The Cyprus precedent … Given that this policy was not merely rubber-stamped but engineered by Eurozone finance ministers and the IMF (indeed, the IMF wanted an even deeper cut of deposits), it sends a disquieting message to anyone with deposits in a euro area bank. Although the ministers were quick to insist that this is a one-off and is "exceptional", anyone even vaguely acquainte...Read More

Food stamps put Rhode Island town on monthly boom-and-bust cycle … The economy of Woonsocket was about to stir to life. Delivery trucks were moving down river roads, and stores were extending their hours. The bus company More was warning riders to anticipate "heavy traffic." A community bank, soon to experience a surge in deposits, was rolling a message across its electronic marque...Read More

Italian president seeks way out of political stalemate … Italy's political stalemate and the prospect of months of uncertainty has created alarm across Europe just as the standoff over bank deposits in Cyprus reawakened fears that the euro zone debt crisis could flare up again … However, there has been no sign that an accord is possible with either former Prime Minister Silvio Berl...Read More

Internet sites targeted by MPs for first time 'in chilling threat to free speech'… but could bloggers also face huge damages in Press crackdown? … The internet will be targeted for the first time as the 'chilling' Royal Charter attempts to curb free speech on the majority of websites and blogs, experts warned today. The draft version of the document suggests that foreig...Read More

The long, slow decline of alt-weeklies … Alternative weekly colossus Boston Phoenix cracked and fell yesterday, ceasing publication after 47 years. According to a Phoenix executive quoted in the obituary in today's Boston Globe, the alternative weekly was losing more than $1 million a year, and a format switch last fall from newsprint to glossy had failed to attract the sort of national...Read More

There is a growing body of research indicating that chronically elevated levels of insulin, leading to insulin resistance is at the heart of several chronic diseases afflicting our society: obesity, Type II Diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, fatty liver (NAFLD), poly-cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), cancer, and even Alzheimer's disease.It is important to understand thes...Read More

Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More

Nick's been warning about a market plunge for months now. And now here it is. It's been very quick and painful, but great opportunity is ahead. So many people are jumping out of the plane, it's leaving much more room for the remaining passengers. The news is secondary, the market always tells us what the price will be. Nick believes there will be a huge bounce in the markets, probably around or sh...Read More

To Watch Update #46, CLICK HERELooking at Ben Hunt's "case, case, case, cluster, cluster...BOOM!" progression for covid-19, more and more countries are now entering the late cluster stage. That means, expect Italy, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Spain, France, Germany, the US and a number of others to enter the "BOOM!" phase shortly.That's when hospitals become hopelessly overwhelmed, deaths begin skyr...Read More

For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREThere are some peculiar things going on in the world right now. Find out more right here in Part II of this hard-hitting Jim Willie interview...Jim Willie is a statistical analyst in marketing research and retail forecasting. He holds a PhD in Statistics, and his career has stretched over 25 years. He aspires to thrive in the financial editor world, unencumb...Read More

Economist and Allianz's chief economic advisor Mohamed El-Erian spoke to Yahoo Finance about market volatility, the economic outlook, and the Fed amid coronavirus uncertainty.Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bon...Read More

Coronavirus continues to spread around the world and the Dow had its biggest drop since 1987 yesterday. Listen to Harry's take on the markets, Fed announcement and more right here!Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, tec...Read More

While Zero Hedge remains banned from Twitter for suggesting that a Chinese level-4 biolab experimenting with bat coronavirus (which is 96% genetically identical to COVID-19) - located roughly Continue...Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

Topics:Dow up almost 2,000 points today; a record point gain, 10th biggest percentage gain, with most larger gains occurring during the bear market of the 1930s. We had a lot of stock market firsts this week and it was one of choppiest weeks on record.Trump announces beginning of national bailout including open-ended moratorium on student interest loans, allowing debtors put their loans into defer...Read More

"Today, we have the Almost Everything Bubble. Stocks are in a bubble. Real Estate is in a bubble, and bonds are in a super bubble. Instead of a pin popping these bubbles, what we have is a guided missile, coordinated drone attack called the coronavirus." Join Mike Maloney in his latest market update as he explains what may be coming next.Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and h...Read More

"No, I don't take responsibility at all, because we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time." "It wasn't meant for this kind of an event, with the kind of numbers that we're talking about. What we've done is redesign it very quickly."Continue...Read More

Despite repeated warnings from health officials to be extra careful with personal hygiene, our leaders continue to set bad examples of this type of behavior. Continue...Read More

Those asking who is "buying while there's blood in the streets" over the last couple months may very well have their answer: corporate insiders. Continue...Read More

Silver is getting crushed in the pandemic-driven flight to safety - which might have created one of those blood-in-the-streets opportunities that contrarian investors dream about.Continue...Read More