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Global Economy Looks Disturbingly Like Japan Before Its 'Lost Decade'
The world is approaching a period that may be an equivalent of Japan’s “Lost Decade”. Upon reaching 6% in 1992, the BOJ began cutting rates and eventually reached zero a few years later. Just like Japan, the Fed and the ECB failed to exit its stimulus programs and is likely to continue easing.
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The Student Debt Conundrum
Using data from the Federal Reserve, Student Loan Hero — an organization that provides “resources, tools and information” to help “student loan borrowers understand their student loans and make intelligent repayment decisions” — reports that Among the Class of 2018, 69% of college students took out student loans, and they graduated with an average debt of $29,800, including both private and federal debt. Meanwhile, 14% of their parents took out an average of $35,600 in federal Continue Reading
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Contrarian Alert: "Is Inflation Dead?" Makes The Cover Of Businessweek
The people who are currently scratching their heads about low inflation while ignoring the massive asset bubbles that are growing right under their noses are the same ones who didn’t see the housing bubble’s warning signs in the mid-2000s. ..
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Did Capitalism Kill Inflation?
Or is it not dead at all but just lurking, soon to return with a vengeance?
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Italy's 'Perma-Recession' Could Trigger a €2 Trillion Financial Crisis
There is now a growing risk of a systemic financial crisis that threatens the Eurozone.
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Swiss Rates Can Be Lowered Further, SNB President Says
The SNB’s interest rates are the lowest of any major central bank and are designed to keep pressure off the franc, which is regarded as a safe haven at times of market uncertainty.
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Gold Traders’ Report - April 18, 2019
Gold remained choppy overnight, trading in a range of $1270.90 - $1277.70. It moved to its low during Asian and early European time, taking out support at $1273 (double bottom, last 2 sessions lows) against a modest uptick in the US dollar...
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Jeff Clark Interviewed on Kennedy Financial With Phil & John!
Why is gold still important? Sell Bitcoin, buy gold? What does it mean for the gold now that the Fed has reversed course on interest rates? Join Jeff Clark and Kennedy Financial for all of this and more.
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SRSrocco: Silver Investment Demand Surged Higher Than Industry Forecast
According to the recently released 2019 World Silver Survey, silver investment demand was significantly higher than analysts forecasted. How much higher?
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Forbes: Why Gold Could Rise For The Next 10 Years
Here are some important factors that are bullish for gold.
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Group of Schoolchildren Find 1,600-Year-Old Gold Coin in the Galilee
A rare 1,600 year-old gold coin was found by a group of ninth-graders in February, the Israel Antiquities Authorities said on Monday. The coin was discovered during a school trip in Nahal Zippori in the Galilee. Nahal Zippori was once the capital of the region and the seat of the Sanhedrin. The coin features the … Read More
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The Notre Dame Fire: Lessons for Gold Investors
The unique nature of the yellow metal, which helped the golden cross to survive intact even though the wooden roof burned down.
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European Gold-Backed Exchange Traded Products Reach Record Highs
Looking ahead, it’s likely these factors will underpin demand in 2019 and beyond.
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The threat of Contagion to Eurozone from Spanish Banks’
Spanish banks expanded aggressively into Emerging Markets to flee the consequences of the euro debt crisis.
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The IMF Is Fueling an Argentine Crisis – Again
In little more than three years, Argentine President Mauricio Macri's government has already signed two agreements with the International Monetary Fund. And recent developments suggest that the country’s long and troubled history with the Fund may be about to repeat itself.
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The Next Financial Crisis Won't Be Caused by Fraud
Extreme levels of debt and overvaluation characterize the entire global economy, and are not limited to any one nation or sector.
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Mansions Are Piling Up in Greenwich
And Single-family sales have their worst first quarter since 2011
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House Prices Fell in 12 of California’s Most Expensive Coastal Counties
Despite “the lowest interest rates in more than a year.”
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Templeton Deepens Short Duration Bet To -2.21 in $34 Billion Bond Fund
Negative duration bets? Financial markets are coming undone. (Bloomberg) — Average duration in Templeton Global Bond Fund shortened to -2.21 years by end of first quarter, from – 1.6 ye…
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5,994 Stores Closed In 2019, Blowing Past 2018's Full Year Total
"I don't think malls are out of the woods yet."
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