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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. 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
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
This ‘market’ discounts nothing except monetary cocaine – David Stockman
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Breaking News
The Economy
7/27 U.S. durable-goods orders sink 4% in June – MarketWatch
7/27 Hong Kong June exports fall for 14th month, Brexit to deepen pain – Reuters
7/27 China’s debt problem may be worse than expected – CNBC
7/27 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
7/27 Oil: a refinery-driven correction is upon us – Bloomberg
7/27 Country’s largest pension fund, CalPERs, underperforms – My Budget 360
7/27 Deutsche Bank flags deeper cuts on weak trading profit – Bloomberg
7/27 Japan lemming syndrome – 24hGold
7/27 Service PMI barely above contraction – Mish
7/27 Japan stock investors learn to love corporate debt – Nikkei Asian Review
7/27 Former Fed chairman may have answered Japan’s debt problems – Forbes
7/27 Here’s the real reason stocks are rallying – Casey Research
7/27 Global central banks are all-in – Zero Hedge
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
Precious Metals
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
7/27 ‘Impending gold production cliff’ may deliver a jolt to prices – GATA
7/27 The US dollar’s impact on gold and silver – Streetwise Report
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
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
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
Real Estate Bubble
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
7/23 Global real estate market – Bert Dohmen
7/22 Denmark faces ‘out of control’ housing market – 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
7/27 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
7/27 Supporters nervous Clinton won’t carry Pennsylvania – MarketWatch
7/27 Robert Kagan and other neocons are backing Hillary Clinton – Intercept
7/27 The odious vs. the tedious – James Howard Kunstler
7/27 Separatist movement in Catalonia steps up battle with Madrid – Guardian
7/27 The power of “nyet” – Club Orlov
7/27 Assange: “A lot more material” will be released – Zero Hedge
7/27 Wikileaks emails bring new attention to Hillary – Wall Street On Parade
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
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
7/27 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
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
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
7/27 Elevated blood sugar sets the stage for cancery growth – Mercola
7/27 French government faces criticism of security after church attack – Reuters
7/27 US backs Phillipines in call for South China Sea talks – Wall Street Journal
7/27 Merkel’s Trojan horse of terrorism – Mish
7/27 Stopping the rain of terrorism – Dr. Sircus
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
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
7/27 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
7/23 Trump doesn’t understand cyberwar – Atlantic
7/22 Experts: GOP cyber platform “detrimental to global stabiltiy” – Fed Scoop
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
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
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
