by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
Warren Buffett believes “that bonds are very overvalued“, and a recent survey of fund managers found that 80 percent of them are convinced that bonds have become “badly overvalued“.
The most famous bond expert on the planet, Bill Gross, recently
confessed that he has a sense that the 35 year bull market in bonds is
“ending” and he admitted that he is feeling “great unrest”. Nobel
Prize–winning economist Robert Shiller has added a new chapter to his
bestselling book in which he argues that bond prices are “irrationally
high”. The global bond bubble has ballooned to more than 76 trillion dollars,
and interest rates have never been lower in modern history. In fact,
25 percent of all government bonds in Europe actually have a negative
rate of return at this point. There is literally nowhere for the bond
market to go except for the other direction, and when this bull market
turns into a bear it will create chaos and financial devastation all
over the planet.
Read More…
Warren Buffett believes “that bonds are very overvalued“, and a recent survey of fund managers found that 80 percent of them are convinced that bonds have become “badly overvalued“.
The most famous bond expert on the planet, Bill Gross, recently
confessed that he has a sense that the 35 year bull market in bonds is
“ending” and he admitted that he is feeling “great unrest”. Nobel
Prize–winning economist Robert Shiller has added a new chapter to his
bestselling book in which he argues that bond prices are “irrationally
high”. The global bond bubble has ballooned to more than 76 trillion dollars,
and interest rates have never been lower in modern history. In fact,
25 percent of all government bonds in Europe actually have a negative
rate of return at this point. There is literally nowhere for the bond
market to go except for the other direction, and when this bull market
turns into a bear it will create chaos and financial devastation all
over the planet.Read More…
by Jeff Nielson, Bullion Bulls Canada:
As the corrupt regimes of the West move slowly but inexorably toward “banning cash”;
it’s very important that bullion-holders understand the full
implications of the latest, fascist moves by these regimes. Simply,
“banning cash” = bullion confiscation.
If the Zombie-serfs of Western nations are no longer allowed to hold any of our debauched paper ‘money’, they certainly won’t be allowed to hold real money – i.e. gold or silver. However, even here there may be a means of escape, for those who plan for this (inevitable?) eventuality.
Read More @ BullionBullsCanada.com
As the corrupt regimes of the West move slowly but inexorably toward “banning cash”;
it’s very important that bullion-holders understand the full
implications of the latest, fascist moves by these regimes. Simply,
“banning cash” = bullion confiscation.If the Zombie-serfs of Western nations are no longer allowed to hold any of our debauched paper ‘money’, they certainly won’t be allowed to hold real money – i.e. gold or silver. However, even here there may be a means of escape, for those who plan for this (inevitable?) eventuality.
Read More @ BullionBullsCanada.com
from Gold Core:
Gillian Tett, markets and finance commentator and an Assistant Editor
and former U.S. Managing Editor of the Financial Times, wrote an
important and little noticed article last week questioning complacency
on the part of European policy makers regarding a Greek default and
potential exit or ‘Grexit’.
Tett wrote that statements out of Germany that Europe could manage a potential Greek exit and that markets had already priced in that eventuality had alarmed certain policy makers in the U.S.
The German stance was a reflection of their frustration with the lack of progress made over three months of talks with Greece and a consequent hardening of tone. However, U.S. officials are alarmed by the risk they see in European complacency to a Greek exit.
Read More @ GoldCore.com
Gillian Tett, markets and finance commentator and an Assistant Editor
and former U.S. Managing Editor of the Financial Times, wrote an
important and little noticed article last week questioning complacency
on the part of European policy makers regarding a Greek default and
potential exit or ‘Grexit’.Tett wrote that statements out of Germany that Europe could manage a potential Greek exit and that markets had already priced in that eventuality had alarmed certain policy makers in the U.S.
The German stance was a reflection of their frustration with the lack of progress made over three months of talks with Greece and a consequent hardening of tone. However, U.S. officials are alarmed by the risk they see in European complacency to a Greek exit.
Read More @ GoldCore.com
In February 2013, Hillary stepped down as secretary of State and took her emails with her. Unknown at the time, was that the Clinton Foundation had played a major role in removing obstacles for Rosatoms’ aquisition of Uranium Mines in Kazakhstan, the USA and Canada.
Katherine Frisk, The Phaser:
In recent years, the only country to be awarded contracts to build
Nuclear Power stations is Russia. France and the UK, once leaders in
this field have been left at the starting gate. From Iran to South
Africa, Nigeria to Argentina, Jordan to Vietnam, Hungary to Turkey,
Russia always gets the deal. After Chernobyl and the Fukushima disaster,
you would think that every country on the planet would run a mile from
Rosatom. According to Wikipedia:
Read More @ ThePhaser.com
Katherine Frisk, The Phaser:
In recent years, the only country to be awarded contracts to build
Nuclear Power stations is Russia. France and the UK, once leaders in
this field have been left at the starting gate. From Iran to South
Africa, Nigeria to Argentina, Jordan to Vietnam, Hungary to Turkey,
Russia always gets the deal. After Chernobyl and the Fukushima disaster,
you would think that every country on the planet would run a mile from
Rosatom. According to Wikipedia:“The Russian Government has set three major goals for ROSATOM: ensure sustainable development of the Nuclear Weapons Complex; increase nuclear contribution in electricity generation (to 25%-30% by 2030) with continued safety improvement; and strengthen the country’s position on the global market of nuclear technology, by expanding traditional markets and winning new ones.”According to the Rand Daily Mail , Rosatoms’ nuclear deals include the following benefits:
Read More @ ThePhaser.com
from 21st Century Wire:
In our story released late last night, we posed this question to our readers:
“Were these supposed ‘dead gunmen’ part of the drill, or were they patsies handled by a counter-terrorism federal ‘informant’?“
We didn’t know it at the time, but it turns out that we were right.
Last night in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, at Pam Geller’s “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest”, two alleged “gunmen” were shot and killed by a Special Ops paramilitary ‘SWAT’ unit hired by the city of Garland to provide security for the controversial event.
Read More @ 21stCenturyWire.com
In our story released late last night, we posed this question to our readers:“Were these supposed ‘dead gunmen’ part of the drill, or were they patsies handled by a counter-terrorism federal ‘informant’?“
We didn’t know it at the time, but it turns out that we were right.
Last night in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, at Pam Geller’s “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest”, two alleged “gunmen” were shot and killed by a Special Ops paramilitary ‘SWAT’ unit hired by the city of Garland to provide security for the controversial event.
Read More @ 21stCenturyWire.com
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”…Those truly immortal words from Charles Dickens’ story, “A Tale of Two Cities”, are timeless. When I was young, I wondered what on earth those lines even meant, but believe me, I don’t wonder any longer.
As I’ve all grown older, I’ve come to realize that those lines can apply to almost any age you could live in. In every single generation, there are those who are primped, oblivious, wicked, or simply living in a fake, bubble world. While alongside those awful types, are the very honest and righteous among us, who are fighting for a better world, or just the hope of seeing a little justice before our time on earth is up…
That’s why the words recently spoken in a Bloomberg article are such a troubling sign that many uber-wealthy elites, even many ‘insiders’, like everyone else in our time, simply don’t have a clue…
Read More…
from Democracy Now:
New details have emerged on how the American Psychological Association, the world’s largest group of psychologists, aided government-sanctioned torture under President George W. Bush. A group of dissident psychologists have just published a 60-page report alleging the APA secretly coordinated with officials from the CIA, White House and the Pentagon to change the APA ethics policy to align it with the operational needs of the CIA’s torture program.
New details have emerged on how the American Psychological Association, the world’s largest group of psychologists, aided government-sanctioned torture under President George W. Bush. A group of dissident psychologists have just published a 60-page report alleging the APA secretly coordinated with officials from the CIA, White House and the Pentagon to change the APA ethics policy to align it with the operational needs of the CIA’s torture program.
I wonder when the FDA will be adding Cesium to the daily recommended requirements list...
from The Daily Sheeple:
More than four years after a tsunami washed away the city of Fukushima, and damaged its nuclear plant beyond repair, TEPCO is still struggling to contain the radioactive materials within their facility. Japanese authorities are currently engaged in a truly sisyphean task when it comes repairing the plant, as it seems like every time they manage to secure a leak, another one pops up somewhere else. This happens so often that it’s barely covered by the news anymore, as the world slowly accepts its radioactive future.
TEPCO recently announced that they had discovered a small wet patch outside of a storage tank on May 1st. The 40 milliliter puddle is currently emitting 70 millisieverts per hour, and was found while staff were preparing to build a new frozen soil wall around the reactor. To put that in perspective, the average person is exposed to 3-6 millisieverts per year. This stuff is emitting several hundred thousand times more radiation than that.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
More than four years after a tsunami washed away the city of Fukushima, and damaged its nuclear plant beyond repair, TEPCO is still struggling to contain the radioactive materials within their facility. Japanese authorities are currently engaged in a truly sisyphean task when it comes repairing the plant, as it seems like every time they manage to secure a leak, another one pops up somewhere else. This happens so often that it’s barely covered by the news anymore, as the world slowly accepts its radioactive future.
TEPCO recently announced that they had discovered a small wet patch outside of a storage tank on May 1st. The 40 milliliter puddle is currently emitting 70 millisieverts per hour, and was found while staff were preparing to build a new frozen soil wall around the reactor. To put that in perspective, the average person is exposed to 3-6 millisieverts per year. This stuff is emitting several hundred thousand times more radiation than that.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
by Captain Hook, Gold Seek:
Did Nero really fiddle carelessly while Rome burned, as some would
suggest? Perhaps surprisingly to most, the answer to this question is
no, as violins did not even exit at the time. But it was easy for his
enemies to make such an aspersion due to his otherwise decadent and
unpopular demeanor, so he was painted with this brush in some mainstream
history books, which has been used widely as colloquialism to disparage
those who show such behavior. Some have attributed this
characterization to President Obama, the supposed leader of the free
world (rich oligarchs actually run things), as he appears to favor golf
and expensive trips to Hawaii at taxpayer expense as opposed to actually
attempting to improve things for most in America. So unlike Nero, it
would be hard to argue with such an assessment. In fact, it would not be
difficult to portray the free world’s (heavy on the sarcasm) hapless
leader as having actual disdain and contempt for Americans
(Constitution, rule of law, etc.) – because growing numbers are on the
endangered species list now anyway – where if you are not there yet –you
will be. (i.e. thanks to self-serving policies.)
Read More @ GoldSeek.com
image/ancient-origins.net
Did Nero really fiddle carelessly while Rome burned, as some would
suggest? Perhaps surprisingly to most, the answer to this question is
no, as violins did not even exit at the time. But it was easy for his
enemies to make such an aspersion due to his otherwise decadent and
unpopular demeanor, so he was painted with this brush in some mainstream
history books, which has been used widely as colloquialism to disparage
those who show such behavior. Some have attributed this
characterization to President Obama, the supposed leader of the free
world (rich oligarchs actually run things), as he appears to favor golf
and expensive trips to Hawaii at taxpayer expense as opposed to actually
attempting to improve things for most in America. So unlike Nero, it
would be hard to argue with such an assessment. In fact, it would not be
difficult to portray the free world’s (heavy on the sarcasm) hapless
leader as having actual disdain and contempt for Americans
(Constitution, rule of law, etc.) – because growing numbers are on the
endangered species list now anyway – where if you are not there yet –you
will be. (i.e. thanks to self-serving policies.)Read More @ GoldSeek.com
image/ancient-origins.net
from TRUTHstreammedia:
Truthstream received a message last week from Rep. Jonathan Stickland
about his efforts to filibuster and delay this potentially dangerous
transfer of power to none other than the Federal Reserve banking system.
Bill H.B. 2346 would grant commissioned officers of the Federal Reserve some of the powers given to sworn peace officers – including powers of arrest, search and seizure – in matters taking place on Federal Reserve property or, more broadly, in matters related to the Fed.
And that’s where the power could go unchecked. The extent of the influence and “business” of the Fed in the nation’s economy is far-reaching, if not all encompassing, indeed.
Read More @ TruthStreamMedia.com
Truthstream received a message last week from Rep. Jonathan Stickland
about his efforts to filibuster and delay this potentially dangerous
transfer of power to none other than the Federal Reserve banking system.Bill H.B. 2346 would grant commissioned officers of the Federal Reserve some of the powers given to sworn peace officers – including powers of arrest, search and seizure – in matters taking place on Federal Reserve property or, more broadly, in matters related to the Fed.
And that’s where the power could go unchecked. The extent of the influence and “business” of the Fed in the nation’s economy is far-reaching, if not all encompassing, indeed.
Read More @ TruthStreamMedia.com
from Washington’s Blog:
Wall Street’s Council on Foreign Relations has issued a major report,
alleging that China must be defeated because it threatens to become a
bigger power in the world than the U.S.
This report, which is titled “Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China,” is introduced by Richard Haass, the CFR’s President, who affirms the report’s view that, “no relationship will matter more when it comes to defining the twenty-first century than the one between the United States and China.” He says that the report he is publishing argues that “strategic rivalry is highly likely if not inevitable between the existing major power of the day and the principal rising power.” Haass says that the authors “also argue that China has not evolved into the ‘responsible stakeholder’ that many in the United States hoped it would.” In other words: “cooperation” with China will probably need to become replaced by, as the report’s authors put it, “intense U.S.-China strategic competition.”
Read More @ WashingtonsBlog.com
image credit: 1389blog.com
Wall Street’s Council on Foreign Relations has issued a major report,
alleging that China must be defeated because it threatens to become a
bigger power in the world than the U.S.This report, which is titled “Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China,” is introduced by Richard Haass, the CFR’s President, who affirms the report’s view that, “no relationship will matter more when it comes to defining the twenty-first century than the one between the United States and China.” He says that the report he is publishing argues that “strategic rivalry is highly likely if not inevitable between the existing major power of the day and the principal rising power.” Haass says that the authors “also argue that China has not evolved into the ‘responsible stakeholder’ that many in the United States hoped it would.” In other words: “cooperation” with China will probably need to become replaced by, as the report’s authors put it, “intense U.S.-China strategic competition.”
Read More @ WashingtonsBlog.com
image credit: 1389blog.com
from ZenGardner:
The recent “news” on the nuclear situation in Iran brings to light the
madhouse of cards on which the postmodern world is built. Or rather, it
would bring the madness to light if the major media outlets of the
world were not bought up and sold out to the military industrial
complex, and therefore completely misinformed on the actions and dangers
of the nuclear experimentation industry.
The story is not just about how Iran wants to join the club of failed nuclear experimentation states, though that is certainly worthy of raising an eyebrow. This story is not just about the threat to nearby states, or the implications to global relations. The story is not just about how they could be so ill minded, and short sighted as to look for solutions in a dirty technology…
Read More @ ZenGardner.com
from DEMCAD:
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The recent “news” on the nuclear situation in Iran brings to light the
madhouse of cards on which the postmodern world is built. Or rather, it
would bring the madness to light if the major media outlets of the
world were not bought up and sold out to the military industrial
complex, and therefore completely misinformed on the actions and dangers
of the nuclear experimentation industry.The story is not just about how Iran wants to join the club of failed nuclear experimentation states, though that is certainly worthy of raising an eyebrow. This story is not just about the threat to nearby states, or the implications to global relations. The story is not just about how they could be so ill minded, and short sighted as to look for solutions in a dirty technology…
Read More @ ZenGardner.com
[Ed. Note: God Bless Mike Adams. You gotta love this guy.]
by Mike Adams, Natural News:
For the last six months, I have been working hard on the development
of a breakthrough search engine that will finally offer a credible
search alternative to the NSA-funded, surveillance-state search engines
currently dominating the web.
Next week, I’ll be opening the webmaster URL submit page for the world’s first independent, anti-propaganda search engine that filters out corporate propaganda and government disinformation. The search engine is free to submit to and free to use. It’s funded entirely by advertising that appears on the search results page.
Uniquely, this independent search engine either bans or flags (with a warning) all corporate propaganda and government disinfo websites. Just as Google flags search result URLs containing malicious code that can infect your computer, we will flag search result URLs containing malicious propaganda that can infect your mind.
Read More @ NaturalNews.com
by Mike Adams, Natural News:
For the last six months, I have been working hard on the development
of a breakthrough search engine that will finally offer a credible
search alternative to the NSA-funded, surveillance-state search engines
currently dominating the web.Next week, I’ll be opening the webmaster URL submit page for the world’s first independent, anti-propaganda search engine that filters out corporate propaganda and government disinformation. The search engine is free to submit to and free to use. It’s funded entirely by advertising that appears on the search results page.
Uniquely, this independent search engine either bans or flags (with a warning) all corporate propaganda and government disinfo websites. Just as Google flags search result URLs containing malicious code that can infect your computer, we will flag search result URLs containing malicious propaganda that can infect your mind.
Read More @ NaturalNews.com
from Wolf Street:
If trade is a reflection of global demand, and if shipping rates are a
reflection of the supply of ships by carriers and the demand for those
ships by exporters to meet that global demand for goods – well then,
we’ve got a situation on our hands.
Two weeks ago, when I wrote about the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), the index had fallen so far so fast that it seemed to be a statistical fluke, something that would instantly bounce back. The SCFI tracks the spot rates from Shanghai to various destinations around the world. At the time, the SCFI component for Northern Europe had plunged 14% from the prior week to $399 per twenty-foot container equivalent unit (TEU), down 67% from a year ago. An all-time low.
Read More @ Wolfstreet.com
If trade is a reflection of global demand, and if shipping rates are a
reflection of the supply of ships by carriers and the demand for those
ships by exporters to meet that global demand for goods – well then,
we’ve got a situation on our hands.Two weeks ago, when I wrote about the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), the index had fallen so far so fast that it seemed to be a statistical fluke, something that would instantly bounce back. The SCFI tracks the spot rates from Shanghai to various destinations around the world. At the time, the SCFI component for Northern Europe had plunged 14% from the prior week to $399 per twenty-foot container equivalent unit (TEU), down 67% from a year ago. An all-time low.
Read More @ Wolfstreet.com
from KingWorldNews:
Gold and silver sold off on Friday, when much of the world was
celebrating the May 1st Labor Day holiday. In particular, China – the
country with the most voracious appetite for physical metal – was
observing a national holiday.
So with buyers in many countries focusing on having a good time over a 3-day weekend, instead of opening their wallets to buy physical metal, it was relatively easy for the price-setting markets in the West to push the market lower, which was a point Andrew Maguire made in his KWN interview the other day.
But look what happened today, with London closed — celebrating its 3-day weekend. Both gold and silver took off to the upside. The reason is that with London closed, the natural sellers of physical metal were silent. These natural sellers are the mining companies that produce metal every day and bring it to the market to sell. So with London closed today, there was no new mine production coming into the market. But there was demand for physical metal in the rest of the world because those markets were open.
James Turk continues @ KingWorldNews.com
Gold and silver sold off on Friday, when much of the world was
celebrating the May 1st Labor Day holiday. In particular, China – the
country with the most voracious appetite for physical metal – was
observing a national holiday.So with buyers in many countries focusing on having a good time over a 3-day weekend, instead of opening their wallets to buy physical metal, it was relatively easy for the price-setting markets in the West to push the market lower, which was a point Andrew Maguire made in his KWN interview the other day.
But look what happened today, with London closed — celebrating its 3-day weekend. Both gold and silver took off to the upside. The reason is that with London closed, the natural sellers of physical metal were silent. These natural sellers are the mining companies that produce metal every day and bring it to the market to sell. So with London closed today, there was no new mine production coming into the market. But there was demand for physical metal in the rest of the world because those markets were open.
James Turk continues @ KingWorldNews.com
Blogger Ben's Basically Full Of It
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/05/2015 - 13:51 Ben Bernanke’s skin is as thin, apparently, as is his comprehension of honest economics. The emphasis is on the “honest” part because he is a fount of the kind of Keynesian drivel that passes for economics in the financially deformed world that the Bernank did so much to bring about.from DEMCAD:
Sanctions & Saber Rattling Doesn't Stop The US From Importing Russian Petroleum
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/05/2015 - 13:02 Americans might be quite surprised to know that even with all the U.S. Government sanctions and threats of war with Russia, America still imports a significant amount of petroleum from the former communist country. How much petroleum does the United States import from Russia? Actually, a lot more when we focus on net imports...
by Andrew Hoffman, Miles Franklin:
First off, I just want to thank you for the outpouring of support following Friday’s article, “Truth – and Passion – at a Premium.”
Hands down, in more than a decade of writing free missives – and
certainly, my 3½ years at Miles Franklin, it was the most universally
positive feedback I’ve received – including “special guest” responses
from fellow freedom fighters Chris Duane and Brother John F.
Clearly, the Cartel’s recent, heinous machinations – not just in Precious Metals, but across the entire spectrum of so-called financial “markets” – have elicited as much angst, anger and frustration across the real money community as any before; and no, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Friday’s comical COMEX-opening slam – immediately following horrific PMI Manufacturing, construction spending, and motor vehicle sales – occurred on the four-year anniversary of the May 1, 2011 “Sunday Night Paper Silver Massacre.” Nor, for that matter, the Thursday’s COMEX-opening smash following abysmal personal income and spending data, and Wednesday’s clockwork post-FOMC raid, despite the Fed being as unequivocally dovish – and “unexpectedly” so – as possible.
Read More @ MilesFranklin.com
First off, I just want to thank you for the outpouring of support following Friday’s article, “Truth – and Passion – at a Premium.”
Hands down, in more than a decade of writing free missives – and
certainly, my 3½ years at Miles Franklin, it was the most universally
positive feedback I’ve received – including “special guest” responses
from fellow freedom fighters Chris Duane and Brother John F.Clearly, the Cartel’s recent, heinous machinations – not just in Precious Metals, but across the entire spectrum of so-called financial “markets” – have elicited as much angst, anger and frustration across the real money community as any before; and no, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Friday’s comical COMEX-opening slam – immediately following horrific PMI Manufacturing, construction spending, and motor vehicle sales – occurred on the four-year anniversary of the May 1, 2011 “Sunday Night Paper Silver Massacre.” Nor, for that matter, the Thursday’s COMEX-opening smash following abysmal personal income and spending data, and Wednesday’s clockwork post-FOMC raid, despite the Fed being as unequivocally dovish – and “unexpectedly” so – as possible.
Read More @ MilesFranklin.com
Gold Withdrawals From NY Fed Vault Refuse To Stop: 200 Tons Of Gold Repatriated In Past Year
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/05/2015 - 12:16 We can officially confirm that the gold redemptions from the world's (allegedly) largest gold vault have continued, and another 10 tons of gold was put on a ship (or plane) in March in an unknown direction. Since Germany and the Netherlands started repatriating a portion of their gold held in Manhattan, some 217 tons of gold has been redeemed starting in February 2014 and just under 200 tons in the past 12 months.
from TheAlexJonesChannel:
MSM will gloss over the fact that an FBI informant was working with the deceased shooters who attacked the provocative contest for cartoon depictions of Prophet Muhammad in Garland Texas. But this has become the rule of the FBI via informants to recruit, incite and even provide bomb supplies to young, dumb individuals.
MSM will gloss over the fact that an FBI informant was working with the deceased shooters who attacked the provocative contest for cartoon depictions of Prophet Muhammad in Garland Texas. But this has become the rule of the FBI via informants to recruit, incite and even provide bomb supplies to young, dumb individuals.
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