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Best Of The Web
Weekly commentary: reversals – Credit Bubble Bulletin
If everything’s doing so great, how come I’m not? – Peak Prosperity
The (160 to 1) gold-silver ratio every investor needs to know about – SRSrocco Report
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (4) – Automatic Earth
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (3) – Automatic Earth
Deadpool – StockResearch
The matrix exposed – First Rebuttal
Magical thinking – Financial Sense
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (2) – Automatic Earth
The anti-Cinderella man (part one) – Burning Platform
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (1) – Automatic Earth
Sorry losers! – Peak Prosperity
These 3 charts explain the terrifying math behind pension funds’ shortfall – MarketWatch
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Breaking News
The Economy
9/11 Iconic hedge fund Perry Capital loses 60% of AUM as investors flee – Zero Hedge
9/11 Case for -2% rates, banning cash? – Mish
9/11 Government debt plunges around the world – Salt Lake Tribune
9/11 Low rates are the cause of, not solution to, economic malaise – ETF Daily News
9/11 Junk bonds suddenly look vulnerable. Now what? – Barron’s
9/11 Risky credits thrive in wide open market – Reuters
9/11 Interest rates have bottomed, and no one is prepared for it – ETF Daily News
9/11 Landmark court ruling has pension holders furious – Birch Gold
9/11 The six presidents causing US bankruptcy – 24hGold
9/11 Draghi asset buying deepens the hole in Europe’s pension funds – Bloomberg
9/11 Eurozone woes continue as German exports plunge – Telegraph
9/11 Time to get real: part 1 – Northman Trader
9/11 Here are Goldman’s 5 reasons why the selling will continue – Zero Hedge
9/10 Alarms sound on headlong rush into fringes of emerging junk – Bloomberg
9/10 Japanese investors are going crazy for America – Business Insider
9/10 Deutsche Bank says 35-year party is over for bond bulls – MarketWatch
9/10 Red hot junk and massive bond-market dislocations; equity smash coming up? – Mish
9/10 Bondmageddon sparks crude carnage, biggest stock slump in 7 months – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
9/11 The anomaly that would cause gold to “break the upside” – Birch Gold
9/11 Time to consider more gold and silver following latest fiat crash? – Daily Bell
9/11 Physical gold, silver demand beginning to stymie gov intervention – Seeking Alpha
9/11 Gold is still a good hedge when volatilty rises – Seeking Alpha
9/10 5 reasons Silver Wheaton Corp outshines the competition – Motley Fool
9/10 Anti-gold wealth manager buys gold for the first time – CNBC
9/10 Why do miners fear an interest rate hike? – Market Realist
9/10 Gold stocks’ massive correction – Seeking Alpha
9/10 Why are central banks all over gold market? – GATA
9/10 Gold is trending up but may be seriously overvalued – Seeking Alpha
9/10 Why Goldcorp Inc. has failed to rally like other gold miners – Motley Fool
9/10 3 reasons why Barrick Gold Corp. could rally further – Motley Fool
9/10 Gold stocks undervalued and set to spring higher – Barron’s
9/10 Pan American achieves milestones at two mine expansions – Zacks
9/09 Switzerland, Norway massively accumulate precious metals mining shares – 24hGold
9/09 Gold, silver, blockchain and fintech – GoldCore
9/09 Gold bars flood into GLD as odds of Fed rate-rise fade – Financial Sense
9/09 These 7 silver stocks tarnished in August – here’s why – Motley Fool
9/08 Sell everything and buy gold – Seeking Alpha
9/08 History says gold and silver could bubble off the charts – GoldSilver
9/08 The bullish case for gold today remains the same as in 2011 – ETF Daily News
9/08 China’s foreign exchange reserves fall to their lowest since 2011 – Fortune
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
9/11 No more $20 bills? The government’s latest power grab – Birch Gold
9/10 World currency war III – Energy & Capital
9/10 France leads call for spending in South to remake EU post-Brexit – Bloomberg
9/10 Get ready for “unencumbered” interest rate policy – Daily Reckoning
9/10 Investors should worry about consequences of negative interest rates – Bloomberg
9/10 Why the eurozone will destruct – Mish
9/09 ECB’s Mario Draghi has run out of magic as deflation closes in – Telegraph
9/09 Negative interest rates are ILLEGAL – Sprott
9/09 Failure of inflation targeting? – Merk Investments
9/09 The one-percenters are now destroying dollar stores – MarketWatch
Real Estate Bubble
9/10 There’s a new normal in high-end Manhattan real estate – MarketWatch
9/09 Antipodean housing booms could drive Kiwi to parity with Aussie – Bloomberg
9/08 NYC luxury real estate weakness spreading as lower pricing tiers tank – Zero Hedge
9/07 New Zealand tops world house price increase – Guardian
9/07 Vancouver housing bubble burst crashes local consumer sentiment – Zero Hedge
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
9/11 Trump could be gaining in swing states – Huffington Post
9/11 Trump tries to capitalize as Clinton regrets comment – Bloomberg
9/11 Donald Trump doubles down on Russia – Time
9/11 How Donald Trump cashed in on 9/11 – Rolling Stone
9/11 French presidential race heats up – Wbur
9/10 Misunderstanding libertarianism – Daily Bell
9/10 This time it is different – Capitalist Exploits
9/10 Austria’s election woes worsen as voting envelopes come unglued – Washington Post
9/10 Meanwhile, the Democrats are getting worried – Zero Hedge
9/09 Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s unsatisfying clash – Time
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
9/10 Feds outline new strategy to scale up offshore wind power –NRDC
9/08 Scotland is constructing one new wind turbine every day – Greentech Media
9/07 What company (besides Tesla) would consider buying SolarCity? – GTM
9/07 A cheap, long-lasting, sustainable battery for grid energy storage – Kurzweil
9/04 Oklahoma quake matches record even after fracking waste restricted – Bloomberg
9/03 Scientists solve puzzle of converting gaseous carbon dioxide to fuel – Phys
9/03 California reaches $900 million spending deal to cut emissions – Midwest Energy News
9/03 JP Morgan asset management acquires solar developer Sonnedix – Reuters
9/03 Trina solar starts Japan battery storage subsidiary – ReCharge
Art of the Collapse
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
9/03 Why you should enroll in the chartered central bank watcher – Zero Hedge
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
9/11 North Korea nuclear test: South would reduce Pyongyang ‘to ashes’ – BBC
9/11 Disturbing signs of global conflict continue to gather pace – Strategic Culture
9/11 Another episode of drug war lunacy – Commentator
9/11 The end of a nation – losing Sweden forever – Dr Sircus
9/10 US and Russia announce Syria ceasefire plan – Telegraph
9/10 Hollande: French Republic must make room for Islam – Local
9/10 CNN’s Blitzer warns about job loss if US stops arming Saudi Arabia –Zero Hedge
9/09 Three suspected female militants seized in France, policeman stabbed – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
9/10 Objective information about financial planning and retirement – Telegraph
9/10 50 items to keep handy for an evacuation – Survival Sullivan
9/08 Exercise can cancel out the booze, says study – CNN
9/04 Syngenta terrorized scientist for 15 years to quell concerns about Atrazine – Mercola
9/03 Keep your family warm when the furnace is out – Reluctant Preppers
9/02 Intelligent parents are refusing vaccinations – Dr. Sircus
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
9/11 Tech expert: Cyber war is real and it’s here – NWI
9/10 Corporate media becomes sales force for cyberwar – Shadow Proof
9/10 A pure play for the “World War 3.0” cyber arms race – Money Morning
9/10 Washington really doesn’t want to deal with a cyberwar with Russia – Buzz Feed
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
9/11 Vanderbilt faculty office placards will now include “preferred pronouns” – Zero Hedge
9/10 How Chromebooks are about to totally transform laptop design – Wired
9/10 Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study – Guardian
9/09 Former Japan PM accuses Abe of lying over Fukushima pledge – Guardian
9/09 28 signs the west coast is being fried with Fukushima radiation – GlobalResearch
9/06 Warming oceans are ‘sick,’ global scientists warn – Yahoo!
9/06 World’s largest gorillas ‘one step from going extinct’ – Yahoo!
9/05 “Half the forms of life on Earth will be gone by 2050” – Zero Hedge
9/03 No batteries required: The first autonomous, entirely soft robot – Tech Xplore
9/02 All aboard the most ridiculous, stupidly huge cruise ship on Earth – Wired
9/02 ‘Our living dinosaurs’ – CNN
