Gary Fielder, a Denver attorney, has put together one of the best educational videos I have ever seen detailing the monetary history and the ongoing struggle for control of our nation. Gary’s late 2008 video is crucial to gaining a full understanding of why we’re in the financial straits we’re in today and it is [...]
Posts under ‘Deflation’
The Corrosive Nature Of The Credit Default Swap (CDS)
Regular readers of my blog have seen me mention Karl Denninger and his work in previous posts and here is another of his articles that is definitely a MUST READ. Karl has an insightful mind and, in my opinion, is better-informed than most media-proclaimed “experts” in many areas of finance. For those of you who [...]
Credit Tsunami Wave II: 2009 – 2012 (and beyond?)
Surf’s up! But this is one wave you may want to sit out “high-and-dry”, far up on the hillside. Watch CBS Videos Online Important Notice To Viewers: Beware the obligatory mainstream media “market cheerleading” toward the end of this video. Otherwise, it’s just confirming what we in the blogosphere have been talking about for 18 [...]
What These Dangerous Clowns Don’t Understand
I had the unnerving experience last night of staying up late watching C-Span as U.S. Senators hammered and then shot down the bailout bill for the Detroit “Big 3″ (a misnomer?) automakers. I must admit, there was a great deal of heart-felt passion in the words of the representatives who were courageous enough to speak [...]
I.O.U.S.A. Movie: Watch This Free 30 Minute Trailer
I had been waiting for the I.O.U.S.A. documentary to show up here in the Raleigh-area movie theaters ever since it came out and it has finally arrived. However, while I was waiting, I spotted this 30-minute trailer that makes the movie – and many of its important points – accessible to everyone, regardless of area. [...]
How To Survive The Coming Dollar Collapse
I am posting this article with the permission of its author, Christopher Laird. Chris maintains a newsletter service and a website of his own at www.prudentsquirrel.com. You may want to click through and check it out. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE WHO HOLDS THEIR WEALTH IN DOLLARS SHOULD CONSIDER ALL POSSIBLE SCENARIOS WHEN PLANNING FOR [...]
The Crushing Potential of Financial Derivatives
George Soros, one of the world’s foremost investor-speculators, has said many times that he stays away from financial derivatives because “no one understands them”. In the world of finance, derivatives might be comparable to the theoretical study of linear particle acceleration in nuclear physics. Such theories appear to be “understood” mainly based on current assumptions [...]
“How should I own my gold?”
Editor’s Note: This article is written to address “worst-case” scenarios that should be considered as part of a comprehensive strategic wealth management plan. The author does not anticipate or predict that any such scenarios would or will materialize. However, planning for the worst while hoping for the best has always been excellent advice in both [...]
Those Misleading Market “Averages”
The table above presents an interesting opportunity for gaining additional insight into the way markets and market averages work – especially for those who pay close attention to the data they see in the table and view it in the context of how people move their money over time. I will go through an explanation [...]