from All News Pipeline, via Ebba Nyman:
Lord Rothschild Warns Investors: "Geopolitical Situation Most Dangerous Since WWII"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/05/2015 - 20:00 For Lord Rothschild, preserving wealth has "become increasingly difficult," recently, as he warns, rather ominously, "we are faced with a geopolitical situation as dangerous as any we have faced since World War II." Furthermore Lord Rothschild summarizes his thoughts briefly, eloquently, and ominously... as he touches on the global debasement of fiat currencies, disappointing growth (in light of massive monetary stimulus), and extreme stock market valuations. As Rothschild Wealth Management noted last year, equities are not well supported by current valuations, while monetary policy is limited by high debt levels and interest rates that are already close to zero... exposing equities to a potentially sharp correction.
from 21st Century Wire:
Earlier this week, we saw the conservative Pro-War Lobby in Washington DC – along with their financial sponsors in Israel – aggressively angling for a new war with Iran.
The biggest problem with US General Martin Dempsey’s latest war proposal against Russia, aside from pushing the globe closer to WWIII, is that he is advocating sending arms to an openly Nazi-sympathizing and fascist regime in Kiev. It simply flies in the face of history.
This is also the precise reason why Washington’s billionaire puppet, Ukrainian President Petro Poreshenko, was shunned by European leaders like Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande in Minsk two weeks ago. Hence, both Germany and France have vocally opposed having the NATO allies sending arms to Kiev. Europeans know very well the price they would pay if the region is pushed into war because of a US-led geopolitical power-play against Russia.
Read More @ 21stCenturyWire.com
Earlier this week, we saw the conservative Pro-War Lobby in Washington DC – along with their financial sponsors in Israel – aggressively angling for a new war with Iran.
The biggest problem with US General Martin Dempsey’s latest war proposal against Russia, aside from pushing the globe closer to WWIII, is that he is advocating sending arms to an openly Nazi-sympathizing and fascist regime in Kiev. It simply flies in the face of history.
This is also the precise reason why Washington’s billionaire puppet, Ukrainian President Petro Poreshenko, was shunned by European leaders like Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande in Minsk two weeks ago. Hence, both Germany and France have vocally opposed having the NATO allies sending arms to Kiev. Europeans know very well the price they would pay if the region is pushed into war because of a US-led geopolitical power-play against Russia.
Read More @ 21stCenturyWire.com
Gold Prices And Real Interest Rates
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/05/2015 - 21:30 Are gold prices going to US$ 5,000 or US$500 an ounce?
from Kingworldnews:
We are now in Wonderland, where anything is possible. Real money disappeared a long time ago and we have only fiat money that can be created out of nothing. And whatever needs governments have, they can just print more money to achieve it. But the problem now is that the needs of most countries are growing exponentially because printed money requires more printed money to keep the wheels moving.
In the U.S., for example, it took 200 years to increase the federal debt from zero to $9 trillion. But since 2007, just before the crisis started, U.S. debt has more than doubled from $9 trillion to over $18 trillion. So in 8 years Bernanke and Yellen have presided over a debt creation of more than $9 trillion that previously took the U.S. 230 years to achieve.
Egon von Greyerz Continues @ King World News
from Ready Nutrition:
There is a mantra within the hallowed halls of prepper knowledge, lore and opinion that goes something like this. The only way to survive TEOTWAWKI is to find a hidden retreat far away from any city of significant size and live there as self-sustainably as possible year round. This idea of the survival retreat has been around for years and it is actually a lifestyle I aspire to for myself and my family. I dream of a fortified home in the woods, streams rolling through my mountain location, solar arrays, livestock in fences, wild game aplenty and wood burning stove goodness all around me. There is one major problem with this mantra though and that is the prospect of moving everything we have and living in a cabin in the woods is nearly impossible for the large majority of us.
Read More @ ReadyNutrition.com
ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC. PRICES UPSIZED PRIVATE OFFERING OF $1.45 BILLION OF 11.000% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTES DUE 2020
Back in August 2014, yield-starved bondholders were delighted to give American Eagle Energy $175 million in cash, and why not: the company promised them an 11% annual cash coupon. Seven months later the company is in default, and the same bondholders are looking at an 80% loss, without receiving even one coupon payment. Movie Gallery anyone?
/ We are now in Wonderland, where anything is possible. Real money disappeared a long time ago and we have only fiat money that can be created out of nothing. And whatever needs governments have, they can just print more money to achieve it. But the problem now is that the needs of most countries are growing exponentially because printed money requires more printed money to keep the wheels moving.
In the U.S., for example, it took 200 years to increase the federal debt from zero to $9 trillion. But since 2007, just before the crisis started, U.S. debt has more than doubled from $9 trillion to over $18 trillion. So in 8 years Bernanke and Yellen have presided over a debt creation of more than $9 trillion that previously took the U.S. 230 years to achieve.
Egon von Greyerz Continues @ King World News
by Henry Bonner, Sprott Global:
Richard Maybury has been predicting ‘black swan’ events in his newsletter Early Warning Report for the last two decades.
In a recent conversation, he put his finger on something happening around the world. He sees a growing anxiety about global events – “everybody knows there’s something seriously wrong but they don’t know what is really happening,” he said.
A reckoning with policies that have been in place since the 1940’s is taking place, according to Richard. The fallout, he says, has implications for currencies, the military hegemony of the US, and political stability around the world.
US Hegemony Since the 1940’s
“The United Nations, NATO, the Bretton Woods monetary system, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund were all created in the 1940s according to blueprints that were approved in Washington,” Richard explains.
Read More @ SprottGlobal.com
Richard Maybury has been predicting ‘black swan’ events in his newsletter Early Warning Report for the last two decades.
In a recent conversation, he put his finger on something happening around the world. He sees a growing anxiety about global events – “everybody knows there’s something seriously wrong but they don’t know what is really happening,” he said.
A reckoning with policies that have been in place since the 1940’s is taking place, according to Richard. The fallout, he says, has implications for currencies, the military hegemony of the US, and political stability around the world.
US Hegemony Since the 1940’s
“The United Nations, NATO, the Bretton Woods monetary system, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund were all created in the 1940s according to blueprints that were approved in Washington,” Richard explains.
Read More @ SprottGlobal.com
from FinancialSurvivalNetwork.com:
We sat down with John Rubino for our weekly get together. Heta bank in Austria has perhaps reached the end of the road. The bank, which was bailed out by the Austrian Government in 2008 and is now in need of another bailout but none will be forthcoming. Rather, bondholders and creditors will be paying for the bailout and this will have the effect of triggering the CDS’s (Credit Default Swaps). Will this lead to a series of cascading collapses among banks across the world? That’s the fear among many alternative economists across the globe and only time will tell.
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We sat down with John Rubino for our weekly get together. Heta bank in Austria has perhaps reached the end of the road. The bank, which was bailed out by the Austrian Government in 2008 and is now in need of another bailout but none will be forthcoming. Rather, bondholders and creditors will be paying for the bailout and this will have the effect of triggering the CDS’s (Credit Default Swaps). Will this lead to a series of cascading collapses among banks across the world? That’s the fear among many alternative economists across the globe and only time will tell.
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from Gold Silver Worlds:
The first two months of 2015 have seen turmoil in the currency markets extend from Russia and Ukraine to the heart of Europe. “Central Banks Now Open 24/7 Fighting Currency Wars and Deflation,” blared a February 12th Bloomberg headline. Against this backdrop, precious metals have been on the rise in terms of all currencies except the Swiss franc and the U.S dollar.
In January, the Swiss National Bank shocked markets by announcing that it would de-link its currency from the euro. The move came one week ahead of the European Central Bank’s $1.1 trillion Quantitative Easing announcement. Swiss officials decided it would be too costly to keep accumulating depreciating euros in order to maintain the currency peg. The Swiss franc surged by the most ever in a single day.
Read More @ GoldSilverWorlds.com
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The first two months of 2015 have seen turmoil in the currency markets extend from Russia and Ukraine to the heart of Europe. “Central Banks Now Open 24/7 Fighting Currency Wars and Deflation,” blared a February 12th Bloomberg headline. Against this backdrop, precious metals have been on the rise in terms of all currencies except the Swiss franc and the U.S dollar.
In January, the Swiss National Bank shocked markets by announcing that it would de-link its currency from the euro. The move came one week ahead of the European Central Bank’s $1.1 trillion Quantitative Easing announcement. Swiss officials decided it would be too costly to keep accumulating depreciating euros in order to maintain the currency peg. The Swiss franc surged by the most ever in a single day.
Read More @ GoldSilverWorlds.com
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by Dave Kranzler, Investment Research Dynamics:
It’s the collapse of that structure that was built in the 1940s that is behind all of these problems that are popping up in financial markets and economies around the world. – Richard Maybury, publisher of U.S. & World Early Warning Report for Investors.
In a conversation with Henry Bonner of Sprott’s Thought’s, Richard Maybury lays out the framework of the existing World Order that was set up after WW2, which left the west – and primarily the U.S. – at the center of the world power structure. That power structure is collapsing. Maybury discusses the how the acceleration of the many chaotic events which have developed in connection with this ongoing and accelerating collapse:
Read More @ Investmentresearchdynamics.com
It’s the collapse of that structure that was built in the 1940s that is behind all of these problems that are popping up in financial markets and economies around the world. – Richard Maybury, publisher of U.S. & World Early Warning Report for Investors.
In a conversation with Henry Bonner of Sprott’s Thought’s, Richard Maybury lays out the framework of the existing World Order that was set up after WW2, which left the west – and primarily the U.S. – at the center of the world power structure. That power structure is collapsing. Maybury discusses the how the acceleration of the many chaotic events which have developed in connection with this ongoing and accelerating collapse:
Read More @ Investmentresearchdynamics.com
from Off Grid Survival:
For many first time firearm buyers, buying a gun can be an overwhelming experience – one that can often cause people to make the wrong decision.
I receive a lot of emails from readers asking different questions about firearms. The questions I’m asked most often are:
What’s the best gun I can buy?
What caliber should I buy?
What’s the best gun for survival?
What’s the best gun for self-defense?
Read More @ OffGridSurvival.com
For many first time firearm buyers, buying a gun can be an overwhelming experience – one that can often cause people to make the wrong decision.
I receive a lot of emails from readers asking different questions about firearms. The questions I’m asked most often are:
What’s the best gun I can buy?
What caliber should I buy?
What’s the best gun for survival?
What’s the best gun for self-defense?
Read More @ OffGridSurvival.com
Martin Armstrong Warns "The Tide Is Turning Against The Banks"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/05/2015 - 16:23 The tide is turning against the banks. We will see more and more corporations turn away from the banks as advisory entities. They just cannot be trusted when they are also the market-makers making commissions/spreads on the trading that are totally undisclosed. The day of the banks is coming to an end. It looks more like the next downturn will drive the spike right through their hearts. Just maybe, we may get back to the way its should be – relationship business, not transactional where they have the incentive to manipulate markets for the quick buck and front-run clients.There is a mantra within the hallowed halls of prepper knowledge, lore and opinion that goes something like this. The only way to survive TEOTWAWKI is to find a hidden retreat far away from any city of significant size and live there as self-sustainably as possible year round. This idea of the survival retreat has been around for years and it is actually a lifestyle I aspire to for myself and my family. I dream of a fortified home in the woods, streams rolling through my mountain location, solar arrays, livestock in fences, wild game aplenty and wood burning stove goodness all around me. There is one major problem with this mantra though and that is the prospect of moving everything we have and living in a cabin in the woods is nearly impossible for the large majority of us.
Read More @ ReadyNutrition.com
from The News Doctors:
There is no danger of a default happening in Greece in the near future so it does not need a third aid package, the country’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said.
Varoufakis stressed that Greece wants to put an end to its dependence on international creditors and is working on stabilizing its economy.
“There are no preparations for a third credit package and the country does not need it,” the finance minister said Wednesday evening, adding that Greece has a backup plan in case it does not receive the last tranche of aid from the international creditors.
Read More @ TheNewsDoctors.com
There is no danger of a default happening in Greece in the near future so it does not need a third aid package, the country’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said.
Varoufakis stressed that Greece wants to put an end to its dependence on international creditors and is working on stabilizing its economy.
“There are no preparations for a third credit package and the country does not need it,” the finance minister said Wednesday evening, adding that Greece has a backup plan in case it does not receive the last tranche of aid from the international creditors.
Read More @ TheNewsDoctors.com
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper:
Are you concerned about the stuff they call “food” at the grocery store? Do you opt for whole foods most of the time, and feel unwell if you eat so-called “junk food”? Are your views about food causing you to make changes in your day-to-day life? Do you believe there is a connection between the food you eat and your physical and mental well-being??
Then, it’s time to face reality. If you choose to eat food without chemicals on a regular basis, you, my friend, are mentally ill.
Read More @ TheOrganicPrepper.com
Are you concerned about the stuff they call “food” at the grocery store? Do you opt for whole foods most of the time, and feel unwell if you eat so-called “junk food”? Are your views about food causing you to make changes in your day-to-day life? Do you believe there is a connection between the food you eat and your physical and mental well-being??
Then, it’s time to face reality. If you choose to eat food without chemicals on a regular basis, you, my friend, are mentally ill.
Read More @ TheOrganicPrepper.com
from The Daily Sheeple:
Ebola is rarely in the news these days. What we should be asking is why it isn’t in the news. It hasn’t gone away, in fact, cases are actually on the increase. The World Health Organisation states:
The steep decline in case incidence nationally in Sierra Leone from December until the end of January has halted. Transmission remains widespread, with 8 districts reporting new confirmed cases. A significant proportion of cases are still arising from unknown chains of transmission.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
Ebola is rarely in the news these days. What we should be asking is why it isn’t in the news. It hasn’t gone away, in fact, cases are actually on the increase. The World Health Organisation states:
The steep decline in case incidence nationally in Sierra Leone from December until the end of January has halted. Transmission remains widespread, with 8 districts reporting new confirmed cases. A significant proportion of cases are still arising from unknown chains of transmission.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
by Dave Hodges, The Common Sense Show:
Not a day goes by that I do not receive an email from one of my readers advising me to get out of America while I still can. As the level of tyranny in this country increases, there is a proportionate increase in Americans wondering out loud as to whether they should stay of go.
Americans Have Three Options When It Comes to Expatriation
As I see it, Americans have three choices when it comes to expatriation:
1. We can leave the country for a less volatile place to live.
2. There are places we could emigrate to which would buy us a little time against the full rollout of tyranny.
3. We could simply lay down and take our beating as so many victims of genocide have in the past. Or, we can resist the final stages of tyranny and pay for our disobedience with our lives.
Read More @ TheCommonSenseShow.com
Not a day goes by that I do not receive an email from one of my readers advising me to get out of America while I still can. As the level of tyranny in this country increases, there is a proportionate increase in Americans wondering out loud as to whether they should stay of go.
Americans Have Three Options When It Comes to Expatriation
As I see it, Americans have three choices when it comes to expatriation:
1. We can leave the country for a less volatile place to live.
2. There are places we could emigrate to which would buy us a little time against the full rollout of tyranny.
3. We could simply lay down and take our beating as so many victims of genocide have in the past. Or, we can resist the final stages of tyranny and pay for our disobedience with our lives.
Read More @ TheCommonSenseShow.com
from Washington’s Blog:
A reader tells us that the Russian language at the top and bottom says: “Irrefutable Proof.”
A reader tells us that the Russian language at the top and bottom says: “Irrefutable Proof.”
by Mark Cuban, blogmaverick:
Ah the good old days. Stocks up $25, $50, $100 more in a single day. Day trading was all the rage. Anyone and everyone you talked to had a story about how they had made a ton of money on such and such a stock. In an hour. Stock trading millionaires were being minted by the week, if not sooner.
You couldn’t go anywhere without people talking about the stock market. Everyone was in or new someone who was in. There were hundreds of companies that were coming public and could easily be bought and sold. You just pick a stock and buy it. Then you pray it goes up. Which most days it did.
Read More @ blogmaverick.com
Ah the good old days. Stocks up $25, $50, $100 more in a single day. Day trading was all the rage. Anyone and everyone you talked to had a story about how they had made a ton of money on such and such a stock. In an hour. Stock trading millionaires were being minted by the week, if not sooner.
You couldn’t go anywhere without people talking about the stock market. Everyone was in or new someone who was in. There were hundreds of companies that were coming public and could easily be bought and sold. You just pick a stock and buy it. Then you pray it goes up. Which most days it did.
Read More @ blogmaverick.com
John Kerry: "Military Pressure May Be Needed To Oust Syria's President "
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/05/2015 - 20:28 Last week, after reading a Time article titled "Why Bashar Assad Won’t Fight ISIS" written by a journalist whose recent work includes "The YouTube War", and who sourced two unnamed, anonymous sources to reach the conclusion that Syria's president Assad is in cahoots with ISIS, we made a simple conclusion: "The Stage Is Set For The Syrian Invasion." Barely a week has gone by and the wheels for the Syrian invasion are indeed turning: earlier today, US Secretary of State John Kerry (who one hopes doesn't use kerryemails.com as a work email server) who is on a trip to Saudi Arabia unveiled the next steps when he said that "military pressure may be needed to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad."Fed 2015 "Stress Test" Results: 31 Out Of 31 Pass, Mission Accomplished
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/05/2015 - 16:33 Four months ago, in another failed attempt to boost confidence in the Eurozone and stimulate lending (failed because three months later the ECB finally launched its own QE), the ECB conducted its latest stress test, which as we explicitly pointed out was an utter joke as even its "worst-case" scenario did not simulate a deflationary scenario. Two months later Europe was in outright deflation. It was initially unclear just how comparably laughable the Fed's own stress test assumptions were, but refuting rumors that Deutsche and Santander would fail the Fed's stress test (perhaps because former FDIC head and current Santander head Sheila Bair wasn't too happy about her bank being one of the failed ones), moments ago the Fed released the results of the 2015 Fed stress test, and.... it seems there was no need to provide a sacrificial lamb as with stocks at record highs. In fact everything is awesome! FED STRESS TEST SHOWS ALL 31 BANKS EXCEED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSShale Company Defaults On $175 MM In Bonds Without Making A Single Interest Payment
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/05/2015 - 15:52 Update: And just to prove that people are indeed, idiots, moments ago this hits:ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC. PRICES UPSIZED PRIVATE OFFERING OF $1.45 BILLION OF 11.000% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTES DUE 2020
Back in August 2014, yield-starved bondholders were delighted to give American Eagle Energy $175 million in cash, and why not: the company promised them an 11% annual cash coupon. Seven months later the company is in default, and the same bondholders are looking at an 80% loss, without receiving even one coupon payment. Movie Gallery anyone?
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