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Month: February 2014

The Debt Ceiling – Non-Issue

Behind the Curtain China and others warned the US that if it played games with the debt, it would be the last the US would be able to sell its debt to foreign...

ECB Structural Faults & Switzerland Bail-Out of Banks

QUESTION: I’m not clear about the purpose of the ECB. Each member country goes to the international capital market and gets a different cost for its bond...

Global Market Watch February 10th, 2014

The Global Market Watch has been posted for the close of February 10th, 2014. Global Market...

German Polititians Raise Their own Salaries from 5,000 to 9,000 Euros per month

This idea of socialism and get the rich is just a cover, The Politicians just raised their own salaries from 5,000 to 9,000 euros per month. Yet they are good...

The Flight to Quality Still = Bonds

For all the rantings about hyperinflation and the demise of the dollar as the reserve currency, the fallacy of this constant preaching is quite plain and straight...

The Economics of War

A number of people have written with the same question – why does war come into play now? The answer is very simple. One of the benefits of establishing the...

US Pledges to Defend Japan – Winds of War

For as much as the Japanese Press immediately printed the clarification that Abe misspoke regarding the tensions between China and Japan rising, the USA has come...

Gold & the Upside

It does not appear that this is the final low for gold as yet. However, a daily closing ABOVE 1293.50 on the cash will signal a move to the upside is possible. The...

Europe is a Basket Case – Just Turnout the Lights Now & Save Energy

The German high court has issued a stunning attack upon the European Central Bank, arguing that its rescue plan for the euro violates EU treaty law and exceeds the...

Tensions for War Are Rising Globally

In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bluntly spoke the truth that the current Sino-Japanese tensions and relations are similar to those between Britain and Germany...