The two critical questions on this tour have been what about the Hong Kong-Dollar Peg and the Swiss-Euro Peg? The answer is simple. NEVER in history has there ever been any PEG or STANDARD that has ever survived. Why? Because “shit happens” meaning there is a business cycle that incorporates weather and climate changes as […]

The greatest problem we have is that liquidity is down by more than 50% still since 2007 on a global scale. Governments are getting so aggressive with taxation they are killing the global economy causing capital to just hoard. This nonsense of terrorism has created a global tax gathering process that is unbelievable. Hotels in […]

It is just amazing that there are fanatics who somehow see gold as the exception to everything as if it were some mystical thing and not an investment, hedge or market at all. They portray me with such hatred even claiming I do manipulate the world economy because I said gold would pause and that […]

Most people assume that Roosevelt’s confiscation of gold was unique. There are those who keep insisting that there be a return to the gold standard. What they do not realize is that such propositions are really a call to arms. Government will not return to a gold standard because it would be a loss of […]

The one thing on this global tour that is pouring out of the seams is just how much the United States is seen as a dictator & bully to the rest of the world refusing to respect territorial jurisdiction. In every country I have visited, I have been embraced as an American Political Prisoner. Everyone […]

Asia – The Coming New Financial Capital of the World   One of the most significant advantages of gathering historical information on the rise and fall of nations throughout history, has been the discovery of the true nature of the world economy and its interactions with mankind. Nothing lasts forever. There are four seasons to […]

Singapore just passed on Friday the most interesting deleveraging Act targeting the housing market of any country in history. In a move that took the world by surprise, the Government of Singapore has introduced new measures as of Friday designed to deleverage  the property market and stop home buyers from over-extending themselves to temper and control […]

UNITED STATES v. ZICHETTELLO 208 F3d 72 (2d Cir 2000) UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas ZICHETTELLO, Defendant, Frank Richardone, Ronald Reale, Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, and Peter Kramer, Defendants-Appellants. Docket Nos. 98-1376(L), 98-1377, 98-1378, 98-1379, 98-1380. Argued June 8, 1999 — March 30, 2000 Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, OAKES, and SACK, Circuit […]

One of the primary mistakes that the Federal Reserve is making has been to follow the same policy of Japan with exceptionally low interest rates. While the theory that lower interest rates will stimulate borrowing, the false assumptions are many. (1) banks will pass on the savings, (2) they ignore the devastation imposed upon the […]

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