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Best Of The Web
Jim Grant rejects Rogoff’s “curse of cash” – Zero Hedge
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
9/14 Gloom descends on luxury-goods industry – Bloomberg
9/14 Fedspeak designed to test equities waters – Seeking Alpha
9/14 Why more women than ever are putting off retirement – Bloomberg
9/14 Buffett loses $1.4 billion as Wells Fargo tumbles on scandal – Bloomberg
9/14 IMF’s Lagarde slams globalization, warns of “groundswell of discontent” – Zero Hedge
9/14 A Swiss-eye view on global wealth protection – Mountain Vision
9/14 Michael Pettis: statements by German Finance Minister “utter lunacy” – Mish
9/14 The last time this happened, stocks crashed – Zero Hedge
9/14 Everyone’s totally overthinking an auto-loan ‘bubble’ – Business Insider
9/14 Markets addicted to central banks’ backstop, Citi warns – Reuters
9/14 Breadwinner jobs still below Dubya highs in 2006/2007 – Confounded Interest
9/14 Here’s what the government did with your Social Security money – Casey Research
9/14 High-yield defaults swell again as August slowdown was temporary blip – MarketWatch
9/13 Chinese debt soars into space – Wall Street Journal
9/13 IEA changes view on oil glut, sees surplus enduring in 2017 – Bloomberg
9/13 Andrew Hoffman – Death of the meme generators – Financial Survival Network
9/13 Some of the biggest hedge funds are bleeding cash – Bloomberg
9/13 Oil bankruptcies leave lenders with ‘catastrophic’ recovery rate – Bloomberg
9/13 Technically speaking: 5 charts for fully invested bears – Real Investment Advice
Precious Metals
9/14 Silver bullion market – “The most bullish sotry ever told?” – GoldCore
9/14 Janet & gold: does history rhyme? – 321Gold
9/14 Gold warning – pay attention! – Seeking Alpha
9/14 Attacks on gold and silver ‘more frantic,’ Embry tells KWN – GATA
9/14 The gold to housing ratio as a valuation indicator – Seeking Alpha
9/14 End game nears as central banks buying up gold mining companies – Dollar Vigilante
9/14 Hedge funds push bullish gold bets to near-historic highs… again – Kitco
9/13 Jim Cook interviews Ted Butler – 24hGold
9/13 “Sorry, you can’t have your gold bullion” – GoldCore
9/13 3 gold explorers to put on your radar – Seeking Alpha
9/13 Advantages of physical gold ownership – Mountain Vision
9/13 Weekend show on gold and silver – Korelin Economics
9/13 What is junk silver? – APMEX
9/13 What precious metals should I buy? – APMex
9/13 Silver a top performing asset in the next financial crisis – GoldAndOilGuy
9/13 Physical gold & silver demand beginning to stymie gov intervention – Money Metals
9/13 Ted Butler explains why he thinks Morgan is controlling silver – GATA
9/13 How China will use gold to control world’s monetary system – GATA
9/13 Gold and United States imported oil – Deviant Investor
9/12 Sentiment speaks: buy gold… and everything else – Seeking Alpha
9/12 Sell everything and buy gold – Daily Coin
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
9/14 BOJ to make negative rates centerpiece of future easing – Reuters
9/14 U.S. import prices post first drop in six month – Yahoo!
9/14 The Bank of Japan unleashes chaos – Zero Hedge
9/14 Fed has few tools to fight too-low inflation – Reuters
9/14 British pound takes fresh tumble after flat inflation news – Seattle Times
9/14 BOJ plans to take interest rates further into negative territory – Reuters
9/14 Central banks may choose helicopter money over negative rates – Seeking Alpha
9/14 Bitcoin vs distributed ledger vs Ethereum vs blockchain – Tech Radar
9/14 Is Craig Wright the multimillionaire genius behind bitcoin? – GQ Magazine
9/13 Turk explains why Fed isn’t likely to raise interest rates – GATA
Real Estate Bubble
9/13 US think tank: Australia about 6 weeks from housing collapse – Zero Hedge
9/12 Bernard Hickey: Prepare for the party to end – NZ Herald
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
DollarCollapse Podcasts
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
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?
Politics
9/13 Why Donald Trump gets a pass – Politico
9/13 Germany: Beginning of the end of the Merkel Era? – Gatestone Institute
9/13 The Donald versus Killary – Antonius Aquinas
9/13 Why did Clinton lie about her health? – Week
9/13 Donald Trump seizes Clinton’s absence to press his case – NY Times
9/13 David Cameron resigns as MP with immediate effect – Standard
9/12 Videos show Clinton fainting during “medical episode” – Zero Hedge
9/12 Clinton’s health threatens to become a political crisis – Bloomberg
9/12 Moral equivalence and Donald Trump – Washington Post
9/12 Clinton was right about Trump’s ‘deplorable’ supporters – Huffington Post
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
9/13 New technology puts solar power to work all night long – Science Daily
9/13 Why solar power is surging in the US – Fiscal Times
9/13 Record year for solar expected as installations surge 43% – Oil Price
9/12 UK Labour Party pledges 65% renewables by 2030 – Wind Power
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
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
9/12 “Real and nearly unprecedented” spike in homicides around US – Zero Hedge
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
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
9/13 A gorgoeous – and unsettling – video of evolution in action – Wired
9/13 Elon Musk has ‘not ruled out’ a UFO hitting SpaceX rocket – VGR
9/13 “Half the forms of life on Earth will be gone by 2050” – Zero Hedge
9/13 Cannabis industry expected to be worth $50 Billion in ten years – Bloomberg
9/13 Google’s self-driving car project is losing out to rivals – Bloomberg
9/12 Maker of drug fueling heorin overdose epidemic is lobbying to keep weed illegal – ZH
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
