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Fed raises interest rate, promises more in 2017. US stocks fall but remain at record, dangerously-high levels, Treasury bond yields near their annual highs. Euro, yuan plunge. Italian banks restructuring and raising capital. Gold and silver fall hard on Fed decision. The “fake news” debate intensifies.
Best Of The Web
Are you “living in a death spiral”? – SHTF Plan
Dutch death spiral – from paradise to Bolshevik thought police – Zero Hedge
The march of the billionaires: on Trump’s bait and switch – Common Dreams
Breaking free from the captured media – Peak Prosperity
The soon to erupt euro experiment – MATA SII
Our “gaslight” financial system – Charles Hugh Smith
Cycles – anti-globalization & the end of the debt super cycle – MATA SII
Trump, bonds, peripheries, China and Italy – Credit Bubble Bulletin
A new look – NYSE margin debt and the market – Financial Sense
The guys from ‘Government Sachs’ – New York Times
This map shows how much debt the world is in – M2
What a professional disinformation campaign looks like – Zero Hedge
Decade of negative real interest rates: who benefited? – Mish
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Breaking News
The Economy
12/15 Fed fallout escalates: China bonds, yuan crash – Zero Hedge
12/15 Shadow banking in China appears to have made a roaring comeback – Bloomberg
12/15 Interest on national debt; what can possibly go wrong? – Mish
12/15 The world’s biggest financial bubble is coming to an end – Casey Research
12/14 Fed raises rates, boosts outlook for borrowing costs in 2017 – Bloomberg
12/14 Trumpo-Stocko-Mania! Let’s party like it’s 1929 – McAlvany Weekly
12/14 U.K. employment declines for first time in more than a year – Bloomberg
12/14 Greece ‘boxed in’ as EU and IMF fight over nation’s debt relief plan – Guardian
12/14 GDP hope fades as business inventory growth tumbles – Zero Hedge
12/14 US factory production drops for first time in three months – Bloomberg
12/14 US retail sales rise less than expected – CNBC
12/14 Some indicators showing sell signals as Dow creeps towards 20,000 – CNBC
12/14 Warning: Debt party’s over. Here comes the hangover – Most Important News
12/14 How Chinese capital controls could rattle the Asian bond market – Bloomberg
12/14 Doug Casey: “sell all your bonds” – Casey Research
Precious Metals
12/15 Gold slides to lowest since February as Fed strikes hawkish note – CNBC
12/15 Gold hits 10-month low as Fed signals faster rate hikes in 2017 – CNBC
12/15 Gold, mining ETFs slump after Fed raises rates – Investors
12/15 Commercial and non-commercial positions in silver are falling – Market Realist
12/15 Ignore Royal Gold, Inc.: here are 3 better stocks – Motley Fool
12/15 Here why these gold stocks plummteted in November – Motley Fool
12/15 David Morgan on a better year ahead and the silver fix – Silver Investor
12/15 Fleckenstein is surprised by gold’s price action but he shouldn’t be – GATA
12/15 Gold is half of Indians’ physical assets, ahead of real estate – GATA
12/15 The silver tsunami – Silver Coin Investor
12/14 Shariah gold standard is “revolutionary” – Mobius – GoldCore
12/14 Gold prices: these three countries could cause spike in gold – Lombardi Letter
12/14 3 best ways to invest in gold – Lombardi Letter
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
12/15 Dollar surges after Fed’s signal for more interest-rate hikes – MarketWatch
12/15 Euro tumbles to near 14-year low against US dollar – RTE
12/15 Emerging-market currencies slump after Fed decision – MarketWatch
12/15 Breaking news on the war on cash: now Spain – Dollar Vigilante
12/14 Why higher dollar could cause economic collapse – Lombardi Letter
12/14 Economists on verge of cheering – Mish
12/14 2017 will be the year of inflation – Zero Hedge
12/14 US producer prices up more than expected – CNBC
12/14 War on cash escalates: Australia proposes ban on $100 bill – Mish
Real Estate Bubble
12/15 Mortgage applications fall 4% – CNBC
12/15 Will the Fed derail housing? – Forbes
12/12 Why 2017 could be do-or-die for China’s bond-fueled builders – Bloomberg
12/12 London house prices are having their worst December in years – Bloomberg
12/12 Frederic Papp: is a 1990s-style real estate drama looming? – FI News
DollarCollapse Podcasts
12/01 All Eyes On Italy
11/04 Instability on the horizon
10/04 European banks in the eye of the storm
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
Politics
12/15 Lessig: 20 Trump electors could flip – Politico
12/15 U.S. officials: Putin personally involved in U.S. election hack – NBC News
12/15 Source of Clinton emails was “disgusted” democratic whistleblower – Zero Hedge
12/15 Clinton’s closest advisors blast Huma for derailing campaign – Zero Hedge
12/14 Groundhog Day, Italian style – Mish
12/14 Le Pen slips as Fillon, Macron rise in big French election poll – Bloomberg
12/14 Someone has officially called the CIA’s bluff over Russia – Zero Hedge
12/14 Vote fraud in Michigan in favor of Hillary – Mish
12/14 40 electors demand Russian interference briefing before vote – Zero Hedge
12/13 China: “nothing to discuss” if US drops “one China” policy – Mish
12/12 Italy hurries to form new government as banking crisis looms – Reuters
12/12 Former UK ambassador blasts “CIA’s blatant lies” – Zero Hedge
Offshore Investing
12/13 Singapore is a safe haven for gold investors – GATA
12/11 5 potential offshore traps you should run from – Mountain Vision
10/09 A new era of uncertainty in Europe – Mountain Vision
12/08 5 tips on how to protect your wealth offshore the right way – Mountain Vision
Clean Tech
12/15 Australia’s blockchain solar power-trading suburbs take shape – CryptoCoins News
12/14 Final EPA study confirms fracking contaminates drinking water – EcoWatch
12/14 US solar power smashes records in 2016 – Climate Change News
12/14 Cleantech: has solar power reached its tipping point? – Profit Confidential
12/13 States are decoupling their emissions from economic growth – Greentech Media
12/13 Legal marijuana opening new market for renewable microgrids – Greentech Media
12/13 Residential solar’s huge growth prospects in America – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
12/12 A dozen dead oceans – Automatic Earth
12/11 Chicago working around clock to clear 18″ of bullet casings from streets – Onion
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
12/15 54% of Americans say police using military weapons “goes too far” – CATO
12/14 There is more than one truth to tell in the awful story of Aleppo – Independent
12/13 Police expect more surplus military gear under President Trump – CBS News
12/12 Beijing extremely concerned with Trump’s ‘One China’ comments – CNBC
12/12 Russian bombardment ‘forces Islamic State out of Palmyra’ – Guardian
12/12 Extensive British spying throughout Africa revealed in Le Monde – Intercept
12/12 The Icelandic minister who refused cooperation with the FBI – Kato IKOS
12/12 Email cache proves Turkish oil minister’s links to Isis oil trade – Independent
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
12/12 Happiness depends on health and friends, not money, says new study – Guardian
12/11 10 corporations have a monopoly on almost all supermarket goods – Natural News
12/11 Fish traps to catch your limit – Survival Sullivan
12/09 Foolish to trust the CDC on vaccines – Dr. Sircus
12/08 How to get out of handcuffs and other restraints – Survival Sullivan
12/08 Grow food all year in your home with heat storing greenhouse – David Wolfe
12/07 Pete & Gerry’s cage-free eggs a hit; small farmers can take note – MarketWatch
12/06 Bivy bags – Survival Sullivan
12/04 8 steps to securing online privacy – Sovereign Investor
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
12/15 Yahoo admits another billion accounts hacked – Zero Hedge
12/14 Cybersecurity’s next phase: cyber-deterrence – Financial Sense
12/12 New defense authorization bill prepares Marines for cyberwar – The Blaze
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
12/14 Crack in Antarctica forming an iceberg the size of Delaware – Pop Sci
12/13 World’s largest reindeer herd plummets – BBC
12/11 The earth itself now accelerating demise of the human species – Daily Kos
12/09 Idiocracy, Last Tango in Paris, 11 other entertainments ruined by 2016 – Vanity Fair
12/09 Polar Vortex is back and it’s going to get ugly – USA Today
12/09 Inhaling through nose stimulates brain and boosts memory – Telegraph
12/09 Life expectancy in U.S. drops for the first time in decades – Zero Hedge
12/09 Mass extinction and mass insanity – Automatic Earth
12/08 Giraffes facing ‘silent extinction’ as population plunges – BBC
12/08 Greenland’s ice-free past exposes sea level rise danger – Yahoo!
12/08 Japan to increase loan to Fukushima operator Tepco to $123 billion – Reuters
