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Long, Hot Summer of Rage & Riots

Posted on July 11, 2016 by gerold

Reading time: 923 words, 4 pages, 3 to 4 minutes. Revised July 12 with city list below article. As if deteriorating global economies aren’t bad enough, the summer of 2016 will prove beyond any doubt that the social order and … Continue reading →

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Forget Taper, U.S. Debt Ceiling & Shut Down

Posted on October 13, 2013 by gerold

Reading time: 1,563 words, 5 pages, 4 to 6 minutes. You can ignore the ‘Taper Talk’. You can forget about the U.S. Debt Ceiling and you can laugh at the U.S. government “Shut-Down” because there barely is one. This is … Continue reading →

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The Beginning of the End

Posted on July 1, 2013 by gerold

Reading time: 3,389 words, 11 pages, 9 to 14 minutes. Another milestone! The authorities’ utter failure to fix our collapsing global economies is now evident in the incredible incompetence of the U.S. Federal Reserve losing control of interest rates. I … Continue reading →

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This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Great Depression

Posted on April 7, 2013 by gerold

Reading time: 5,655 words, 16 pages, 13 to 23 minutes plus videos. This will be far worse than anything seen in history. Empires have fallen before but we will see the entire globe collapse back into the Dark Ages. It … Continue reading →

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QE3 To Infinity – The Final End Game

Posted on September 21, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1,220 words, 3 to 5 minutes. As usual, crusty veteran Jim Sinclair nails it in the article below. I’ve been harping on ‘Derivatives’ since September, 2007. I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for five years now. For … Continue reading →

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Bailout while you can

Posted on August 17, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 467 words, 1 to 2 minutes. Originally sent as an email to family and friends August 13, 2007. I’m posting this because I’m tired of hearing the refrain, “Who could have seen this coming?” I’m not the only … Continue reading →

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Big Brother’s stock & commodity crash – Sept. 7, 2008

Posted on October 10, 2010 by gerold

Sorry for so many articles lately but, events are happening at an accelerating pace. Friday’s report from Don Coxe, BMO’s Global Financial Strategist was very interesting. Don is as old as dirt, has been around since Adam met Eve and … Continue reading →

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Crash of 2007 – Economics 101

Posted on October 10, 2010 by gerold

Reading time 6,837 words, 16 to 27 minutes. Bubbles burst. That’s the simple explanation of what’s happening in the financial world in 2007. A lengthy explanation involves an alphabet soup of terminology. I’ll try to make it as simple as … Continue reading →

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Quadrillions in Derivatives – June 10, 2008

Posted on October 10, 2010 by gerold

This is approaching insanity. In the paper I wrote last fall “The Crash of 2007” I said that globally the value of derivatives (funny money) was $516 Trillion as reported by the BIS (Bank of International Settlements.) Compare this to … Continue reading →

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