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G-20 commits to more stimulus. Stocks down and gold up slightly while oil falls again. Debt keeps soaring while yield curves flatten. Dutch and big banks roll out negative interest rates. Judge rules that bitcoin is not money. Several more mass killings, the latest in French church. Trump ahead in latest polls. Clinton picks Tim Kaine for VP. Wikileaks sends DNC into turmoil. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz resigns.
Best Of The Web
Plutocracy, then and now – the less 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
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
7/26 Atlantic divergence in monetary policy as US economy outpaces EU – Financial Sense
7/26 Citigroup, HSB jettison customers as era of global empire ends – Bloomberg
7/26 Brexit rewrites UK budget rules – Reuters
7/26 Helicopter money and ECB backdoor bailouts – Mish
7/26 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index negative 19th month, but barely – Mish
7/26 Hubris, instability & entertainment – Automatic Earth
7/26 July Richmond Fed manufacturing index +10 vs -5 expected – Reuters
7/26 Why big banks could be broken up no matter who wins the White House – CNBC
7/26 Raoul Pal: “The era of doing nothing and getting paid for it is over” – Capitalist Exploits
7/26 Don’t buy the SPX hope rally! – GoldAndOilGuy
7/26 Japan needs a different kind of economic boost – Bloomberg
7/26 Hang on to your gold! G20 commits to more stimulus – Financial Post
7/26 Here’s what happens when the world overdoses on debt – Casey Research
7/26 Congress must address public pension plan unfunding – Pi Online
7/26 Precious metals price drivers and company updates – KER
7/26 UST 10Y-2Y yield curve keeps getting flatter, breaks 50 – David Stockman
7/25 Japan’s exports decline again in June, for ninth straight month – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
7/26 Gold: Fed & BOJ are in play – 321Gold
7/26 Negative interest rates are positive for gold – Seeking Alpha
7/26 James Turk issues warning about action in gold & silver markets – King World News
7/26 What’s gonig on? Record Swiss gold flow into the United States – SRSrocco Report
7/26 Underpriced silver is the “Rip Van Winkle” metal – Money Metals Exchange
7/26 China and Russia stil on gold buying spree – Schiff Gold
7/26 June Swiss gold statistics highlight continuing reverse gold flows – Sharps Pixley
7/26 Standoff in gold between speculators and price-suppressing banks – GATA
7/26 Here’s why Golden Star Resources Ltd. is plunging today – Motley Fool
7/25 Gold in bull market – “Every reason for it to continue” – GoldCore
7/25 Rising prices fail to induce Indians to sell their gold – GATA
7/25 EU considers migration ‘emergency brake’ for UK for up to 7 years – Guardian
7/25 China mines gold uneconomically because it plans to boost the price – GATA
7/25 Gold: the ultimate insurance policy – Seeking Alpha
7/25 Silver manipulation – because they needed the eggs – Silver Coin Investor
7/25 In a world of “helicopter” money, gold wins – Live Trading News
7/25 Will the gold bull market resume after the summer correction? – ValueWalk
7/24 Silver is paving its own path – Seeking Alpha
7/24 Debt addiction will carry PMs higher, guaranteed – Edge Trader Plus
7/24 Donald Trump loves gold and don’t you forget – Bloomberg
7/24 Physicists combine gold with titanium and quadruple its strength – Futurism
7/24 7 signs that the gold market remains resilient – Seeking Alpha
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
7/26 Fed seen holding rates steady as inflation watch continues – Reuters
7/26 Yen jumps on falling Japanese stimulus expectations – Reuters
7/26 Natwest and RBS warn of negative interest for business customers – Independent
7/26 Negative real interest rates are politics – R Street
7/26 Dutch banks rolling out negative interest rates – Tru News
7/26 Bitcoin is not money, Miami judge rules – Fortune
7/26 Bitcoin use surges 33% a month in Caribbean amid bank flight – MSN
7/26 Japan’s “helicopter money” play – Web Of Debt
7/25 Chinese devaluation is closer than anyone thinks – Zero Hedge
7/25 Kuroda says BOJ will ease policy again if necessary – Japan Today
Real Estate Bubble
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
7/23 Global real estate market – Bert Dohmen
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
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
7/26 Democrats set to nominate Clinton as they seek a way past discord – Reuters
7/26 Bernie Sanders: ‘I am proud to stand with her’ – CNN
7/26 Mexico wants to build Trump’s wall to stop illegal immigration – SHTF Plan
7/26 Democratic National Committee officially apologizes to Sanders over emails – CNBC
7/26 The pressure mounts for democrats’ convention – Vanity Fair
7/26 Email is fracturing the democratic convention before it even starts – Wired
7/26 The Hillary haters – Slate
7/26 Farage warns Germany may ‘never be the same again’ after migrant influx – Express
7/26 Clinton, Wasserman Schultz & corpse of the democratic process – Ron Paul Institute
7/26 Hillary Clinton is in deep trouble – Liberty Blitzkrieg
7/25 WikiLeaks hits DNC ahead of convention, competes with Kaine VP nomination – CNBC
7/25 WikiLeaks trove plunges Democrats into crisis on eve of Convention – SMH
7/25 Wasserman Schultz resigning, faces grilling from Sanders supporters – CNN
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
7/26 What’s missing from Elon Musk’s new master plan for Tesla – Greentech Media
7/26 There is a race for Lithium going on in Nevada – CNBC
7/26 Solar power tariffs may fall as low as Rs3.50 a unit in 3 years – Live Mint
7/26 UK Solar power industry loses over 12,000 jobs – Independent
7/26 Brazil’s wind energy procution grows 77% y/y in 2015 – SeeNews
7/26 What’s missing from Elon Musk’s new master plan for Tesla – Greentech Media
7/25 CA wastes tons of wind, solar power for lack of energy storage – Daily Caller
7/23 Tesla’s Musk sees electric truck & bus, defends Solar City deal – Investors
7/23 China’s monthly PV grid connection in June estimated to exceed 10GW – Energy Trend
Art of the Collapse
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
6/21 Explore bank bailouts, Cyprus anonymous, and more – Pinterest
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
7/26 Kerry hopes to reveal cooperation plan with Russia on Syria in August – Reuters
7/26 Elderly priest killed in French church, attack claimed by Islamic State – Reuters
7/26 Turkey asks Kosovo to punish journalist over coup comments – Reuters
7/26 Hollande vows “all out war” against ISIS after killing priest – Zero Hedge
7/26 Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara – BBC
7/25 Shooting after Florida nightclub’s teen party leaves two dead – Reuters
7/25 Syrian asylum seeker kills himself and injures 12 in Germany – Guardian
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
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
7/26 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
7/23 Trump doesn’t understand cyberwar – Atlantic
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
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
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
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
