Stock Markets Record Worst January Ever!
The good news is: Non existent. The S&P 500 (SPX) finished its worst January ever, down 8.57%. During the 1st year of the Presidential Cycle, since 1928, the SPX has been up 62% of the time, in...
View ArticleThe Annihiliation Of The Dollar’s Purchasing Power
This is the chart they don’t want you to see: the purchasing power of the dollar over the past 76 years has declined by 94%. And based on current monetary and fiscal policy, we have at least another...
View ArticleThe Death of the Dollar?
First, let me start with a few basic economic terms to get everyone on the same page: inflation: a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of...
View ArticleThe U.S. and the U.K. Will Both Default on Their Debt by the End of Summer
As anticipated by LEAP/E2020 as early as October 2008, on the eve of summer 2009, the question of the US and UK capacity to finance their unbridled public deficits has become the central question of...
View ArticleFox to Guard Henhouse? Former Monsanto VP May Be Named To Head FDA Safety...
Sometimes I’m just rendered speechless, and this is one of those times. Natasha Chart via Sustainable Food at Change.org: Obama’s considering appointing a former Monsanto vice president, Mike Taylor,...
View ArticleUnemployment Edges Up to Great Depression Level
Here is a chart released by the government that claims to show the percentage of unemployed people in the United States as of July, 2009. It is a fictional snapshot of the actual number of unemployed...
View ArticleThree Government Reports Point to Fiscal Doomsday
When our leaders have no awareness of the disastrous consequences of their actions, they can claim ignorance and take no action. by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. 10-05-09 Or when our leaders have no hard...
View ArticleMSM: 'AGW? I refute it THUS!': Central England Temperatures 1659 to 2009
(Telegraph) – If there’s anyone left you know who STILL believes in Anthropogenic Global Warming, you might want to show them this chart. The Central England Temperature dataset is the oldest in the...
View ArticlePIMCO: The US Falls Into the Sovereign Debt Ring of Fire
In the latest PIMCO investor letter, Bill Gross brings up a chart he likes to call “The Ring of Fire.” As you can see, this chart/graph details the amount of debt a country has in relation to their...
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(ZeroHedge) – With Local Gold Inventories Depleted, Panicking German Dealers Stage Run On Krugerrands – Tyler Durden Last week we noted that several prominent Austrian and German gold dealers had run...
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(SteveWatson) – Gold Surges As Euro Continues To Collapse Highest gain for four weeks on fears of disintegration of Euro zone Read More Here (Maclver) – Wisconsin Borrows $1.4 Billion from Feds for...
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(SteveWatson) – Gold Prices Heading For Record Highs Gold futures surged toward record highs Thursday as the stock market and the U.S. economy continued to flounder, leaving investors seeking a safe...
View ArticleChart Of The Day: 803 Years Of Global Inflation
(ZeroHedge) – A 803 year inflation timeline shows just a 10 fold increase prior to creation of the Fed and a 1000 times increase in the 100 years following. Spot the point in this 803 year timeline of...
View ArticleThe Insanity Of U.S. Military Spending In One Chart
(MoveOn) – The United States spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined! Now imagine if we spent this money on hiring better teachers. Or providing cost-free health care. Or expanding our...
View ArticleThe Chart That Keeps Ben Bernanke Up At Night
(ZeroHedge) - What changed in the last 30 days? Did the world just wake up to the idea that the only way out of this quagmire is a twisted currency war that appears to have re-ignited thanks to Abe’s...
View ArticleShare This Chart With Anyone Who Believes The U.S. Economy Is Not Going To Crash
(EconomicCollapse) – Anyone who thinks that the U.S. economy can keep going along like this is absolutely crazy. We are in the terminal phase of an unprecedented debt spiral which has allowed us to...
View ArticleHow The NSA Scours 75% Of The Nation’s Internet Traffic – In One Chart
(ZeroHedge) – The NSA - which possesses only limited legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens - has, according to the Wall Street Journal, built a surveillance network that covers more Americans’...
View ArticleStunnning Chart: Today’s Stock Market is Eerily Reminiscent of 1929…
(SHTFPlan) - With the Holiday shopping season off to a slow start according to preliminary retail sales numbers and with the stock market sitting near all time highs, one can’t help but wonder what...
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