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Best Of The Web
Japan’s central bank writes Tokyo a blank check – Stratfor
USA 2017-2020: An ungovernable nation? – OfTwoMinds.com
A mile-high house of cards – International Man
Matthew, near misses and flash crashes – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The IMF and all other losers – Automatic Earth
Rob Arnott interview – King World News
Sorry, central bankers: Risk and volatility cannot be extinguished – OfTwoMinds.com
Down the monetary policy rabbit hole – Financial Sense
What Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio told the New York Fed – Zero Hedge
Is Deutsche Bank the next Lehman? – McAlvany Weekly Commentary
Doubling down – Janus Capital
This is why US gov. deficit numbers are a BIG lie – Wolf Street
Michael Belkin interview – King World News
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Breaking News
The Economy
10/12 One measure of investor worry just hit its highest level ever – Bloomberg
10/12 China cities face end of fairy tale as default risks rise – Bloomberg
10/12 Oil prices slip as dollar strength persists, traders weigh OPEC talks – CNBC
10/12 Deutsche Bank sells another $1.5 billion in debt at junk bond terms – Zero Hedge
10/12 Global stocks pressured by weak earnings, rate hike concerns – Zero Hedge
10/12 One giant powder keg… and the fuse is already lit – International Man
10/12 Stock market’s ugly Tuesday nosedive explained in one chart – MarketWatch
10/12 S&P warns China banks may have to raise US$1.7 trillion – The Star
10/12 China intensifies push to cut debt with multi-agency blitz – News.Markets
10/12 The “impossible things” that have happened in 2016 – Trustnet
10/12 Barclays warns the party is almost over as payouts exceed cash flow – Zero Hedge
10/12 Deceit, debt, and delusions, part 2 – Burning Platform
10/12 Emails show Citigroup had major role in Obama’s first term – Wall St. On Parade
10/11 Earnings season off to brutal start as Alcoa misses big – MarketWatch
10/11 Titans of finance gather and sulk over low rates, Deutsche Bank – Bloomberg
10/11 S&P did something it hasn’t since 2008 — bad sign for stocks? – The National
10/11 Banks ponder the meaning of life as Deutsche agonizes – Reuters
10/11 Deceit, debt, delusions, part one – Burning Platform
Precious Metals
10/12 Marin Katusa explains the gold correction – TF Metals Report
10/12 Why billionaires are buying gold – Nestmann
10/12 No love for gold – Seeking Alpha
10/11 Gold sector correction – Where do things stand? – Acting Man
10/11 Gold: Deflation ends & inflation begins – 321Gold
10/11 FT laments the lack of the gold market information it won’t report – GATA
10/11 3 reasons precious metals streamers better investments than miners – Motley Fool
10/11 What happened to gold and silver prices last week? – Money Metals Exchange
10/10 Moving forward with Marin Katusa – TF Metals Report
10/10 Resource sector digest: Gold drops – excellent – Seeking Alpha
10/10 Western gold reserves are never audited because they are compromised – GATA
10/10 Gold bulls flee at fastest pace since May on rate outlook – Bloomberg
10/10 The election is a tossup, but bet on gold: Ron Paul – CNBC
10/10 Silver-Investor’s Dave Morgan: Beat the bankers at their own game – GATA
10/10 Gold’s golden ratio retracement – Investing
10/09 Bull markets have corrections – Smart Money Tracker Premium
10/09 Physical gold is DOWN – these 4 junior gold stocks are UP – MunKnee
10/09 Sentiment speaks: forget the Ziegfeld follies – Seeking Alpha
10/09 Speculative traders jump ship; gold buy signal? – Seeking Alpha
10/09 Gold and silver bid for a bottom – Seeking Alpha
10/09 Bring on a gold crash, I’ll be buying – The Street
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
10/12 The Fed is stuck between a rock and the dollar – Seeking Alpha
10/12 This is why the Fed sees no bubbles – Gold Republic
10/12 Pound rallies as May agrees to let lawmakers debate Brexit plan – Bloomberg
10/12 Kuroda defends BOJ credibility, mocks Fed and IMF economists – Zero Hedge
10/12 Fed’s Evans sees benefits to overshooting inflation target – Reuters
10/12 BOJ seen holding off more stimulus for now – Investing
10/12 Federal Reserve says inflation expectations now near record low – Fortune
10/12 Swedish inflation losing steam, more central bank easing likely – Kitco
10/12 And you thought the silver market was rigged – Silver Coin Investor
10/11 BoE’s Saunders helps British pound tumble against dollar & euro – Pound Sterling Live
10/11 UBS’ Weber warns on danger of ‘massive interventions’ by central banks – GATA
Real Estate Bubble
10/12 Are rising house prices good for the economy? – AHURi
10/12 Tokyo condo prices may fall 20%, Deutsche says – Bloomberg
10/11 Australian property bubble on a scale like no other – Acting Man
10/11 Meet the parents, Australia’s fastest-growing housing lender – Bloomberg
10/10 “It’s about time for recession,” property manager warns – Zero Hedge
DollarCollapse Podcasts
10/04 European banks in the eye of the storm
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
Politics
10/12 Major GOP donors are asking Trump for their money back – CNBC
10/12 For or against Trump, GOP fears intensifying civil war if he loses – Bloomberg
10/12 Glenn Beck on casting a ‘moral, ethical’ vote that helps Clinton win – MarketWatch
10/12 GOP faces agonizing end-of-life decisions as 2016 hopes die – Vanity Fair
10/12 Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 14 points nationally – CBS News
10/12 Could a president Donald Trump prosecute Hillary Clinton? – Fortune
10/12 Are Bernie Sanders’ supporters backing Hillary Clinton? – Forbes
10/12 As Trump sputters, Clinton’s campaign prepares for an even nastier race – CNN
10/12 Trump destroyed Trump, not the media: “This election is over” – Mish
10/12 Paul Ryan said he won’t defend Donald Trump – CNN
10/12 Donald Trump’s unconscious, unending sexism – New Yorker
Offshore Investing
10/07 Panama Papers? Try UNITED STATES Papers? – Mountain Vision
9/14 4 totally legal reasons to use an offshore structure – Nestmann
7/20 Costa Rica: Central America’s hidden gem – Sovereign Investor
7/08 Time to adjust your wealth plan – Mountain Vision
Clean Tech
10/12 Elon Musk’s wild ride – Bloomberg
10/12 Is 2016 the turning point for energy storage? – Oil Price
10/12 On climate change, difference between Trump and Clinton quite simple – Vox
10/12 Elon Musk strikes back at big coal – Oil Price
10/11 Clean energy investment dropped 43% in worst quarter since 2013 – Bloomberg
10/11 Massachusetts’ new rate-case ruling is good for distributed energy – Greentech Media
10/11 Fuel-cell builder Bloom Energy in confidential registration for IPO – Greentech Media
10/11 Residential solar interconnection delays nearly double in 2015 – Greentech Media
10/11 The Argentinian renewable revolution – Oil Price
Art of the Collapse
10/12 Late-night TV hosts have field day with Donald Trump-Billy Bush video – WaPo
10/03 Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump impression on ‘Saturday Night Live’ – Washington Post
9/24 2016 debate preparation begins – Zero Hedge
9/14 Book review of Dave Stockman’s “Trumped!” – Mish
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
10/12 “Oops!” – A world war! – ClubOrlov
10/12 The truth about the war in Aleppo – AntiWar
10/12 A decade of failure in the war on drugs – New York Times
10/12 Chicago youth protest police militarization and anti-muslim training – Chicago Monitor
10/12 Understanding police militarization in Montreal – The Link
10/12 ACLU exposes “1984-style” police surveillance on Twitter, Facebook – Zero Hedge
10/12 Is US vulnerable to war crimes charge? – AlterNet
10/12 The ‘guinea pig’ for U.S. torture is languishing at Guantanamo – Washington Post
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
10/12 Power lines, air pollution, lack of sunshine may raise risk of dementia – Telegraph
10/12 How to start and maintain a worm compost bin – Peak Prosperity
10/09 5 ways to turn your dream of buying farmland into reality – Modern Farmer
10/09 Are backyard gardens a weapon against climate change? – Modern Farmer
10/08 ‘Hamilton’: The stuff vs. experience debate – MarketWatch
10/05 Go bag essentials – Survival Sullivan
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
10/11 ‘Black Friday’ in US-Russia relations could unleash ‘cyber-skirmishes,’ more – CNBC
10/11 The fog of cyber war – Fortune
10/09 US publicly blames Russia for hacking to disrupt elections – Bloomberg
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
10/12 Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart – Guardian
10/12 Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 million BC – 2016) – Outside Online
10/12 Twitter’s woes signal the end of the social wars – Wired
10/12 You’ll never see Earth from space. But this book is close – Wired
10/11 Samsung permanently halts production of Galaxy Note 7 – CNBC
10/11 Post-internet man is rude, narcissistic, and bad at sex – Telegraph
10/08 Hounds hot on the heels of poachers in rhino country – Guardian
10/07 Tick bites that trigger severe meat allergy on rise around the world – Guardian
10/06 Nearly half all children in sub-Saharan Africa in extreme poverty – Guardian
10/06 Google’s robo-cars hit 2M miles, confirm driving is dadgum tricky – Wired
10/06 Hurricane Matthew: Mass evacuations ordered – Extreme Weather
