Hedge Fund Problems Spread
Last year was one of the worst for hedge fund performance since 2008. We believe that the problems will now accelerate. Hedge... Read More
The Pain at Global Banks
The large global banks have achieved the dominance of the financial industry they have worked for, in many cases with their lobbyists... Read More
Money Outflows
(zerohedge.com) The Institute of International Finance (IIF) calculates that the oil slump has slashed petrodollar flows by $375 billion a year. Crude... Read More
Turkey And Germany: Using Refugees As A Bargaining Tool
The battle for Aleppo in Syria is heating up again. Recently 35,000 Syrian refugees gathered in a camp on the Turkey border.... Read More
International Turmoil Spreading
UAE: THE MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS The United Arab Emirates would make Bernie (the candidate) green with envy. The ruler of the UAE... Read More
Will Europe As We Know It Cease To Exist?
The fertility rate is most important, but most people treat the numbers as a curiosity. Well, Europe, Japan, and eventually even China,... Read More
Demographics
Everyone on earth is getting older. Obviously! But what happens when people retire? Many people we knew deteriorate rapidly when they suddenly... Read More
Cutting The Cord
The FCC decided ON Feb. 18 that people can replace the cable box from their provider with a different box. Apparently, they... Read More
Banks Squirm as Congress Moves to Cut the 6% Dividend Paid to them by the Fed
Did you know that the Federal Reserve pays an annual 6% dividend to its shareholders, i.e., the member banks of the cartel?... Read More
The “Flaw”
Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan confessed in testimony before Congress after the 2008 crash: “I found a flaw in the structure of... Read More
