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Best Of The Web
The cult of the expert – and how it collapsed – Guardian
Fed risks repeating Lehman blunder as US recession storm gathers – Telegraph
Broken indicators: it’s growing harder to spot troubles in the market – Bloomberg
10 terrifying charts – Gold Republic
Cass Freight Index takes another dive killing August’s “false hope” – Mish
Watch a short film Adam Curtis made for VICE about your life – Vice
The world’s most dangerous systemic risks – Deep Connections
Prevailing gray swans: The clear and present danger list – Deep Connections
What triggers collapse? – Peak Prosperity
The perils of a resurgent China credit boom – Credit Bubble Bulletin
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
10/20 Draghi seen keeping up suspense on future of ECB stimulus plan – Bloomberg
10/20 Fed’s Beige Book: Most of U.S. grew at modest to moderate rate – MarketWatch
10/20 Hedge fund managers expect ‘massive’ 34% pay cut – Bloomberg
10/20 The tech bubble didn’t burst this year. Just wait – Bloomberg
10/20 German CEOs seek “revival of Germany Inc.” – 24hGold
10/20 China debt continues to grow along with GDP – Bloomberg
10/20 State public pension unfunded liabilities soar to $5.6 trillion – Watchdog
10/20 Euro area crisis: We are back in 2012 and even worse – Gefira
10/20 25 trillion reasons to worry about China debt – Bloomberg
10/20 China Sept new yuan loans surge to 1.22 trln yuan, well above forecasts – Reuters
10/19 Hedge fund launches dwindle to 16-year low as returns lag – Bloomberg
10/19 Investor cash levels jump toward levels not seen since 9/11 – Bloomberg
10/19 Curious case of China’s remarkably consistent economic growth – CNBC
10/19 Global money flees Japan stocks at fastest pace since 1987 – AFR
10/19 Massively oversubscribed Saudi bond offering upsized to $17.5 billion – Zero Hedge
10/19 The public pension time bomb is starting to explode – Financial Sense
10/19 Paschi shares surge as board weighs Passera Capital Plan – Bloomberg
10/19 Rickards: Volatility could explode in a matter of weeks – Daily Reckoning
Precious Metals
10/20 Cashless society – war on cash to benefit gold? – GoldCore
10/20 Do not forget about palladium – APMEX
10/20 How gold and silver values stack up against traditional currencies – APMEX
10/20 The gold manipulators will be punished – 24hGold
10/20 Now is the hour – 321Gold
10/20 These 3 gold exploration stocks just struck gold – Seeking Alpha
10/20 This indicator says the price of gold is now headed above $1,700 – King World News
10/19 Gold in India trades at premium for first time in 9 months – GATA
10/19 Strong zinc price should continue to benefit these 3 silver juniors – MunKnee
10/19 Currency-neutral measure suggests gold bull continues – MunKnee
10/19 “Higher gold prices” on global trade slowdown – GoldCore
10/19 5 precious metal stocks to buy now – Motley Fool
10/19 Sentiment speaks: Gold will go up if the sun rises tomorrow – Seeking Alpha
10/19 What’s behind First Majestic 33% one-month decline? (AG) – Investopedia
10/19 Hecla Mining reports Q3 2016 production results – Junior Mining Network
10/19 Harmony Gold bullish on cash flows. Increased Q3 output – Mining.com
10/19 Silver Eagle demand returns with a vengeance – SRSrocco Report
10/19 There will be panic – 24hGold
10/19 Seven precious metal companies to create value long term – Streetwise Reports
10/19 Crossing the border with physical gold – Daily Coin
10/18 Deutsche Bank’s silver-rigging settlement is bigger than it looks – GATA
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
10/20 Are you ready for inflation? – Talk Markets
10/20 What has gotten the “smart money” so spooked? – Talk Markets
10/20 ‘Something’ in ‘dollars’; August – Talk Markets
10/20 The debauchment of the currency – 24hGold
10/20 Japan investors in dilemma over US bonds as hedging costs bite – Reuters
10/20 Billionaires bond king says rates going higher – Forbes
10/20 Who’s powering the war on cash? – Wolf Street
10/19 ECB urges EU to curb virtual money for fear of losing control – GATA
10/19 Consumers getting used to lower prices just as inflation picking up – MarketWatch
10/19 Even insiders expect EU’s collapse, and FT’s anti-gold propaganda gets worse – GATA
10/19 Bank of America tells stock investors to get ‘real’ – MarketWatch
Real Estate Bubble
10/20 Sales of existing homes in US increase more than forecast – Bloomberg
10/20 China’s real estate frenzy – The Week
10/19 US single-family housing starts surge; multi-family segment falters – Yahoo!
10/19 Look who’s driving the US housing market – Bloomberg
10/19 China home sales value rose 61% in September from year earlier – Bloomberg
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
10/20 Election 2016 – Reuters
10/20 Trump, Clinton double down on their strategies – Bloomberg
10/20 Required reading for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – MarketWatch
10/20 “They want to replace us!” Marine Le Pen says – Express
10/20 Trump isn’t America’s Le Pen. He’s more dangerous – Slate
10/20 France leaning right six months before presidential poll – Expatica
10/20 “Bad hombres”, “Putin puppets”, Chris Wallace wins “Bigly” – Zero Hedge
10/20 70 Nobel laureates endorse Hillary Clinton – New York Times
10/20 Hillary Clinton’s campaign thinks Bitcoin is too “libertarian” – Rare
10/20 There’s a new “silent majority,” and it’s voting for Hillary Clinton – Vox
10/20 Ex-FBI official acknowledges role in new Clinton email controversy – New York Times
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
10/20 Strong progress by Chinese solar power generators may eliminate subsidies – SCMP
10/20 Growing food with seawater and solar power – Aljazeera
10/20 These are the US companies with the most solar power – Fortune
10/19 Batteries may trip ‘death spiral’ in $3.4 trillion credit market – Bloomberg
10/18 Tepco shares slump after anti-nuclear novice wins Japan election – GEAB
10/18 Tesla, Apple and Uber push lithium prices even higher – Oil Price
10/18 Canadian Solar has a debt problem: time to worry? – Investor Guide
10/18 Tesla to expand with new solar production deal – Greentech Media
10/18 Sonnen raises $85M to scale behind-the-meter battery business – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
10/18 SNL’s presidential debate isn’t complete without Ken Bone – E! Online
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
10/20 Did the White House declare war on Russia? – Nation
10/20 Iraq captures key town near Mosul – Wall Street Journal
10/20 Has World War 3 already started? – International Man
10/20 Russia deploying the largest naval force since the Cold War for Syria – Zero Hedge
10/19 The government’s addiction to ‘secret law’ – New York Times
10/19 The $5 trillion wars – Boston Globe
10/19 Media silent as anti-corporate trade deal protests take Europe by storm – Anti Media
10/19 Half of US adults are recorded in police facial recognition databases – Guardian
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
10/18 How to inspect your survival stockpile – Survival Sullivan
10/17 Here’s why you need vitamin B12, and where you can find it – Washington Post
10/16 Conquering cancer – Dr. Sircus
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
10/18 Cyberwar between Russia and US. Moscow preparing for counter-attack – Belsat.eu
10/17 The clear and present danger list for the week ending October 14 – Medium.com
10/16 Europe launches largest “cyber wargame” in history – Zero Hedge
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
10/20 Use of strongest antibiotics rises to record levels on European farms – Guardian
10/19 World’s mammals being eaten into extinction – Guardian
10/19 Big-data algorithms are manipulating us all – Wired
10/18 Greece in 2050: A country for old men – Ekathimerini
10/18 Americans work 25% more than Europeans – Bloomberg
10/18 The greatest bubble ever… & the Federal Reserve can’t see it? – Econimica
10/17 Hunted to brink, Africa’s reviled vultures vital in fight against disease – Guardian
10/15 Visualizing America’s $18 trillion economy (in 3 stunning maps) – Zero Hedge
10/14 Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize – Vanity Fair
10/14 Subsidizing disaster – American Conservative
10/12 Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart – Guardian
