“We Worry About Armed Conflict”: Investors Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Post-Election Violence
Earlier we reported that amid fears of election night chaos, the White House has been put on lockdown, and that…
Flying Blind: Clueless About Risk, We’re Speeding Toward Systemic Failure
For all these reasons, the risks of systemic collapse are much higher than commonly anticipated. There’s an irony in discussing risk: since…
USDA Crop Report Shocker Sends Corn Futures Surging
Chicago corn futures surged 8% in the last two sessions after a massive reduction to the U.S. government’s acreage estimate reported Reuters. …
COVID-Comeback Batters Big-Tech & Black Gold, Sparks Bond Bid
Just when you thought it was safe to buy any stock – selected at random via Scrabble letters – on…
Front-Month WTI Crude Crashes Below Zero For First Time Ever
Over the last several decades, have we ever seen a year start as strangely as 2020 has? Global weather patterns…
12 Signs That The Economy Is Seriously Slowing Down As 2020 Begins
Lost in all of the headlines about Iran and impeachment is the fact that the U.S. economic slowdown which began…
Congress gives America a special Christmas present: higher taxes
You’ve got to hand it to these people– Congress really knows how to bring out the holiday cheer. They have…
Making A Fortune: 19 Million Public Employees Across America Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1 Trillion
For the first time in history, 19 million public employee salaries at every level of government across America have been…
Truth and Consequences
How can one write about the underlying truth of the economy in a nation where the majority of people do…
Schiff On ‘The Bubble’: “It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before The Whole Thing Implodes”
Vioa SchiffGold.com, Everybody knows that the 2008 financial crisis was caused by “deregulation” and “greed,” right? Except that it wasn’t. A…