Tag Archives: financial crisis

This “Pig” Just Made a Massive Bet on Gold

THIS "PIG" JUST MADE A MASSIVE BET ON GOLD

Big news this week that one of the best performing hedge fund managers of the past few decades has taken a very large position in gold. In fact it is 20% of his fund size. Read on to see who it was and why he did it… This “Pig” Just Made a Massive Bet on […]

Make No Mistake, the Oil Slump Is Going to Hurt the US Too

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See how if oil continues to fall to $40 a barrel,  it could set off a cascading 2008-style financial collapse… Make No Mistake, the Oil Slump Is Going to Hurt the US Too By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist If you only paid attention to the mainstream media, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the […]

Lessons from Russia: Gold Was Up 73% Last Year!

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While this article looks at what we can learn from Russia’s troubles over the past year, it does mention that gold was actually up in New Zealand dollars in 2014 also. We’ll have a full review of how gold and silver performed in NZ dollars next week so stay tuned for that. In the meantime this points out just […]

How to Deal With Financial Advisors: Mastering the Art of Financial Backtalk

How to Deal With Financial Advisors

On the back of recent comments by Alan Greenspan, Dennis Miller gives his thoughts on dealing with responses from others when discussing the possibility of “unexpected” market downturns… Mastering the Art of Financial Backtalk By Dennis Miller Alan Greenspan has popped back into the limelight and confirmed some of my worst fears (not that they needed […]

Just How Well Capitalised are New Zealand Banks?

Just How Well Capitalised are New Zealand Banks?

A thought provoking opinion piece appeared on Interest.co.nz this week by Dr Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law at Victoria University. He looked at the somewhat differing opinions of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) on our largest banks and their […]

Ron Paul Says: Watch the Petrodollar

Ron Paul Says: Watch the Petrodollar

This interesting article outlines how the petrodollar was born, how today it is under a lot of strain and what indicators to watch for in terms of the end of the petrodollar system… Ron Paul Says: Watch the Petrodollar By Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor, InternationalMan.com The chaos that one day will ensue from our 35-year experiment with […]

How to Invest in a Difficult Market

How to Invest in a Difficult Market

How to Invest in a Difficult Market By Casey Research Many experts hold dim views of the current state of the US economy—but what’s a prudent investor to do to make a profit? Find out what the blue-ribbon faculty of economists and investment pros at the recently concluded Casey Research Fall Summit thought. Lacy Hunt, […]

How is Doug Casey Preparing for a Crisis Worse than 2008?

In this interview with Doug Casey of Casey Research, he covers a lot of ground including low interest rates, silver versus gold, and why he still thinks we are headed for something worse than 2008… How is Doug Casey Preparing for a Crisis Worse than 2008? By Doug Casey, Chairman He and His Fellow Millionaires Are Getting […]

Listening to the Canary

Here’s an interesting look at how the world has been desensitised to money printing and so now expects everything to just continue as it has done so far. However, you’ll see the problems the central planners still have to face and overcome, and it offers an opportunity to see what the consequences of economic mismanagement can […]

HOW IT WILL END

Darryl Schoon discusses how his favourite futurist Buckminster Fuller predicted a major financial crisis but how he also predicted a much better tomorrow to follow… HOW IT WILL END The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to […]