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Fed raises rate, signals only gradual increases from here. Stocks pop, gold and silver recover recent losses. House Intelligence panel wants wiretapping evidence. SEC rejects bitcoin ETF, price plunges then recovers. Obamacare replacement facing opposition from both right and left. Trump’s tax returns may have been leaked to the media.
Best Of The Web
Precious metal investing — the old versus the new – Miles Franklin
Austerity kills and then some – Automatic Earth
Inflation is back, the EU is failing, gold will exceed $10,000 – Goldbroker
Stagflation is stalking the world – SafeHaven
When this all blows up… – Peak Prosperity
Silver market poised for big reversal – SRSrocco Report
What the hell is going on? – Burning Platform
A new look at NYSE margin debt and the market – Advisor Perspectives
Reality vs. the neutral rate – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The four horsemen of the retirement Apocalypse – Charles Hugh Smith
Rigged system: fake risk, fake return – Mish
The coming great wealth transfer – Peak Prosperity
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Breaking News
The Economy
3/16 Fed rate hikes + low growth = recession, says market strategist – MW
3/16 Death, debt, devaluation and taxes – Deviant Investor
3/16 Yellen explains why she hiked in a 0.9% GDP quarter – Zero Hedge
3/16 Spike in Greeks renouncing inheritance to avoid taxes – Ekathimerini
3/16 Canadian households owed $2 trillion at the end of 2016 – CBC
3/16 Global stocks surge, dollar fades as Fed sees gradual tightening – Reuters
3/16 Countdown to crisis – Daily Reckoning
3/16 Canadian bankers admit lying to boost sales – Zero Hedge
3/16 Bill Gross: This could cause all hell to break loose – CNBC
3/16 Illinois general assembly retirement system only 13% funded – Mish
3/16 As Greek crisis grinds on, children pay the price – Ekathimerini
3/16 Fed rate hike reaction – HoweStreet
3/16 Brodsky: Stagflation on the horizon – Zero Hedge
3/15 Fed raises rates at March meeting – CNBC
Precious Metals
3/16 The world will hyperinflate into a gold standard – 24hGold
3/16 Gold, inflation and the complacency index – 24hGold
3/16 Gold hits one-week high as Fed signals only gradual rate hikes – CNBC
3/16 Gold and silver manipulation is biggest financial crime in history – GATA
3/16 The only way to stop Indians buying gold? Take away their cash – Bloomberg
3/16 Fed raises rates. Gold and silver SURGE – Silver Doctors
3/16 Gold rallies on “buy the fact” after Fed rate hike – Kitco
3/16 ID and AZ to remove capital gains on gold and silver – SRSrocco Report
3/15 Moriarty: We’ve confused paper shuffling with wealth creation – Energy and Gold
3/15 Why gold investors shouldn’t fear the Fed – Birch Gold
3/15 Marshall Swing’s gold and silver predictions – Motley Fool
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
3/16 The petrodollar is irrelevant – 24hGold
3/16 Will the Fed repeat its inflation mistake? – The Week
3/16 How the world’s central banks have set interest rates – in one chart – Telegraph
3/16 Inflation goes global – Banyan Hill
3/15 Everything you need to know about currency war – Daily Reckoning
3/15 US CPI up slightly, in line with expectations – MarketWatch
3/15 These charts show bitcoin may be turning into a real currency – Quartz
3/15 Rising living costs are to blame for Britons getting into more debt – Barron’s
Real Estate Bubble
3/16 Mortgage rates jump as economy revs up – MarketWatch
3/16 US housing starts total 1.29M in Feb vs. 1.26M starts expected – CNBC
3/16 NYC apartment rents need to drop 15% – Bloomberg
3/16 Home builder confidence soars to highest level in 12 years – CNBC
3/16 World out of whack…what’s next for global real estate – Capitalist Exploits
DollarCollapse Podcasts
3/14 Inflation + populism = soaring gold
2/06 Things that WON’T change
12/21 Blow-Off Top
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
Politics
3/16 Trump says he based charge of Obama wiretapping on media reports – Bloomberg
3/16 Europe gets reprieve in Dutch election but center fragments – Bloomberg
3/16 Northern Ireland vote jolts already disunited Kingdom – Reuters
3/16 Trump proposes historic cuts across government to fund defense – Bloomberg
3/16 Judge blocks Trump’s second attempt at travel ban – New York Times
3/16 Dutch prime minister claims victory over anti-Muslim candidate Geert Wilders – WaPo
3/16 Will Donald Trump throw Paul Ryan under the bus? – Vanity Fair
3/16 Theresa May is dragging the UK under. Scotland must cut the rope – Guardian
3/15 This surprising upset could upend Dutch elections – CNBC
3/15 Le Pen will work with Poland, Hungary to dismantle EU – Breitbart
3/15 The counter-Enlightenment and the great powers – Medium
3/15 Some liberals realize right wing is more than just neocons and nazis – Medium
Offshore Investing
3/06 The richest people in the world want this passport (clue: it’s European) – MarketWatch
3/05 How to find the best offshore banks – Casey Research
2/22 Record Americans say goodbye to Uncle Sam (and the taxman) – Nestmann
2/01 FATCA needs to go, but the FATCA “refugees” are never coming back – Zero Hedge
Clean Tech
3/16 Cities shop for $10 billion of electric cars to defy Trump – Bloomberg
3/14 Fukushima evacuees forced to return home despite radiation – Guardian
3/14 Will Germany’s 100% EV plan actually cut emissions? – Oil Price
3/11 US solar market has record-breaking year – Greentech Media
3/11 Solliance sets 12.6% efficiency record for roll-to-roll perovskites – Renewables Now
3/11 Sungevity cuts staff by two-thirds as downward spiral continues – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
3/11 ‘Reasons to vote for Democrats’ jumps to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list – CNBC
3/09 Malcolm Evans – Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Daily Blog
3/06 Jeff Sessions at the bus stop – SNL
2/27 Truth… hurts – Zero Hedge
2/22 10 reasons why Muslims are the worst – Medium
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
3/16 Iraqi troops seize main bridge, advance on mosque in battle for Mosul – Reuters
3/16 Rule by thieves in the American kleptocracy – Rutherford Inst.
3/15 Trump gives CIA new authority to direct drone strikes – MarketWatch
3/15 What if the US invaded Syria and nobody noticed? – Arc
3/15 Unqualified immunity – Extra News
3/14 American citizens: US border agents can search your cell phone – NBC
3/14 Debunking America’s “good” occupation – American Conservative
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
3/15 ABC News headed for trial over pink slime report – MarketWatch
3/11 Surgeons were told to stop prescribing so many painkillers – WaPo
3/10 The scary thing about GMO that nobody’s talking about – Medium
3/02 The best EDC items for self-defense – Survival Sullivan
2/27 Why you should eat 10 portions of fruit or vegetables a day – Kurzweil
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
3/16 Numerous high-profile Twitter accounts hacked, defaced with Pro-Erdogan Messages
3/12 What happens when the plug gets pulled? – Trumpet
3/11 Wikileaks :’Cyberwar’ programs are a serious proliferation risk – GEAB
3/11 Uncle Sam may want you for cyber war – Military
3/10 Huge vulnerability discovered in the Ring Doorbell – IOT For All
3/09 China, Russia dangerously ahead of U.S. in cyberwar capabilities – The Stack
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
3/16 New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being – Guardian
3/15 Smart vibrator firm tracked users’ activity without knowledge – Telegraph
3/15 Can we know what animals are thinking? – Medium
3/15 The future for rent – Medium
3/14 Legal marijuana’s social impact on Colorado – Zero Hedge
3/13 Crippling snowstorm hits East Coast – USA Today
3/12 Driverless trucks test cooperative adaptive cruise control – Mish
3/11 Preparing for our posthuman future of artificial intelligence – Kurzweil
3/11 Scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first time – Cam.ac.uk
