04/02/2015 - 11:56
by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
The higher financial markets rise, the harder they fall. By any
objective measurement, the stock market is currently well into bubble
territory. Anyone should be able to see this – all you have to do is
look at the charts. Sadly, most of us never seem to learn from
history. Most of us want to believe that somehow “things are different
this time”. Well, about the only thing that is different this time is
that our economy is in far worse shape
than it was just prior to the last major financial crisis. That means
that we are more vulnerable and will almost certainly endure even more
damage this time around. It would be one thing if stocks were soaring
because the U.S. economy as a whole was doing extremely well. But we
all know that isn’t true. Instead, what we have been experiencing is
clearly artificial market behavior that has nothing to do with economic
reality. In other words, we are dealing with an irrational financial
bubble, and all irrational financial bubbles eventually burst. And as I
wrote about yesterday,
the way that stocks have moved so far this year is eerily reminiscent
of the way that stocks moved in early 2008. The warning signs are there
– if you are willing to look at them.
Read More…
The higher financial markets rise, the harder they fall. By any
objective measurement, the stock market is currently well into bubble
territory. Anyone should be able to see this – all you have to do is
look at the charts. Sadly, most of us never seem to learn from
history. Most of us want to believe that somehow “things are different
this time”. Well, about the only thing that is different this time is
that our economy is in far worse shape
than it was just prior to the last major financial crisis. That means
that we are more vulnerable and will almost certainly endure even more
damage this time around. It would be one thing if stocks were soaring
because the U.S. economy as a whole was doing extremely well. But we
all know that isn’t true. Instead, what we have been experiencing is
clearly artificial market behavior that has nothing to do with economic
reality. In other words, we are dealing with an irrational financial
bubble, and all irrational financial bubbles eventually burst. And as I
wrote about yesterday,
the way that stocks have moved so far this year is eerily reminiscent
of the way that stocks moved in early 2008. The warning signs are there
– if you are willing to look at them.Read More…
Chaos In Yemen: Chinese Troops Arrive As US-Armed Rebels Set Sights On Central Bank
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 15:53 Yemen descends into chaos as rebels storm the central district in the key port city of Aden (the site of a local branch of Yemen's central bank) while Al Qaeda militants stage raid on a Mukalla prison freeing 300 inmates. Meanwhile, a Saudi soldier was killed along the border while Chinese soldiers arrived to evacuate civilians.
The Tragedy Of The American Farmer, Revealed In A Craiglist "For Sale" Post
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 15:38 "I think $8,900 is a fair price. But if you want to pay more, then that's fine too......... My goodness! Dec corn got slaughtered yesterday...... down another 20 cents after the Planting Intentions report....... Let's make it $8,500 and everyone goes home a winner!"Is Granting Clemency To 22 Convicted Drug Dealers The Best Use Of Obama's Time?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 17:30
Rebranding Hillary
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 17:00 The truth will set her free?
Australia Wants To Tax Bank Deposits: Will The US Follow?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 16:30 If the government of Australia is concerned that their well-capitalized banking system needs a safety net and wants to tax deposits for such purpose, how in the world can we possibly expect the US and Europe, with all of their banking system risk, won’t do the same?Stocks Jump As Crude's "Deal Or No Deal" Day Sparks Dollar Dump
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 16:07
What De-Leveraging? ECB QE To Drive $600 Billion in New Issuance
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 15:05 The ECB’s €1 trillion plus in asset purchases should drive demand for euro corporate credit as yields on sovereign debt and SSAs are driven relentlessly lower. UBS is now forecasting €600 billion in supply for 2015, up a fifth from last year with up to €140 billion in HY issuance. With liquidity in the secodary market constrained by regulation, does this increase the risk that a tail event could trigger a bond market meltdown?
Iran "Nuclear Deal" Fact Sheet
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 14:48 In case anyone is curious what today's theater is all about. Because it's not a "deal", it's a "Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action"
3 Things: Economic Warning Signs, More Than Just Weather
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015 - 14:40 There are a host of signs as of late, including price momentum and internal deterioration in the financial markets, that suggests the risks are rising. For investors, this is critically important since the majority of major market reversions are coincident with economic recessions. While it is very likely that economic activity will bounce in the second quarter (data does not move in a straight line), it will likely be weaker than currently anticipated.
Two months of EU bluster and reproof have failed to cow Greece. It is
becoming clear that Europe’s creditor powers have misjudged the nature
of the Greek crisis and can no longer avoid facing the Morton’s Fork in
front of them.Any deal that goes far enough to assuage Greece’s justly-aggrieved people must automatically blow apart the austerity settlement already fraying in the rest of southern Europe. The necessary concessions would embolden populist defiance in Spain, Portugal and Italy, and bring German euroscepticism to the boil.
Read More @ Telegraph.co.uk
by John Rubino, Dollar Collapse:
Starting with the CIA’s overthrow (and some would say murder) of
Iran’s democratically-elected president in the 1950s and continuing
through our serial invasions of Iraq and our arming of Al Qaeda and
ISIS, American policy in the Middle East has been a textbook case of a
superpower with more money than brains, making things vastly worse with
every move and counter-move.
Now, at last, people are starting to figure this out. On a recent Daily Show, John Stewart uses some evocative language to illustrate the incoherence of today’s Middle East “policy”.
“The Iran that we’re currently crippling with sanctions and periodically threatening to bomb is now our…I don’t wanna say ally,” Stewart said. “Battle buddy?”
Read More @ DollarCollapse.com
Starting with the CIA’s overthrow (and some would say murder) of
Iran’s democratically-elected president in the 1950s and continuing
through our serial invasions of Iraq and our arming of Al Qaeda and
ISIS, American policy in the Middle East has been a textbook case of a
superpower with more money than brains, making things vastly worse with
every move and counter-move.Now, at last, people are starting to figure this out. On a recent Daily Show, John Stewart uses some evocative language to illustrate the incoherence of today’s Middle East “policy”.
“The Iran that we’re currently crippling with sanctions and periodically threatening to bomb is now our…I don’t wanna say ally,” Stewart said. “Battle buddy?”
Read More @ DollarCollapse.com
from Alt-Market:
If you were murdered today, there’s only a 60% chance of police
catching the person who did it. That number drops to 3% if you’re raped.
50 years ago, that number was much higher. What happened?
Despite overwhelming disapproval from the public, the war on drugs wages on and we are witnessing the inevitable materialization of a fascist police state before us.
The irony here is that no matter how much money the state steals from us to fund themselves, and no matter how many tanks or AR-15s they acquire, they are solving far fewer crimes than before.
Read More @ Alt-Market.com
from MissingSky101:
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If you were murdered today, there’s only a 60% chance of police
catching the person who did it. That number drops to 3% if you’re raped.
50 years ago, that number was much higher. What happened?Despite overwhelming disapproval from the public, the war on drugs wages on and we are witnessing the inevitable materialization of a fascist police state before us.
The irony here is that no matter how much money the state steals from us to fund themselves, and no matter how many tanks or AR-15s they acquire, they are solving far fewer crimes than before.
Read More @ Alt-Market.com
by Dave Kranzler, Inevstment Research Dynamics:
Israel applies to become founding member of China development bank (The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) – The Telegraph UK
The U.S. Government has unsuccessfully tried to pressure its vassal lapdog allies against joining China’s AIIB. And up until now, Israel had been one of the United States’ closest allies. The AIIB already includes the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Australia. The purpose of the bank is to fund infrastructure development projects across Asia. The bank represents the next step in the economic and social advancement of Asia. It also is indicative of China’s rise as a global superpower.
Read More @ InevstmentResearchDynamics.com
Israel applies to become founding member of China development bank (The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) – The Telegraph UKThe U.S. Government has unsuccessfully tried to pressure its vassal lapdog allies against joining China’s AIIB. And up until now, Israel had been one of the United States’ closest allies. The AIIB already includes the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Australia. The purpose of the bank is to fund infrastructure development projects across Asia. The bank represents the next step in the economic and social advancement of Asia. It also is indicative of China’s rise as a global superpower.
Read More @ InevstmentResearchDynamics.com
by Mike Adams, Natural News:
For the first time in history, the California government has declared
mandatory water restrictions designed to save the state from a water
collapse. (But it still won’t work, see below…)
An order went out yesterday from Governor Brown’s office, requiring water agencies to “…implement new pricing models that discourage excessive water use,” reports the LA Times. In other words, your water consumption costs are about to get even higher if you live in California.
The directive aims to reduce water consumption by 25% across the state — an aggressive restriction that clearly qualifies as an emergency reduction goal.
Read More @ NaturalNews.com
For the first time in history, the California government has declared
mandatory water restrictions designed to save the state from a water
collapse. (But it still won’t work, see below…)An order went out yesterday from Governor Brown’s office, requiring water agencies to “…implement new pricing models that discourage excessive water use,” reports the LA Times. In other words, your water consumption costs are about to get even higher if you live in California.
The directive aims to reduce water consumption by 25% across the state — an aggressive restriction that clearly qualifies as an emergency reduction goal.
Read More @ NaturalNews.com
from Off Grid Survival:
Nevada State Assemblywoman Michele Fiore is pushing State bill AB 408,
a piece of legislation that will force the federal government to seek
state permission before using land in Nevada. The bill will allow county
commissions to parcel out state land for commercial use, including land
claimed by the U.S. government.
The bill is in part a response to the Federal Government’s illegal raid on the Bundy Ranch last year, where the U.S. Bureau of Land Management suspended the First Amendment on Public Land, closed off 600,000 acres of land to the public, and sent armed government snipers and cattle thieves to seize cattle from the Bundy Ranch.
Read More @ OffGridSurvival.com
Nevada State Assemblywoman Michele Fiore is pushing State bill AB 408,
a piece of legislation that will force the federal government to seek
state permission before using land in Nevada. The bill will allow county
commissions to parcel out state land for commercial use, including land
claimed by the U.S. government.The bill is in part a response to the Federal Government’s illegal raid on the Bundy Ranch last year, where the U.S. Bureau of Land Management suspended the First Amendment on Public Land, closed off 600,000 acres of land to the public, and sent armed government snipers and cattle thieves to seize cattle from the Bundy Ranch.
Read More @ OffGridSurvival.com
from The Sovereign Investor:
It goes that a wolf, in one of Aesop’s fables, was passing through a
pasture and came upon some shepherds in a hut dining on a haunch of
mutton. The wolf approached and said to the shepherds: “What a clamor
you would raise if I were to do as you are doing!”
The moral: Men are apt to condemn in others the very things they practice themselves.
Which brings us to the United States government and the hissy fit it’s throwing over the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The affair points, first and foremost, to the hypocrisies endemic in America today. More importantly, it shows that America’s place in the world — and by association, the dollar’s place in the world — is diminishing. Those who understand this are in position to prepare for what’s to come.
Read More @ TheSovereignInvestor.com
It goes that a wolf, in one of Aesop’s fables, was passing through a
pasture and came upon some shepherds in a hut dining on a haunch of
mutton. The wolf approached and said to the shepherds: “What a clamor
you would raise if I were to do as you are doing!”The moral: Men are apt to condemn in others the very things they practice themselves.
Which brings us to the United States government and the hissy fit it’s throwing over the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The affair points, first and foremost, to the hypocrisies endemic in America today. More importantly, it shows that America’s place in the world — and by association, the dollar’s place in the world — is diminishing. Those who understand this are in position to prepare for what’s to come.
Read More @ TheSovereignInvestor.com
from The Daily Sheeple:
The Justice Department will place new limits on the government’s
ability to seize bank accounts and other financial assets, Attorney
General Eric Holder said, adding that criminal charges must be filed or
additional evidence uncovered before it can do so.
In a statement on Tuesday, Holder said the new policy would affect the way the government targets companies and individuals suspected of “structuring” bank transactions. Structuring involves purposefully keeping transactions from surpassing a certain threshold so they do not require banks to make a record of them or file a report regarding a possibly suspicious operation. The Justice Department said that in addition to being a crime on its own, structuring is usually linked with other illegal activity.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
The Justice Department will place new limits on the government’s
ability to seize bank accounts and other financial assets, Attorney
General Eric Holder said, adding that criminal charges must be filed or
additional evidence uncovered before it can do so.In a statement on Tuesday, Holder said the new policy would affect the way the government targets companies and individuals suspected of “structuring” bank transactions. Structuring involves purposefully keeping transactions from surpassing a certain threshold so they do not require banks to make a record of them or file a report regarding a possibly suspicious operation. The Justice Department said that in addition to being a crime on its own, structuring is usually linked with other illegal activity.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
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