Courtesy of John Rubino.
US industrial production, housing starts up, inflation flat. Japan’s GDP growth stalls. Odds of Fed rate hike go down. Money pours into bond funds. More good earnings reports from precious metals miners. China, Japan, Russia rattle their sabers. Trump attempts to salvage his campaign, is failing.
Best Of The Web
Insanity, oddities and dark clouds in credit-land – Acting Man
Weekly commentary: Inflation – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The one is going to be bad… – GoldSilver
The Brexit vote and endgame time for the EU – David Stockman
Globalization is dead, but the idea is not – Automatic Earth
A crisis of intervention – Sovereign Man
Priced out of the ‘open society’ – SAXO Group
Updating government finance quasi-capitalism – Credit Bubble Bulletin
A global derivatives expert shines the light on systemic risk – Garret Galland
What happens when rampant asset inflation ends? – OfTwoMinds.com
Bernanke’s “enrich-thy-neighbor” doctrine now in “full bloom” – FRA
Impermanence and full-cycle thinking – Hussman Funds
Minsky’s moment – Economist
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Breaking News
The Economy
8/16 Billionaire Soros doubles bet against US stocks – RT
8/16 “It’s surreal” – Negative yielding debt rises to record $13.4 trillion – Talk Markets
8/16 Shorts throw in the towel; finally time to short the market? – 24hGold
8/16 Mining giant BHP slumps to record loss – BBC
8/16 China’s fading animal spirits – Bloomberg
8/16 Germany amassing huge surpluses — and huge risks – MarketWatch
8/16 Why pension funds are driving biggest bond bubble in history – Zero Hedge
8/16 Comic relief – SafeHaven
8/16 US industrial production rises more than expected in July – Investing.com
8/16 How does 2016 compare to stock market peaks in 2000 and 2007? – Ciovacco Capital
8/16 Why capitalism and socialism doesn’t: arbitrage – Manhattan Contrarian
8/16 Peak season shipping roundup – Mish
8/16 Silent ambiguity – Seeking Alpha
8/16 Lack of shipping demand sends big ships to scrap heap – Mish
8/16 Deutsche Bank analyst says a market shock is the only way out – Dollar Vigilante
Precious Metals
8/16 Buy physical gold; central banks are on its side – CNBC
8/16 Putting gold miners into proper perspective – 24hGold
8/16 Increasing speculation in “paper gold” – 24hGold
8/16 Gold and silver soar in pound sterling terms post-Brexit – GoldCore
8/16 Go gold! – Seeking Alpha
8/16 Gold and the banks – Seeking Alpha
8/16 Buy jewelry from a precious metals dealer instead of a jewelry store – APMex
8/16 A first-place medal for this silver ETF, up 280% in 2016 – Yahoo!
8/16 Silver is ‘kryptonite’ to central bankers suppressing gold – GATA
8/16 the “perfect storm” that could shoot gold prices through the roof – Casey Research
8/16 Expect to see a panic into gold – King World News
8/15 Buy physical gold because central banks are on its side – GATA
8/15 Gold and silver miners set to raise or resume dividend payments – GATA
8/15 Bullion Star’s infographic on the Chinese gold market – GATA
8/15 The importance of gold during times of crisis – Seeking Alpha
8/15 Credit Suisse reiterates forecast of $1,475 gold in 4Q – Kitco
8/15 These 4 gold mining companies could double in price – MunKnee
8/15 Charts suggest trend for gold is up & sideways for silver – MunKnee
8/15 A reason for precious metals investors to smile again – Seeking Alpha
8/14 Every American should know why China and Russia are buying up gold – Birch Gold
8/14 The global economy’s “perfect storm” that may send gold even higher – Birch Gold
8/13 Pan American Silver: Absorbing outstanding Q2 results – Seeking Alpha
8/13 Rick Rule’s top investing ideas: August 11, 2016 – BNN
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
8/16 Banks look for cheap way to store cash piles as rates go negative – CNBC
8/16 Sacrificed to the inflation gods – 24hGold
8/16 Early inflation signals – Talk Markets
8/16 Tuur Demeester on bitcoin – Capitalist Exploits
8/16 US conumer prices unchanged in July – CNBC
8/16 Dollar falls on bets US rates to stay low – Bloomberg
8/16 What two years of negative interest rates in Europe tell us – New York Times
8/16 The day the dollar died part I – Daily Reckoning
8/16 Negative interest rates: bad policy for European Central Bank – Schiff Gold
8/16 Beware the bitcoin bail-in – Sovereign Investor
Real Estate Bubble
8/16 US housing starts jump in July – CNBC
8/16 Is California farmland overvalued by $70 billion – Zero Hedge
8/16 The pooh-poohed doom-and-gloom scenario for Miami’s condo bubble – Wolf Richter
8/15 Prices of UK homes for sale see biggest fall in 9 months in August – Reuters
8/14 Silicon Valley housing market is ‘looney-tunes’ – CNBC
DollarCollapse Podcasts
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
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
Politics
8/16 The US is an “oligarchy with unlimited political bribery” – Intercept
8/16 Ron Paul on election 2016: liberty loses no matter who wins – David Stockman
8/15 Democrats brace for more leaks from hackers – Wall Street Journal
8/15 The no-pivot election – Bloomberg
8/15 Inside the failing mission to tame Donald Trump’s tongue – New York Times
8/15 Maybe Donald Trump won’t debate after all – Red State
8/15 Who do you hate the least? The dilemma for French voters – Reuters
8/13 Donald Trump embraces Paul Krugman’s economic plan – RedState
8/12 Email questions haunt Hillary Clinton – Wall Street Journal
8/12 Clinton leads in 4 more battleground states, 2 by double digits – CNBC
8/12 Merkel support slips as attacks put spotlight on migrant policy – Reuters
8/12 Feds said to launch Clinton foundation corruption probe – Zero Hedge1
8/11 Why Donald Trump might not debate Hillary Clinton – Washington 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
8/16 Offshore wind: a revolution is on the horizon – Energy Post
8/16 Solarworld sees second half sales slump, bucking price pressures – Bloomberg
8/15 Tesla spontaneously catches fire, burns down during test drive in France – Zero Hedge
8/15 Britain’s vast national gamble on wind power may yet pay off – Telegraph
8/13 Wind generates 100% of Scotland’s electricity needs for entire day – EcoWatch
8/11 SMA warns of pricing pressures in inverter market – PV Magazine
8/11 SunPower’s shock profit warning makes for tense earnings call – MarketWatch
8/11 Solarcity dodges SunPower inferno, but First & Canadian Solar torched – Investors
8/11 How Tesla’s batteries can change the solar power game – New Scientist
Art of the Collapse
8/09 How you got screwed – a user’s guide to a rigged system – Zero Hedge
8/08 Greed corrupts in thrilling ‘Junk’ – San Diego Union-Tribune
8/08 Trump to replace Constitution with the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition – News Thump
8/02 Homer Simpson: “And that’s how I became a Democrat” – Zero Hedge
7/27 Meanwhile at the DNC – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
8/16 US nuclear bombs in Turkey at risk of “seizure by terrorists” – Zero Hedge
8/15 Officer injured, one person shot in second night of Milwaukee protests – Reuters
8/15 Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal – Reuters
8/15 Nearly 100 people shot in Chicago in less than a week – Chicago Tribune
8/15 Japan plans to develop missiles to protect islands – Bloomberg
8/15 Suicide bomber kills 15 Syria rebel fighters on bus at Turkish border – AntiWar
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
8/16 Why prolonged sitting may increase risk of death – Kurzweil
8/16 Eating more plant protein associated with lower risk of death – Kurzweil
8/16 Sanderson Farms refuses to reduce use of antibiotics – Mercola
8/15 A record number of Americans attend universities – My Budget 360
8/13 Too old for hard labor, but still on the job – New York Times
8/13 Breathing for Dummies – Dr. Sircus
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
8/16 Mysterious group hacks the NSA – Zero Hedge
8/16 The DNC hack was worse than we thought – Wired
8/15 Soros hacked, thousands of Open Society Foundations files released online – RT
8/15 How Alex Gibney made the most chilling documentary file of the year – Fortune
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
8/16 This has been the worst 12 months for floods in US history – Most Important News
8/14 How to break the power of money – Yes Magazine
8/13 16 abandoned olympic venues from around the world – Life Daily
8/11 A population plague spreads around the globe – Bloomberg
8/09 More than 60% of Maldives’ coral reefs hit by bleaching – Guardian
8/09 “Zika zone” turns into ghost-town as planes spray neurotoxins – Zero Hedge
8/08 If flossing is out, prepare for a lot of bad breath – MarketWatch
8/08 Humpback whales are mysteriously rescuing animals from orcas – MNN
8/07 Washington Post will use robots to write stories about the Rio Olympics – Recode
8/07 The average Americans’ weight change since the 1980s is startling – CBS
8/07 Singapore unveils “real” self-driving taxis – Mish
