Category Archives: Financial

Horrific Consequences: “People Don’t Understand the Scale of the Emergency That’s Going On Right Now”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by DRenegade

by Mac Slavo Back in the mid-2000′s, when jobs were plentiful and everyone was concerned with buying zero-interest homes, new cars and taking luxury vacations, Mike Maloney from the Hidden Secrets of Money was warning of the financial and economic destruction to … Continue reading →

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Bullion smuggling outstrips narcotics to feed gold habit

Posted on December 5, 2013 by DRenegade

Indian gold smugglers are adopting the methods of drug couriers to sidestep a government crackdown on imports of the precious metal, stashing gold in imported vehicles and even using mules who swallow nuggets to try to get them past airport … Continue reading →

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Bruce Lee and the Stock Market

Posted on December 5, 2013 by DRenegade

by Simon Black This morning I woke up bright and early to participate via the Internet in a live auction that was being held halfway across the world. The Hong Kong branch of Spink & Son, a British firm originally … Continue reading →

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Chinese Bitcoin Market Collapses

Posted on December 5, 2013 by DRenegade

The Chinese Bitcoin market has collapsed this morning. If the powers that be cannot control something, then they will regulate it until it is destroyed. Bitcoin, the Constitution, Healthcare or the free market are all in the crosshairs of our … Continue reading →

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Stunnning Chart: Today’s Stock Market is Eerily Reminiscent of 1929…

Posted on December 4, 2013 by DRenegade

Ken Jorgustin of Modern Survival Blog writes: Is there a major financial crash in our near future? You must check out this stunning analogy between the current day Dow Jones Industrial Index compared with the time period 1928-1929 leading up to the … Continue reading →

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The Dark-Side Psychology Behind Holiday Madness

Posted on December 4, 2013 by DRenegade

by Brandon Smith “Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.” — Edward Bernays, Propaganda, 1928 The winter holidays are traditionally supposed to embody a certain ideal of that which is best in the hearts of … Continue reading →

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Too Big To Fail Banks Are Taking Over As Number Of U.S. Banks Falls To All-Time Record Low

Posted on December 4, 2013 by DRenegade

By Michael Snyder The too big to fail banks have a larger share of the U.S. banking industry than they have ever had before.  So if having banks that were too big to fail was a “problem” back in 2008, … Continue reading →

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Illinois OKs pension cuts in landmark reform

Posted on December 4, 2013 by DRenegade

Illinois lawmakers approved a landmark pension reform package Tuesday that would cut retirement benefits for teachers, nurses and other retired and current state workers. The legislation comes after years of debate on how to fix the state’s ailing retirement system … Continue reading →

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You Never See the Black Swan Event Coming

Posted on December 3, 2013 by DRenegade

Whatever event starts the collapse of our economy, we probably will not see it coming. Two weeks ago, China was not a consideration as most bets would have been on a conflagration in the Middle East. China’s saber rattling could … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Crying Towel Recovery

Posted on December 3, 2013 by DRenegade

What does it tell us about the pResident’s recovery when a bath towel was Wal-Mart’s top selling item on Black Friday? David DeGerolamo Wal-Mart’s hottest Black Friday seller was a 29-cent towel The must-have item at Wal-Mart on “Black Friday” wasn’t a … Continue reading →

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Why Gary North Is Wrong About Bitcoin

Posted on December 2, 2013 by DRenegade

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE I like Gary North. I appreciate his work and I spent a very pleasant hour hanging out with him at FreedomFest a few years back. We have mutual friends. I saw the headline for his anti-Bitcoin article but didn’t … Continue reading →

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Another Administration Lie Exposed

Posted on December 2, 2013 by DRenegade

Another lie by the Obama administration’s “recovery” has been exposed. The upturn in our GDP based on auto sales has been revealed to be nothing more than forcing dealerships to increase their inventory through channel stuffing. Just like the government’s … Continue reading →

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GOLD & SILVER PLUNGE AS CARTEL OFFERS CYBER MONDAY SALE

Posted on December 2, 2013 by DRenegade

After being pounded overnight throughout the London session back under $1250 and $20, the cartel has just provided precious metals investors with a full-fledged Cyber Monday sale, as gold has just been dropped down the proverbial mine-shaft to $1226, and silver … Continue reading →

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15 Signs That We Are Near The Peak Of An Absolutely Massive Stock Market Bubble

Posted on December 2, 2013 by DRenegade

By Michael Snyder One of the men that won the Nobel Prize for economics this year says that “bubbles look like this” and that he is “most worried about the boom in the U.S. stock market.”  But you don’t have … Continue reading →

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It Seems that We Are Condemned

Posted on December 2, 2013 by DRenegade

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who … Continue reading →

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