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The Currency & Banking Crisis for Europe
QUESTION: Thanks for this free advice. But, in this comment: “/our-european-tour-part-ii-seizing-all-bank-accounts-throughout-eu/” You write: [...]
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Keeping 30 days Worth of Cash Applies Worldwide
QUESTION: On Aug. 2 in your blog that you stonily recommend that everyone keep 30 days worth of cash was that just for the Eu? Thank You S ANSWER: No. Even FDR [...]
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Which Banks to Keep Cash Short-term
QUESTION: Hi Marty A quick question for you – given the moves afoot inside the EU are blocking bank accounts even of those with less than €100,000 , which [...]
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Navigating the Business Cycle = Prosperity
The key to the future is understanding (1) the past and (2) how everything functions. Sure there is a risk of a Dark Age after 2032. Hopefully, we can learn from [...]
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Are Bail-Ins Supported by Free Market Philosophy?
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Reading between the lines, it seems that you support bank bailouts at taxpayer expense. Is this not counter to free market philosophy? KE [...]
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Suicide Over European Banking Crisis
The European “bail-in” rules have been cheered claiming taxpayer money will be spared. However, many seniors bought bank bonds for their retirement. In [...]
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Bank Stocks Have a Completely New Risk
Spain’s Banco Santander is paying €1 to take over troubled rival Banco Popular, in a deal that illustrates Europe’s new system to rescue failing banks [...]
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Nonperforming Loans in European Banks 10x that of U.S. Banks
American banks would rather return to the USA than strengthen their activities in the Eurozone. The U.S. banks, overall, now expect the EU to simply disintegrate. [...]
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Did the Fed Really Say they Could Buy Stocks?
The Fed told Congress it would buy stocks if Congress allowed it. This statement has caused a lot of people to scratch their heads. Will this cause all the stock [...]
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Fed Seeks to Prohibit Companies from Merchant Banking to Promote Lending
The Federal Reserve wants to take away the ability of Goldman Sachs and other banks to invest in companies rather than acting as bankers and lending. The U.S. [...]
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