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Central banks making big promises, which traders seem to like. Gold corrects; several analysts see a top here. Brexit is slowing world economy, European hedge funds struggling, Italian banks hopeless. More terrorist attacks, the latest with an ax. Trump makes long, dark acceptance speech.
Best Of The Web
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
This ‘market’ discounts nothing except monetary cocaine – David Stockman
Something big happened in the gold market – SRSrocco Report
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
7/22 Gold: Plan B – SafeHaven
7/22 The serious warning no one’s talking about – Casey Research
7/22 Oil prices extend losses, face weekly decline as glut fears persist – CNBC
7/22 The real numbers behind GE’s “beat” – Zero Hedge
7/22 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
7/22 U.S. sides with HSBC to block release of money laundering report – Reuters
7/22 Pension funds are underwater – and taking us with them – ValueWalk
7/22 The subprime US economy is imploding – SRSrocco Report
7/22 How to escape the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme – Casey Research
7/22 The big picture hasn’t changed – Casey Research
7/22 Japan’s $190 billion stimulus; less than meets the eye – Reuters
7/22 VIX spells recession but Mrs. Yellen disagrees – Mountain Vision
7/22 Here’s what happens when the easy money dries up – Casey Research
7/22 11 signs that the US economy is rapidly deteriorating – Most Important News
7/22 Mattress money & need-for-yield: “We saw this in 2007” – Zero Hedge
7/22 Bring back the “Fed model” for stocks? Nope – Alhambra Investment Partners
7/21 Philly Fed index turns negative, drops to six-month low in July – MarketWatch
7/21 European banks soar as Draghi hints at “public backstops”” – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
7/22 Is gold set to hit $1,500 per ounce? – GoldCore
7/22 Silver mining vs. gold mining: the dynamics explained – Sprott Money
7/22 Sentiment speaks: What is in store for gold? – Seeking Alpha
7/22 After doubling shares, this gold miner says rally will go on – NewsMax
7/22 Gold may not be as safe of a haven as you thought – USA Today
7/22 After doubling shares, this gold miner says rally will go on – NewsMax
7/22 Gold miner Newmont cuts cost forecast, beats market – Reuters
7/22 Why gold’s bond with the dollar has broken – MarketWatch
7/22 Jim Rickards and Egon von Greyerz discuss $10,000 gold – 24hGold
7/22 A timeline for the next rally in gold – TF Metals Report
7/22 Academic study says central banks rig markets with gold lending – GATA
7/22 If you can’t touch it, you don’t own it – Gold Price
7/21 Three reasons I tell everyone to sell their gold ETFs – Gold Silver
7/21 Gold tops out as odds of next rate hike point again to 2016 – Seeking Alpha
7/21 If this EU giant fails, what will gold do? – Birch Gold
7/21 Jim Rickards: Dynamics in place for $10,000 gold – Schiff Gold
7/21 Ronnie Stoeferle: “In gold we trust!” – Financial Repression Authority
7/20 Climbing gold and silver’s wall of worry – Money Metals
7/20 Gold – be afraid, be very afraid! – Daily Coin
7/20 Sell gold: the fear is over – Seeking Alpha
7/20 Measuring the gold majors on cost effectiveness, free cash flow – Seeking Alpha
7/20 Silver stocks: Is it time to take some profits? – MunKnee
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
7/22 How sub-zero gov bonds turned hunt for yield upside down – Bloomberg
7/22 Pound plummets on renewed recession fears – Zero Hedge
7/22 China produced more steel than rest of the world last month – Business Insider
7/22 Dear ECB, what’s in your wallet? – Mish
7/22 Debt issuance can’t keep up with the ECB’s hunger for bonds – Bloomberg
7/22 Bank of Japan down plays Kuroda’s ‘helicopter money’ comments – Globe And Mail
7/22 The real message from asset inflation – GoldMoney
7/22 RBNZ says lower rates will likely be needed – Bloomberg
7/21 10Y bund yield falls back under 0% – Zero Hedge
7/21 Cryptocurrency platform Ethereum gets a controversial update – Wall Street Journal
Real Estate Bubble
7/22 Denmark faces ‘out of control’ housing market – Bloomberg
7/21 Low mortgage rates help boost US home resales to 9-year high – CNBC
7/21 House bubble warning will ‘shake Government’ – NZ Herald
7/20 Bank earnings: Wall Street is running out of jobs to cut – CNBC
7/20 US housing starts total 1.18M in June vs. 1.17M expected – CNBC
7/19 RBNZ to rein in housing boom with investor lending limits – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
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
4/13 A potentially brutal earnings season kicks off
Politics
7/22 CNN probably regrets polling viewers after Trump speech – BPR
7/22 His tone dark, Donald Trump takes GOP mantel – New York Times
7/22 Tim Kaine seems likely for Hillary Clinton’s No. 2 – NY Times
7/22 Ted Cruz just crushed his political career with that GOP convention speech – CNBC
7/22 Could Donald Trump pass a sanity test? – Vanity Fair
7/21 Ted Cruz booed for refusing to endorse Trump – Zero Hedge
7/21 Farage says Trump campaign ‘makes even me wince a little bit’ – Indepenent
7/21 Bernie Sanders and the atomized republic – First Things
7/21 We may be watching the ‘last true’ GOP convention ever: Ex-NBC chief – CNBC
7/21 Austria presidential election take 2 – Mish
7/21 The long, sad, corrupted devolution of the GOP – Intercept
7/21 Trump could seek new law to purge government of Obama appointees – Reuters
7/21 Soros lays out his plan for Europe to avoid ‘catastrophe’ – CNBC
7/21 GOP adopts Bernie Sanders’ ‘break up the banks’ policy – Huffington Post
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
7/21 Solar photovoltaic arrives as a mainstream technology – Market Watch
7/21 SunEdison taking steps to sell its stake in TerraForm Global – Bloomberg
7/21 Cox: Iron Man Musk wages war on too many fronts – Reuters
7/21 US has potential for more than a billion tons of biomass annually – Kurzweil
7/21 Molten salt a boost for solar power generation – Engineers Australia
7/21 Musk sees Tesla’s future: Trucks, transit and solar in a push to sustainability – CNBC
7/20 How renewable energy is blowing climate change efforts off course – NY Times
7/20 SolarCity raises $345 million to finance new Solar Projects – Electrek
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
7/22 Snowden designs a device to warn if your iphone’s radios are snitching – Wired
7/22 Erdogan vows Turkish military shake-up as emergency rule takes hold – Reuters
7/22 A turkey of a coup – Club Orlov
7/21 Erdogan scorecard: 50,000 detained or fired generals, judges, teachers, police – Mish
7/21 Turkish Gov’t to consider state of emergency after coup – Bloomberg
7/21 French lawmakers extend state of emergency after Nice attack – Reuters
7/20 German train ax attack puts Merkel migrant policy back in spotlight – Reuters
7/20 Police across US patrolling in pairs after ambush attacks – Big Story
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
7/22 Experts: GOP cyber platform “detrimental to global stabiltiy” – Fed Scoop
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
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
7/21 Musk sees Tesla’s future: Trucks, transit and solar in a push to sustainability – CNBC
7/21 ‘Millennial dorms’: A new kind of group living for urbanites – CNBC
7/21 This year’s record arctic melt is a problem for everybody – Gizmodo
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
