The More Rates Rise, The Sooner The Bubbles Pop

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The Federal Reserve held its latest policy meeting this week, and continued to indicate that the economy looks great in their eyes, and that it’s full steam ahead with interest rate increases (at least the Fed’s version of full steam ahead, as we are still talking about a short-term target rate of less than 2%, even 10 years after the last crisis). The Fed did end up raising it’s target […]

New Reserve Currency To Be Discussed At Meeting

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At what point would you begin to become concerned that the U.S. dollar is officially in trouble? Maybe the ballooning deficit and debt loads don’t seem that important. And perhaps some are not impressed by the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented expansionary monetary policy over the past decade. Maybe the launch of the PetroYuan (a direct threat to the petrodollar arrangement) was not enough to have somebody concerned. Or even to find […]

Getting Excited For Next Year’s Anarchapulco!

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One of the highlights of my recent trip to Libertopia was having the pleasure of finally getting to meet Jeff Berwick of The Dollar Vigilante in person. For those still unaware of Berwick and his work, he’s been one of the more outspoken and popular speakers against the increasing intervention by government in our lives. And in addition to being well ahead of the curve in both the cryptocurrency and […]

Are The Cryptos Going To $0?

This morning there was an article suggesting that in July, the value of 99.9% of the cryptos will go to $0 Certainly there’s plenty of commentary on the internet suggesting a variety of opinions. Although given that this came from Casey Research, founded by Doug Casey who most certainly understands the flaws in paper currencies (and has been one of my greatest teachers in the past decade), it caught my […]

Wondering Where The Opportunities In The Market Are?

Wondering what’s going on with cryptos, the markets, and precious metals? I’ve been following David Moadel of Portfolio Wealth Global over the past few months and he has a great perspective on the markets. He was recently on colleague and friend Jason Burack’s Wall Street For Main Street podcast, and had a lot of interesting things to say. One of which was a comment on Warren Buffet’s recent statements about cryptos. And a whole […]

Libertopia Offers Hope and Solutions To The Current Fiscal Crisis

If you’re reading this article, you’re likely already well familiar that the fiscal condition of the United States Treasury and dollar are far from ideal. Yet for those who are somewhat tired of hearing about the problems and long for the solutions, last week’s Libertopia Festival offered a ray of sunshine amidst the dark clouds of Wall Street’s bubbles. Yes, there are bubbles in the stock, bond, and real estate […]