Courtesy of John Rubino.
Helicopter money is coming. Attempted coup fails in Turkey. Stocks recover on promise of massive new stimulus from Japan and UK and suspiciously good growth numbers from US and China. Gold corrects and interest rates rise. Banks report pretty good earnings, trucking firms and oil companies not so much. Another big terrorist attack in France and another police shooting in the US. UK Conservative party chooses new leader. Sanders endorses Clinton. Trump picks Indiana governor Mike Pence for VP.
Best Of The Web
Put your hope in radical decentralization – Mises Institute
From the levellers to the leavers: a history of revolt – Prospect
Stockman: No, Donald, it’s not a ‘World War’ – Daily Reckoning
No, Donald, it’s not a “world war” – David Stockman
Goodbye Leniin, hello Bernanke – ABC
Deutsche Bank loves helicopter money – Zero Hedge
The rising danger of a bidless market – Peak Prosperity
Weekly commentary: Scary time – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Jim Rickards on criminal banks – Max Keiser
Who’s buying it? – Real Investment Advice
The soaring risk of flying in Bernanke’s helicopter – Best Minds, Inc.
All time highs – Burning Platform
Greater fools storm the casino – David Stockman
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Breaking News
The Economy
7/19 Brexit is slowing world economy — and it could be worse – Washington Post
7/19 These Sicilian mortgages show how difficult it is to rescue Italian banks – Bloomberg
7/19 Europe hedge funds shrink and shutter as turmoil hurts returns – Bloomberg
7/19 Fed officials gain confidence they can raise rates this year – Wall Street Journal
7/19 Startup deal activity keeps falling worldwide – Bloomberg
7/19 This is the recession investors really need to worry about – Time
7/19 Calpers earns 0.6% as long-term returns trail fund’s target – Bloomberg
7/19 Alberta is in the midst of its worst recession on record – Financial Post
7/19 China’s local debt problem goes global – Bloomberg
7/19 Republican platform calls for return of Glass-Steagall – MarketWatch
7/19 Citi stunned: “extraordinary political backdrop” is deteriorating – Zero Hedge
7/19 IBM’s tough transition continues as sales shrink – again – Fortune
7/19 A dark, distressing time descended upon the civilized world – Economic Collapse Blog
7/19 Japan is a bankruptcy waiting to happen – Wall St. Daily
7/19 Debt dangers – US News
7/19 Trading the chaos: one hedge fund manager’s strategy – Capitalist Exploits
7/19 Global chaos in 2017 — John Rubino – Finance and Liberty
7/18 Has a stock market melt-up begun for stock market crash in 2016? – SafeHaven
7/18 Are central banks out of bullets? – 24hGold
Precious Metals
7/19 Gold & the perpetual bonds era – 321Gold
7/19 Gold weekly: Folks, don’t buy at this juncture! – Seeking Alpha
7/19 Silver – No time to waste, get it now – Daily Coin
7/19 Junior gold/silver mining funds or individual gold/silver mining stocks – Seeking Alpha
7/19 Citigroup’s Willem Buiter says ‘would hold gold’ – Epoch Times
7/19 Gold, Trump and rates: bank that foresaw rally flags $1,500 – Bloomberg
7/19 New CPI numbers reveal investment window for gold – Schiff Gold
7/19 The greatest lie ever told – SilverSeek.com
7/19 After Brexit, ordinary Britons warm to gold as safe haven – GATA
7/19 Harmony Gold meets 1.1M oz. annual production guidance – Seeking Alpha
7/19 Analysts love GOLD, should you? – Seeking Alpha
7/19 Gold’s bullish trend on hold. Can it stay above $1300? – Investing.com
7/19 Hedge funds finally say no to gold as US shares smoke records – MSN
7/19 This week’s market forecast – SPX, oil, gold & bonds – GoldAndOilGuy
7/18 5 best gold and silver junior mining stocks in 2016 – 24hGold
7/18 Gold’s record selling overhang – 24hGold
7/18 Latest COT report & how the Turkish coup attempt will affect gold – Seeking Alpha
7/18 Silver holding up against suppression efforts, GATA chairman says – GATA
7/18 Noonan on gold & silver: “Simply be idle until greater clarity emerges” – MunKnee
7/18 A minimum target of $675 for silver is NOT wishful thinking – MunKnee
7/18 Frank Holmes: Gold is just getting warmed up – Gecko Research
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
7/19 ECB fast exhausting German bonds for QE buying as yields tumble – Bloomberg
7/19 Why the Fed can’t and shouldn’t raise interest rates – Bloomberg
7/19 Philip Morris profit misses estimates, hurt by strong dollar – Bloomberg
7/19 The No. 1 thing companies are complaining about right now – Yahoo!
7/19 Bloomberg editorial in support of inflation misses the point – Daily Bell
7/19 Why aren’t consumers doing their part? – Forbes
7/19 Few positives for negative interest rates – Philly.com
7/19 Why is Japan toying with helicopter money? – Macro Business
7/19 New company files to create an ether ETF – Forbes
7/19 Keep an eye on ‘Bitcoin’ as the next ‘financial crisis’ starts! – GoldAndOilGuy
Real Estate Bubble
7/19 RBNZ to rein in housing boom with investor lending limits – Bloomberg
7/18 Rate-starved U.S. banks happily gobble mortgage business – Reuters
7/18 It’s not a housing bubble, it’s just expensive – Bloomberg
7/18 Slowing China home price rises add to doubts about economy – Reuters
7/18 Bank of Mum and Dad is now paying the rent, too – Guardian
7/18 Homebuilders struggle to keep up with Canada boom – Reuters
DollarCollapse Podcasts
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
4/13 A potentially brutal earnings season kicks off
4/06 The end of privacy = risk off and soaring gold
Politics
7/19 Likelihood of organized disruption at GOP convention – BATR
7/19 Donald Trump’s ghostwriter tells all – New Yorker
7/19 Dark Three Dog Night of the soul – Salon
7/19 Let the madness begin: All signs point to four days of complete insanity – Salon
7/19 French PM booed in tribute to Nice victims – Mish
7/19 Europe’s impossible refugee math – Mish
7/19 Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage to attend RNC – KSAT
7/19 Donald Trump’s interview with ’60 Minutes’ was eye-opening – Washington Post
7/19 Donald Trump and the politics of being an asshole – Mother Jones
7/18 From Merkel to May, will women soon rule the world? – CNBC
7/18 Clinton keeps 5-point lead over Trump heading into conventions – CNBC
7/18 What is Theresa May’s endgame? – Vanity Fair
7/18 Trump foe Elizabeth Warren turns attacks on Pence – CNN
Offshore Investing
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
6/29 Anarchy in the UK? What Brexit means for you – Nestmann
Clean Tech
7/19 You’ll never believe how cheap new solar power is – Think Progress
7/19 These 4 solar-power stocks will leave fossil fuels in the dust – MarketWatch
7/19 40% of wind power capacity under cloud – Business Standard
7/19 Why lithium will see another price spike this fall – Oil Price
7/19 Ballard surges on deal to build fuel cell factory in China – Bloomberg
7/19 Three scenarios for the distributed grid in 2030 – Greentech Media
7/19 Why drones are ‘game-changing’ for renewable energy – Greentech Media
7/19 SolarEdge’s smart inverters hub of battery-backed solar homes – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
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
6/21 Explore bank bailouts, Cyprus anonymous, and more – Pinterest
6/19 Artist’s impression of the opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
7/19 Axe-wielding Afgan refugee shot dead after slashing 14 people – Zero Hedge
7/19 EU official raises possibility of “false flag” – Mish
7/19 Erdogan purges 20,000 as Europe voices concern coup was staged – Zero Hedge
7/19 Baton Rouge shooter was ex-Marine who denied ties to any group – Reuters
7/19 A dark prospect – Kunstler
7/19 Justice department ‘uses aged computer system to frustrate Foia requests’ – Guardian
7/19 Pakistan’s ‘Kim Kardashian’ killed by brother in Islamic ‘honor killing’ – Zero Hedge
7/19 If Trump tries to remove ISIS, will he be removed? – Daily Bell
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
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
7/12 Farmland becoming more popular amenity than a golf course – MarketWatch
7/12 Importance of diagnosing stress – Dr Sircus
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
7/14 China hacked the FDIC – and US officials covered it up, report says – CNN Money
7/12 NATO: ‘New realities’ make internet a potential front line in conflict – ZD Net
7/12 As global feuds arise, expect increased cyberwar, says NATO analyst – Mother Board
7/09 Crooks are winning the ‘cyber arms race’, admit cops – ZD Net
7/09 Chilling doc on Stuxnet and secret cyberwar – Philly
7/09 End-to-end encryption comes to facebook messenger – Wired
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
7/19 Here’s why there are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ drugs – not even heroin – Guardian
7/19 Kim Kardashian West’s feud with Taylor Swift just went nuclear – Vanity Fair
7/18 Artificial intelligenc swarms Silicon Valley on wings and wheels – NYT
7/18 Anthony Weiner’s tormented communications director relives her horror – Vanity Fair
7/18 Toxic wheat, GMOs and the precautionary principle – Automatic Earth
7/18 More than half of US adults under age 30 reject capitalism – Most Important News
7/17 Are walkers smarter than drivers? – BBC
7/17 Personal communication from Dr. Sircus – Dr Sircus
7/17 Nintendo just became most traded stock in Japanese history – Zero Hedge
7/17 California fault lines and Yellowstone are shaking like crazy – Most Important News
7/17 Biodiversity is below safe levels across half the world – Guardian
