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Best Of The Web
The coming Fed-induced pension bust – Hussman Funds
“We are becoming convinced that the solar system won’t stabilize” – Zero Hedge
Trump victory odds soar as the Hillary Clinton ‘death cross’ strikes – Zero Hedge
What we have now isn’t capitalism – Wall St. For Main St.
Weekly commentary: unambiguous signals disregarded – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Doggie (life) style – AheadOfTheHerd.com
Observations from the heart of Silicon Valley – Peak Prosperity
Hikes data dependent says NY Fed – Mish
Central banks are powerless “they should go away” – Mish
The negative interest rate gap – Club Orlov
British spymaster fears the EU has “run its historical course” – Zero Hedge
Brexit risks in 2016 – the movie – Gold And Liberty
CERN discovers new particle called the FERIR – Automatic Earth
“The global negative feedback loop” – Zero Hedge
The Economy
5/23 China credit squeeze, defaults are signs of coming crisis – Forbes
5/23 Why brimming oil inventories aren’t crashing prices – Bloomberg
5/23 Oil eases as focus returns to oversupply – Trade Arabia
5/23 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
5/23 “The time is now” for markets to price in China’s next slowdown – Zero Hedge
5/23 June, you’re up! – Economy And Markets
5/23 Despite depression, Greece forced to hike VAT, add new taxes – Mish
5/23 O.C. Watchdog: Unfunded pension debt approaching $1 trillion? – OC Register
5/23 ECM 2015.75: The rock vs. hard place – Armstrong Economics
5/23 Things have changed… maybe everything – Talk Markets
5/22 G-7 warns on weak global growth as Japan bristles over debt – Bloomberg
5/22 Cash-stuffed balance sheets no match for US company debt – Bloomberg
5/22 Defaults throw wrench in China’s $3 trillion company bond engine – Bloomberg
5/22 Crude storage fleet off Singapore points to stubborn oil glut – Reuters
5/22 Junk bonds: apocalypse postponed – MoneyWeek
5/22 Central States Fund proposes 60% pension cuts – Mish
5/21 China’s debt misery finds Singapore – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
5/23 When’s it safe to buy gold? After the Fed hikes – CNBC
5/23 Kinross’ Paul Rollinson and after the gold rush – GATA
5/23 Gold fund inflows surge to highest of the year – Zero Hedge
5/23 Can you guess which gold miner has the lowest sustaining costs? – Motley Fool
5/23 Kinross’ Paul Rollinson and after the gold rush – GATA
5/23 GLD – the beginning of the long term bull cycle – Seeking Alpha
5/23 Buy silver – “Best precious metals trade” – GoldCore
5/22 Why buy physical gold & silver? – APMEX
5/22 Gold bulls could lead M&A stampede – The Street
5/22 Is Silver Wheaton Corp. the right mining stock for investors? – Motley Fool
5/22 Charts reveal a bearish trend lurking in gold futures – MarketWatch
5/22 Gold’s going lower, and here’s how I’m going to cash in – CNBC
5/22 The platinum doubler of the year, courtesy of… gold? – Money Morning
5/22 Gold stream sale could be worth more than $800 million – Seeking Alpha
5/22 Bloomberg markets on the return of the gold standard – Mises Institute
5/22 Buy silver — best precious metals trade – Resource Investor
5/22 GOFO and gold prices – Seeking Alpha
5/22 Two overlooked streaming stocks with huge potential – Streetwise Reports
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
5/23 Explaining bitcoin to the masses: a glass box analogy – Coin Telegraph
5/23 Bitcoin and Ethereum aren’t really going head-on! – News BTC
5/23 Bitcoin catches on with gold bugs – Wall Street Journal
5/23 Shed a tear for the poor, poor Canadian hockey teams – Fortune
5/23 One Swede will kill cash forever – Wired
5/22 G7 meeting overshadowed by US, Japanese – Forbes
5/22 Behind the Fed’s faulty logic on interest rates – Bloomberg
5/22 US warns Japan on yen intervention as G-7 reaffirms deal – CNBC
5/21 Andrew Hoffman – Is this the Fed’s last stand? – Financial Survival Network
5/21 Will Venezuela be forced to embrace the dollar? – Zero Hedge
5/21 Fed suppression, long term economic repression – Bawerk
5/21 The inflation targeting scam – David Stockman
Real Estate Bubble
5/22 Existing home sales solid, not spectacular – Mish
5/22 Corporate China’s debt problem only getting worse – Nikkei
5/20 Existing Home Sales increased in April to 5.45 million SAAR – Calculated Risk
5/20 Existing home sales tumble in south, west regions – Zero Hedge
DollarCollapse Podcasts
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
4/13 A potentially brutal earnings season kicks off
4/06 The end of privacy = risk off and soaring gold
3/30 The inevitable is now imminent
3/22 Huge government deficits coming
3/17 Same mistakes, bigger scale
3/07 It’s all about the central banks
Politics
5/22 Uber has a powerful new opponent: Elizabeth Warren – Mother Jones
5/22 Meet the Donald Trumps of Europe – Stuff
5/22 Marine Le Pen: “EU is collapsing on to itself” – World Bulletin
5/22 Money is becoming a challenge for Bernie Sanders – LA Times
5/22 Why Bernie is our best chance to beat Trump – Huffington Post
5/22 Libertarianism and the Libertarian party – Lew Rockwell
5/22 The right to keep and bear arms as a check on tyrants – FFF
5/22 Can Warren broker peace between Clinton and Sanders? – CBS News
5/22 Elizabeth Warren’s next crusade – New Republic
5/22 Elizabeth Warren is sending you a subliminal message with her sleeves – WP
5/21 Brexiteers are having so much fun, sometimes I wish I could join them – Telegraph
5/21 Fury as EU chief brands Brits ‘deserters’ over Brexit campaign – Sun
5/21 Defending the Indefensible: Economist Mag praises central bank ‘growth’ – Daily Bell
5/21 What this election tells us about millennials – FRA
5/21 Nigel Farage: ‘They say I’m toxic. Quite the opposite’ –Guardian
Offshore Investing
5/20 EU to compile common blacklist of tax havens, sanctions against them – Reuters
5/17 Panama Papers: dozens of Americans tied in – Panama Papers
5/17 Panama Papers hub in Miami: Citigroup’s private bank – Wall St on Parade
5/12 Crooks, terrorists, tax evaders: Can new shell company rule stop them? – Reuters
Clean Tech
5/22 Solar power is already saving lives in the US. Here’s how. – Vox
5/22 Yieldco problems: systemic or a speed bump? – Utility Dive
5/22 Hanwha Q CELLS 54.4% Y-o-Y revenue increase in Q1 – Energy Trend
5/22 The end of SunEdison: developer now liquidating its assets – GTM
5/21 Tesla suppliers warn Musk expansion goals are “implausible” – Zero Hedge
5/21 Goldwind edges out Vestas as world’s leading wind turbine supplier – Clean Technica
5/21 Shipbuilders bail out as wind power loses steam –Korea Daily
5/21 Misaligned mirrors spark fire at world’s largest solar power plant – CBS Sacramento
5/21 A push toward solar power, a retreat from natural gas –Palo Alto
5/21 New solar plants generate floating green power –NY Times
5/21 Inching closer to making solar power as cheap as regular electricity – PS
5/20 NC bill takes aim at wind power and solar energy – News Observer
Art of the Collapse
5/08 ‘Dilbert’ creator’s 6 reasons why Trump will win – Zero Hedge
5/06 The book that will save banking from itself – Bloomberg
5/04 America’s best and brightest – 321 Gold
4/25 Hillary Clinton’s full speech to Goldman Sachs – Liberty Blitzkrieg
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
5/21 China demands US “cease immediately” spy plane missions near its borders – ZH
5/21 Bayer eyes $42 billion Monsanto in quest for seeds dominance – Bloomberg
5/21 Demand for small arms ‘protection’ in Germany explodes as fear rises – Zero Hedge
5/21 Brazil’s interim government wastes no time erasing workers’ party influence – Guardian
5/20 China says it’s ready if US ‘stirs up any conflict’ in South China Sea – CNBC
5/19 US supreme court makes mockery of First Amendment –Rutherford
5/18 America’s age of impunity – Zero Hedge
5/17 Beijing blasts Pentagon report on Chinese military – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
5/22 Monsanto weedkiller faces EU recall deal fails – Guardian
5/18 Fluoride, the only drug intentionally added to your tap water – Mercola
5/17 UV light provides a multitude of health benefits – Mercola
5/17 Dealing with stress and depression with magnesium supplements – Dr Sircus
5/16 Tiny is so very big– Mother Earth News
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
5/22 Cyberwar: The smart person’s guide – Tech Republic
5/21 Yet another major cyberheist in ‘secure’ global payments system – Zero Hedge
5/20 Cyber-war gets real – Baseline Mag
5/20 Cyber war vs. Islamic State ‘work in progress’ – VOA News
5/20 Cyberspace’s invisible armies – ECNS
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
5/22 10 magical places saved by endangered species – Tree Hugger
5/22 Want to buy a self-driving car? Big-rig trucks may come first – NY Times
5/21 Rock ‘n’ roll has got to GO! – Antonius Aquinas
5/20 Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record – AP
5/20 Uber to start testing self-driving car in Pittsburgh – CNBC
5/20 Mother of all head & shoulder patterns – Economica
5/18 Sochi doping allegations could show unprecedented criminality – Reuters
5/18 Zika virus could spread to Europe in coming months – Guardian
Politics
5/22 Uber has a powerful new opponent: Elizabeth Warren – Mother Jones
5/22 Meet the Donald Trumps of Europe – Stuff
5/22 Marine Le Pen: “EU is collapsing on to itself” – World Bulletin
5/22 Money is becoming a challenge for Bernie Sanders – LA Times
5/22 Why Bernie is our best chance to beat Trump – Huffington Post
5/22 Libertarianism and the Libertarian party – Lew Rockwell
5/22 The right to keep and bear arms as a check on tyrants – FFF
5/22 Can Warren broker peace between Clinton and Sanders? – CBS News
5/22 Elizabeth Warren’s next crusade – New Republic
5/22 Elizabeth Warren is sending you a subliminal message with her sleeves – Washington Post
5/21 Brexiteers are having so much fun, sometimes I wish I could join them – Telegraph
5/21 Fury as EU chief brands Brits ‘deserters’ over Brexit campaign – Sun
5/21 Defending the Indefensible: Economist Mag praises central bank ‘growth’ – Daily Bell
5/21 What this election tells us about millennials – FRA
5/21 Nigel Farage: ‘They say I’m toxic. Quite the opposite’ –Guardian
Offshore Investing
5/20 EU to compile common blacklist of tax havens, sanctions against them – Reuters
5/17 Panama Papers: dozens of Americans tied in – Panama Papers
5/17 Panama Papers hub in Miami: Citigroup’s private bank – Wall St on Parade
5/12 Crooks, terrorists, tax evaders: Can new shell company rule stop them? – Reuters
Clean Tech
5/22 Solar power is already saving lives in the US. Here’s how. – Vox
5/22 Yieldco problems: systemic or a speed bump? – Utility Dive
5/22 Hanwha Q CELLS 54.4% Y-o-Y revenue increase in Q1 – Energy Trend
5/22 The end of SunEdison: developer now liquidating its assets – GTM
5/21 Tesla suppliers warn Musk expansion goals are “implausible” – Zero Hedge
5/21 Goldwind edges out Vestas as world’s leading wind turbine supplier – Clean Technica
5/21 Shipbuilders bail out as wind power loses steam –Korea Daily
5/21 Misaligned mirrors spark fire at world’s largest solar power plant – CBS Sacramento
5/21 A push toward solar power, a retreat from natural gas –Palo Alto
5/21 New solar plants generate floating green power –NY Times
5/21 Inching closer to making solar power as cheap as regular electricity – PS
5/20 NC bill takes aim at wind power and solar energy – News Observer
Art of the Collapse
5/08 ‘Dilbert’ creator’s 6 reasons why Trump will win – Zero Hedge
5/06 The book that will save banking from itself – Bloomberg
5/04 America’s best and brightest – 321 Gold
4/25 Hillary Clinton’s full speech to Goldman Sachs – Liberty Blitzkrieg
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
5/21 China demands US “cease immediately” spy plane missions near its borders –ZH
5/21 Bayer eyes $42 billion Monsanto in quest for seeds dominance –Bloomberg
5/21 Demand for small arms ‘protection’ in Germany explodes as fear rises – Zero Hedge
5/21 Brazil’s interim government wastes no time erasing workers’ party influence – Guardian
5/20 China says it’s ready if US ‘stirs up any conflict’ in South China Sea – CNBC
5/19 US supreme court makes mockery of First Amendment –Rutherford
5/18 America’s age of impunity – Zero Hedge
5/17 Beijing blasts Pentagon report on Chinese military – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
5/22 Monsanto weedkiller faces EU recall deal fails –Guardian
5/18 Fluoride, the only drug intentionally added to your tap water – Mercola
5/17 UV light provides a multitude of health benefits – Mercola
5/17 Dealing with stress and depression with magnesium supplements – Dr Sircus
5/16 Tiny is so very big– Mother Earth News
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
5/22 Cyberwar: The smart person’s guide – Tech Republic
5/21 Yet another major cyberheist in ‘secure’ global payments system – Zero Hedge
5/20 Cyber-war gets real – Baseline Mag
5/20 Cyber war vs. Islamic State ‘work in progress’ – VOA News
5/20 Cyberspace’s invisible armies – ECNS
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
5/22 10 magical places saved by endangered species – Tree Hugger
5/22 Want to buy a self-driving car? Big-rig trucks may come first – NY Times
5/21 Rock ‘n’ roll has got to GO! – Antonius Aquinas
5/20 Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record – AP
5/20 Uber to start testing self-driving car in Pittsburgh – CNBC
5/20 Mother of all head & shoulder patterns – Economica
5/18 Sochi doping allegations could show unprecedented criminality – Reuters
5/18 Zika virus could spread to Europe in coming months – Guardian
