There are certain restrictions in place to prevent banks from forming monopolies. There are restrictions to make sure you keep your money safe. But in times when greed overtakes people and corporations,

There is so much cash floating around, thanks to central banks. The market is obviously seeing the benefits of this. As the dollars decline in real value, the stock market increases nominally. The second

The entire financial system in unraveling. There’s no way to stitch it back together. Way too much debt and the slowest growth are visible which is absurd considering the historic levels of intervention.

The sheer amount of debt that we have is unbelievable. It’s accumulating faster than it can be understood. It’s so out of control that no bankers would dare attempt to propose a solution. Ignoring reality

The Federal government has brought in record amounts of taxes. Will they be used to fix our roads and improve our healthcare and education? No of course not. It will be squandered. Just another day.

You thought $1 million would be enough to retire on with no worries. But it turns out that isn’t true any longer. Since all of our expenses have gone up, but our retirement nest-egg hasn’t, we have encountered

If you want to control the monetary system, the financial system, you need to eliminate cash transactions. You want to be able to oversee all purchases and transactions within the system so that you have

Russia has been very straight forward about it’s plans to stop using the U.S. dollar in foreign trade. At a time when there are so many restrictions on countries, it makes complete sense that a country

The situation in Argentina continues to escalates as the value of their currency depreciates. It’s a story that many countries in South America are encountering today including Venezuela. Nations who were

The real estate market in Australia had boomed higher than most countries around the world. They have become completely unaffordable in major cities like Sydney. Today, we are on the edge of the cliff,

Some patterns are hard to ignore. When you see the power of interest rates, you know that this is one thing that the entire financial system relies on. Without historically low interest rates, the market

Some patterns are hard to ignore. When you see the power of interest rates, you know that this is one thing that the entire financial system relies on. Without historically low interest rates, the market

Take a look at the stock market and you see a bumpy ride. It goes up for reasons it should go down, it drops for reasons it should go up. Nothing makes any sense, so the default is to just buy. As time

There are literally hundreds of indicators now that make it an undeniable fact, that this is the Financial Crisis Part 2. We have either matched or surpassed 2008 in countless ways. It has become so bad,

There are literally hundreds of indicators now that make it an undeniable fact, that this is the Financial Crisis Part 2. We have either matched or surpassed 2008 in countless ways. It has become so bad,

Argentina has encountered turmoil recently as the currency has been devalued, interest rates had to be ratcheted up to 40%, and the country became desperate in a short period of time. When a nation needs

Argentina has encountered turmoil recently as the currency has been devalued, interest rates had to be ratcheted up to 40%, and the country became desperate in a short period of time. When a nation needs

People who have savings have been reluctant to keep their cash under their mattress, so they deposit it in the bank. While in the bank, the returns have not kept up with inflation. The bankers will offer

When you look at the U.S. economy you know that there are many issues that need to be dealt with. Breaking it down into each state, you know that each state has its own list of problems and also

A strong middle class builds a community and a country. Without it, all that’s left is a printing press. In the U.S., and most of the West, we can see the fossil that is the middle class. It’s disappearing.