBC
Bubbles in bond land – a central bank made mania, part 1 – David Stockman
The “neutral rate” – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The decade of zero and its chaotic unwinding – Hussman Funds
The marginal buyer holds the pin that pops every asset bubble – Peak Prosperity
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
8/24 Largest oil companies’ debts hit record high – Wall Street Journal
8/24 Derivatives users hit as negative rates raise collateral costs – Bloomberg
8/24 Why Portugal could be Europe’s next economic disaster – MarketWatch
8/24 The world’s monetary system is broken & costing overseas business – GoldAndOilGuy
8/24 Companies must sort pension black holes before paying dividends – Telegraph
8/24 A Fed rate hike now would be a disaster for the economy – CNBC
8/24 Japan needs 10 trillion yen stimulus in each of next two years – Reuters
8/24 Richmond Fed manufacturing index: activity, new orders, shipments plunge – Mish
8/24 Negative interest rates smashed confidence, increased inequality – Financial Review
8/24 The unrelenting hunt for yield may end in tears, says James Grant – MarketWatch
8/24 The market’s breaking point – Sovereign Investor
8/24 China’s best bank called ‘mirage’ of shadow lending – Bloomberg
8/24 Illinois warns of “crippling tax hikes” – Zero Hedge
8/23 China caught in ‘dead money’ trap – Telegraph
8/23 Bank of Japan’s rush into stocks raises fears of market distortions – Reuters
Precious Metals
8/24 Jim Grant is “very bullish on gold” – GoldCore
8/24 45 years after the gold standard: what did it bring us? – Gold Republic
8/24 Gold: All eyes on Jackson Hole – 321Gold
8/24 Gold will explode in value well beyond what Jim Rickards forecasts – SRSrocco Report
8/24 Don’t buy the gold miners until this happens – CNBC
8/24 Koos Jansen: More indications that China sees gold as key to currency – GATA
8/24 Unlocking gold’s true value: the economic code – finally revealed – SRSrocco Report
8/24 Precious metals and financial blasphemy, part 2 – Silver Coin Investor
8/24 The gold standard and debt jubilee – Jeff Nielson – Sprott Money
8/24 Silver is in a different world – 24hGold
8/23 When gold breaks over $1,400 it’s going to spike toward $2,000 – Seeking Alpha
8/23 Technical analysis is of little use in manipulated gold market – GATA
8/23 Unlocking gold’s true value: The economic code – finally revealed – SRSrocco Report
8/23 Central bank gold purchases may decline more than thought in 2016 – Seeking Alpha
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
8/24 Revealed: ECB secretly hands cash to select corporations – Wolf Street
8/24 Casualty of Brexit: reputations of economists who predicted doom – MarketWatch
8/24 Belgium offers olive branch on Brexit, calls for North Sea Union – Telegraph
8/23 Japan is willing to cut interest rates even further into negatives – ETF Daily News
8/23 World’s biggest bond traders undeterred by negative yields – Bloomberg
8/23 With world trade in the doldrums, threat of new currency war looms – SCMP
8/23 Fed close to hitting job and inflation targets – Fortune
8/23 How Bitcoin helped fuel an explosion in ransomware attacks – ZDNet
8/23 3 things you can do with a bitcoin you didn’t know about – NewsBTC
8/23 What is bitcoin maximalism? – CCN.LA
8/23 Fed goes all-in on stimulus (video) – Schiff Gold
Real Estate Bubble
8/24 British house-buyers dance with the devil – Bloomberg
8/24 Demographic HomeMageddon underway… will last until at least 2035 – Econimica
8/24 Existing home sales decline in July – CNBC
8/24 McMansions define ugly in a new way: they’re a bad investment – Bloomberg
8/23 Goldman says it’s too late to chase the booming real estate sector – Bloomberg
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
8/24 Voters with student debt flock to Clinton in poll – Bloomberg
8/24 Many who met Clinton as secretary of state donated to foundation – CNBC
8/24 Clinton ad questions Trump’s temperament – Washington Post
8/24 Why France is the most likely to be the next to quit the EU – Euro News
8/24 Trump’s latest act of media intimidation sets alarming precedent – Washington Post
8/23 Foundation ties bedevil Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign – New York Times
8/23 Clinton emails recovered by FBI to be released just before election day – Guardian
8/23 Trump courts black vote while avoiding Africa-American communities – WSJ
8/23 30 blocks of Hillary & watermelons – Burning Platform
8/23 It sure sounds like Trump is considering his biggest flip-flop yet – Washington Post
8/23 Trump, with bare-bones campaign, relies on GOP for vital tasks – New York Times
8/23 Sarkozy is running again for French president – USA News
8/22 Happy 81st birthday to the libertarian legend Ron Paul! – Libertarian Republic
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
8/24 Man-made “wind trees” will be capable of powering homes – Quartz
8/24 Tesla unveils world’s fastest production car: 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds – Bloomberg
8/24 Tesla boosts battery, Elon Musk promises ‘fastest car in the world’ – MarketWatch
8/23 Bright future for solar power – Vergnet
8/23 Wind and solar power could challenge nuclear energy – LSBF.org.uk
8/23 Initial findings from APS’ utility-owned solar program – Greentech Media
8/23 On the allure of the solar roof – Greentech Media
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
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
8/24 A thousand balls of flame – Club Orlov
8/24 Turkish special forces launch first major push into Syria – Reuters
8/24 In Honduras, US aid contributes to the violence – New York Times
8/24 President Eisenhower and the rise of covert action – Washington Post
8/24 In a time of universal deceit, “WikiLeaks Founder Assange is a hero” – Zero Hedge
8/23 Congressman: “Stop the madness” of US support for Saudi bombing – Intercept
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
8/23 Baking soda and lemon juice – Dr. Sircus
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
8/24 Who are the NSA’s elite hackers? – Vice
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
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
8/24 The senator’s daughter who raised prices on anti-allergy EpiPen – Bloomberg
8/24 CA Supreme Court decides “grossly ineffective” teachers keep jobs – Zero Hedge
8/24 Hunter kills bear with spear, and Under Armour kills sponsorship – MarketWatch
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
