Courtesy of John Rubino.
Fed does nothing, says little. Gold pops, stocks Decline. Japan considers 50-year bonds. Companies report fake numbers. Money pours into corporate bonds as sovereign yields go negative. G-20 commits to more stimulus. Debt keeps soaring while yield curves flatten. Judge rules that bitcoin is not money. Clinton accepts nomination. Gold and silver miners start reporting.
Best Of The Web
Biggest companies in the S&P 500 use made-up earnings numbers – MarketWatch
This is how independent central banks are – Gold Republic
Why real reform is impossible – OfTwoMinds.com
Plutocracy, then and now – the lesser of two evils – Jesse’s Cafe Americain
How to profit form these massive, Brexit-induced trends – Casey Research
5 reasons why Trump will win – Michael Moore
An upside down world – Financial Sense
IceCap asks what happens when the bond bubble finally pops – Zero Hedge
It’s all connected – Globe And Mail
The central planning virus mutates – Acting Man
Cycle of insurgency: cops are being targeted, what’s next? – The Fifth Column
The real reason pharma companies hate medical marijuana – Liberty Blizkrieg
The world is taking its revenge against elites – Guardian
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Breaking News
The Economy
7/28 Can the world deal with a new bank crisis? – Bloomberg
7/28 Insanity in Japan – Zero Hedge
7/28 Households on the hook for Italy’s next bailout – Bloomberg
7/28 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
7/28 Wolfgang Schäuble bails out Spain, Portugal – Politico
7/28 Ford plunges after warning “we don’t see growth” – Zero Hedge
7/28 GDPNow forecast sinks to 1.8% – Mish
7/28 Oil industry about to be burned again by fall in oil prices – Zero Hedge
7/28 Japan boldly considers issuing 50-year bonds – MarketWatch
7/28 Key indicator says the economy is in big trouble – Casey Research
7/28 When it comes to rate hikes, the Fed has no stick – CNBC
7/28 Oil tanks after EIA reports 1.7M barrel crude build – Oil Price
7/28 Global banks are staging a bank run in China – Epoch Times
7/28 More warning signs from China’s economy – ValueWalk
7/28 Brexit is hitting the economy hard – Guardian
7/28 Unclear why US Fed so eager to raise rates – Talk Digital Network
7/27 Fed leaves rates unchanged, says economy strengthening – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
7/28 Barrick adjusted earnings rise sharply in second quarter – Kitco
7/28 Goldcorp posts Q2 loss on reduced production – Kitco
7/28 Kinross Gold’s adjusted loss narrows in second quarter – Kitco
7/28 Agnico Eagle Mines reports higher profit, increases dividend – Kitco
7/28 Why I have more than 10% of my assets in gold and silver – GoldSilver
7/28 The sentiment of fundamentals for gold – Seeking Alpha
7/28 DRD Gold CEO sees metal shortage as ‘paper gold’ increases – GATA
7/28 Experts: “Peak gold” has arrived – Daily Reckoning
7/27 The Greenback fires a warning shot, commodities face trouble – Daily Reckoning
7/27 Barrick Gold weighs sale of $1.9-billion Acacia stake – Globe And Mail
7/27 Six mining companies to watch as M&A heats up – Yahoo!
7/27 Gold’s gotten pricey – Seeking Alpha
7/27 Ronald Stoeferle: Central banks in lose-lose situation – Gold And Liberty
7/27 Remembering gold’s bullish set-up on Dec. 1, 2015 – 24hGold
7/27 ‘Rewards of gold promise to be of historic magnitude’ – Barron’s
7/27 Decision time for silver investors – 24hGold
7/27 Waiting through prototypical cartel shenanigans – 24hGold
7/27 Negative interest rates driving investors to gold – Bloomberg
7/27 Gold and pork bellies – BMG Bullion
7/27 Randgold returned 25% while hedging against Brexit – Forbes
7/27 Mining CEO: silver in a sweet spot – Schiff Gold
7/27 Gold should comprise 25% of your investment portfolio – NewsMax
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
7/28 ‘Helicopter money’ might weaken currencies more than QE – Reuters
7/28 Fed caution hits dollar as Japan anticipation builds – Reuters
7/28 German inflation picks up more than forecast in July – Reuters
7/28 If helicopter money succeeds, it will lead to 1,500% inflation – Zero Hedge
7/27 PM Abe’s plan for $265 billion stimulus puts pressure on BOJ to ease – Reuters
7/27 Monetary Zika – Silver Coin Investor
7/27 Drop the Big Mac, pick up an iPhone to divine dollar’s direction – Bloomberg
7/27 What would negative interest rates mean for your savings? – Telegraph
7/27 Bitcoin’s killer legal win no one noticed – Huffington Post
7/26 Fed seen holding rates steady as inflation watch continues – Reuters
Real Estate Bubble
7/28 US homeownership lowest since president Carter – Confounded Interest
7/28 Canadian housing agency lifts Vancouver risk warning-level – Bloomberg
7/27 Realtors fear unhealthy price appreciation – Zero Hedge
7/27 Auckland house prices need to drop 50 percent – Radionz
7/26 New home sales hit 592,000 in June, versus 560,000 estimate – CNBC
7/25 Foreign buyers inflate global residential real estate bubbles – Zero Hedge
DollarCollapse Podcasts
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?
4/27 Okay, I’ll say it: run for the hills
4/21 Corporate earnings (among other things) go from bad to horrendous
Politics
7/28 Democrats skewer Trump – Politico
7/28 Michael Bloomberg just summed up the election in one sentence – Business Insider
7/28 Euroscepticism: The EU’s new normal – EU Observer
7/28 Merkel: attacks by asylum seekers ‘mock’ Germany – DW
7/28 Trump and Hillary converge at 58% unfavorable rating – Mish
7/28 Donald Trump just gave his most unhinged press conference yet – Vanity Fair
7/28 Democrats accuse Trump of disloyalty over Clinton emails – CNN
7/28 Welcome to the bizarro world of Trump supporters on Reddit – Wired
7/28 Don’t underestimate Trump – Sovereign Investor
7/28 Catalonia parliament approves independence path – Mish
7/27 IRS launches investigation of Clinton foundation – Daily Caller
7/27 Assange: “A lot more material” will be released – Zero Hedge
7/27 Democrats achieve an uneasy détente at convention – Wall Street Journal
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
7/28 Why tech giants are investing billions in green energy – Oil Price
7/28 The enormous gigafactory, where Tesla will build its future – Wired
7/27 Why drones are ‘game-changing’ for renewable energy – Greentech Media
7/27 ABB sells first order for 15-second bus charging – Greentech Media
7/27 Tesla opens gigafactory to expand battery production, sales – Bloomberg
7/27 The top 3 energy storage deals so far this year – Greentech Media
7/27 How storage paves the way for the grid of the future – Greentech Media
7/27 Why home solar panels no longer pay in some states – New York Times
7/26 What’s missing from Elon Musk’s new master plan for Tesla – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
7/27 Meanwhile at the DNC – Zero Hedge
7/25 Trump’s acceptance speech – Digg
7/17 Obama’s 11-point response to the French tragedy – Zero Hedge
7/13 Artist’s impression of Hillary’s inauguration – Zero Hedge
7/03 Debunking Utopia – Future of Freedom Foundation
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
7/28 Turkey purges 1,700 officers from the military after failed coup – CBC
7/28 German police raid mosque and apartments in crackdown on Salafists – Reuters
7/28 China says to hold drills with Russia in South China Sea – Reuters
7/28 US gov pays $475k for illegally searching woman’s vagina – Zero Hedge
7/28 Why Pokemon Go scares Middle Eastern governments – Financial Sense
7/27 French government faces criticism of security after church attack – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
7/27 Elevated blood sugar sets the stage for cancer growth – Mercola
7/24 Hospital beds & massage tables with biomats – Dr Sircus
7/23 These powders are powerful – Bloomberg
7/17 Sticking germy fingers in mouth may give upper hand on health – ARS Technica
7/17 Paying farmers to go organic, even before the crops come in – NY Times
7/17 Obama expected to sign industry-backed GMO label bill into law – Automatic Earth
7/15 U.S. GMO food labeling bill passes Senate – Reuters
7/15 The prepper’s plan – down the rabbit hole – Survival Sullivan
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
7/28 Wikileaks has officially lost the moral high ground – Wired
7/28 Democrats ignored cybersecurity warnings before theft – Bloomberg
7/27 Maybe Putin did it after all – Zero Hedge
7/26 Hot new prey for hackers – CNBC
7/26 A virus altered the face of security in Iran – Take Part
7/26 DNC hack could just elevate cyberwarfare – CNBC
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
7/28 The slot machine in your pocket – Spiegel
7/28 Facebook’s realy big plans for virtual reality – Bloomberg
7/27 A 4-billion-year-old ancestor of all living things on Earth – IB Times
7/27 Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40% – Guardian
7/27 What a city with driverless cars will look like (in 10 years or less) – 24hGold
7/26 Democrats expand marijuana platform plank and slam drug war – Marijuana.com
7/26 Italy’s parliament votes on Colorado-style marijuana legalization – Westword
7/25 Woman dead after she leaves car and gets eaten by tiger – Telegraph
7/24 Self-driving shuttle starts operation in Lyon France in September – Mish
7/23 A brief history of Marijuana legalization – Marijuana
7/23 Fighting the most dangerous animal in the world – Spiegel
