Courtesy of John Rubino.
Best Of The Web
Essence of decision – Salient Partners
The central bankers’ experiment: the great bust – Best Minds, Inc.
Jim Grant rejects Rogoff’s “curse of cash” – Zero Hedge
Weekly commentary: reversals – Credit Bubble Bulletin
If everything’s doing so great, how come I’m not? – Peak Prosperity
The (160 to 1) gold-silver ratio every investor needs to know about – SRSrocco Report
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (4) – Automatic Earth
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (3) – Automatic Earth
Deadpool – StockResearch
The matrix exposed – First Rebuttal
Magical thinking – Financial Sense
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (2) – Automatic Earth
The anti-Cinderella man (part one) – Burning Platform
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Breaking News
The Economy
9/19 Wells Fargo sued by customers for “fraud and reckless behavior” – Zero Hedge
9/19 The ongoing collapse of economics – Graham Caswell
9/19 Italian banking crisis turns into Mission Impossible – Wolf Street
9/19 Markets brace for a preemptive strike by the Bank of Japan – Economic Calendar
9/19 Ken Rogoff’s government debt default plan – Zero Hedge
9/19 China’s debt may be reaching critical levels – ETF Daily News
9/19 The beginning of the end of the world – Medium.com
9/19 Why the Fed destroyed the market economy – Economic Prism
9/19 “These are the most dangerous markest I’ve ever witnessed” – Zero Hedge
9/18 Top investors have one theme on their minds: Danger – CNBC
9/18 Weekly commentary: Risk off, the BOJ and China – Credit Bubble
9/18 Negative bond yields drive investors towards riskier assets – Herald Scotland
9/18 Italy is the mother of all systemic threats – Zero Hedge
9/18 World’s #2 and 3 economies’ massive debt problems – National Interest
9/17 John Mauldin:: “Who the bad guys really are” – MunKnee
9/17 Zatlin: Expect layoffs come January as US nears inflection point – Financial Sense
9/17 If gold investors thought Brexit was exciting – Seeking Alpha
9/17 China’s growth imperative trumping debt risks – Hellenic Shipping News
9/17 China’s infrastructure spending goes off the rails – AFR
9/17 US does not need to jail Wall Street bankers – Daily Bell
9/17 Real hourly earnings decrease 0.1%, real weekly earnings drop 0.4% – Mish
Precious Metals
9/19 Gold’s safe-haven rally appears to have run its course – CNBC
9/19 Funds dump gold at fastest pace since May as Fed outlook shifts – GATA
9/19 World’s gold miners stick close to home in hunt for more metal – Reuters
9/19 Greyerz and Leeb comment on gold at King World News – GATA
9/18 Better buy: Royal Gold, Inc. vs. Goldcorp Inc. – Motley Fool
9/18 GATA’s Murphy explains gold and silver suppression – GATA
9/18 Eldorado Gold Corp.: An attractively valued contrarian bet on gold – Motley Fool
9/18 Silver Standard raises output, reduces cost guidance at Marigold – Seeking Alpha
9/17 Hope in currencies is a poor investment strategy – Commodity Trade Mantra
9/17 Book review: The New Case For Gold – Daily Reckoning
9/17 Gold bulls spooked by US rate uncertainty – Financial Review
9/17 Silver bull flag & key GDX level – 321Gold
9/17 Indian gold market – an infographic from BullionStar – Zero Hedge
9/16 Have your children seen your gold? – Mountain Vision
9/16 Grand ascension or great collapse? – Gold And Liberty
9/16 War is peace, silver is plentiful, and other misconceptions – Silver Coin Investor
9/16 Drill results highlight expansion of Balmoral gold zone – Streetwise Report
9/16 What’s impacting the price performances of senior gold miners? – Market Realist
9/16 New gold discovery for Endeavour (EDV) – Gainesville News
9/16 Is now a golden opportunity to buy Barrick gold? – Motley Fool
9/16 World’s best stock is a 460% gain in Peruvian silver miner – Bloomberg
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
9/19 Overnight Hibor soars to 23.7%, second highest on record – Zero Hedge
9/19 Venezuela shows horrors of inflation gone wild – My Budget 360
9/19 Currency hedging bulges thanks to ‘flight from zero’ – Bloomberg
9/18 China’s US Treasuries holdings hit lowest since 2013 – CNBC
9/18 Ken Rogoff’s government debt default plan – Sprott Money
9/18 Good news for inflationists: Medical costs and rent surge – Mish
9/17 UK interest rates are heading in only one direction – Guardian
9/17 Central banks may choose helciopter money over negative rates – Mises
9/17 Article 50 expected January or February – Mish
9/17 Japan Inc sees bank of Japan stimulus as failing to spur inflation – OAN
Real Estate Bubble
9/19 China faces policy dilemma as home prices jump in GDP boost – CNBC
9/19 Mortgage rates: Why the Fed won’t raise interest levels – Our Broker
9/19 Rent prices drop in 10 of top 12 US Markets – Dr. Housing Bubble
9/19 China ‘Tulip Fever’ sees house prices skyrocket 76% to close in on San Jose – CNBC
9/16 China’s housing market is going nuts again – Business Insider
DollarCollapse Podcasts
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
8/16 A tough time to manage money
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?
Politics
9/19 Clinton losing millennial support nationally and in key states – CNBC
9/19 The road to fascism in just two charts – BAWERK.net
9/19 US election 2016 polls and odds – Telegraph
9/19 Trump’s anything-goes campaign sets alarming precedent – New York Times
9/19 Donald Trump’s surreal Friday, from press row – CNN
9/19 Angela Merkel damaged as German far-Right surges in Berlin elections – Telegraph
9/19 Western media credibility in free fall collapse – Ron Paul Institute
9/17 How panicked should Democrats be about Donald Trump’s poll surge? – Vox
9/17 Hundreds of thousands take to streets in Germany against trade deal – CNBC
9/17 Chaffetz obliterates stunned FBI official – Zero Hedge
9/17 It’s time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump – Washington Post
Offshore Investing
9/14 4 totally legal reasons to use an offshore structure – Nestmann
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
Clean Tech
9/19 Why solar developers unhappy with desert renewable energy plan – Fortune
9/19 First Solar’s plan to deal with plunging panel prices – Bloomberg
9/19 Canada will impose nationwide carbon price: minister – Reuters
9/19 Solar power in India: roofs of growth – Brink Asia
9/19 Electric car boom is in jeopardy – Daily Sheeple
9/16 Solar rooftop revolution fizzles in US on utility pushback – Bloomberg
9/16 Tesla tackles California energy woes with massive energy-storage deal – CNBC
9/14 Batteries necessary to support solar power don’t exist – Daily Caller
9/13 New technology puts solar power to work all night long – Science Daily
Art of the Collapse
9/14 Book review of Dave Stockman’s “Trumped!” – Mish
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
9/03 Why you should enroll in the chartered central bank watcher – Zero Hedge
8/17 The hardest job in the world: Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates – Daily Show
8/09 How you got screwed – a user’s guide to a rigged system – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
9/19 Bomb explodes in New Jersey, five more found – Zero Hedge
9/19 Minnesota mall stabbing could be realization of terror fears – CNBC
9/19 NY/NJ bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami in custody, was shot, in hospital – CNBC
9/19 US identifies bombing suspect – CNBC
9/19 US bombs Assad’s troops, ISIS makes dramatic advance – Lew Rockwell
9/18 NYC blast injures dozens – CNN
9/17 Mistaken US-led strike on Syrian troops strains truce – Bloomberg
9/17 Leaked email confirms Israel has “200 nukes all targeted on Tehran” – Zero Hedge
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
9/19 These six plant extracts could delay aging – Kurzweil
9/19 The ultimate collection of kickass survival ideas – Survival Sullivan
9/16 The changing paradigm on drugs – Dr. Sircus
9/10 Objective information about financial planning and retirement – Telegraph
9/10 50 items to keep handy for an evacuation – Survival Sullivan
9/08 Exercise can cancel out the booze, says study – CNN
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
9/17 The Cold War is over. The cyber war has begun – Washington Post
9/14 Cyber bombs reshape US battle against terrorism – NPR
9/11 Tech expert: Cyber war is real and it’s here – NWI
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
9/17 Solid gold toilet ‘symbolising the greedy 1%’ is open for public use – Mirror
9/17 Here’s what it’s like to ride in Uber’s self-driving car – Wired
9/16 Paralyzed man regains use of arms after experimental stem cell therapy – Kurzweil
9/16 The mystery of Thomas Heatherwick’s top-secret Hudson yards project – Vanity Fair
9/16 Zika is here, and America has no plan to fight it! – Bloomberg
9/15 Self-driving vehicle revolution to wipe out 4 million jobs – Wolf Street
9/15 Sex ed is negative, sexist and out of touch – Time
9/13 A gorgoeous – and unsettling – video of evolution in action – Wired
9/13 Elon Musk has ‘not ruled out’ a UFO hitting SpaceX rocket – VGR
9/13 “Half the forms of life on Earth will be gone by 2050” – Zero Hedge
9/13 Cannabis industry expected to be worth $50 Billion in ten years – Bloomberg
