China’s Yuan To Challenge Dollar Much Sooner Than Previously Expected

August 31, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit The traditional view has been that China is an export-dependent economy that will permanently attempt to keep its currency artificially low in world markets. Thus, when most politicians accuse the Chinese of currency manipulation they assume the purpose is to weaken the yuan. They may have been right, but we believe that era […]

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Why is Hugo Chavez Taking His Money Out?

August 30, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditIt was recently reported that Venezuela was moving virtually all of its reserves (approaching $20 billion) held in Swiss and British banks to China, Russia and Brazil, three members of the “BRICS” nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). This includes over $6.3 billion in cash reserves and gold estimated in value between $11 […]

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What Aren’t We Being Told?

August 29, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditToday’s issue of Jewish World Review covers a story we have been following closely. What concerns us the most about this story is the alleged connection to Islamic Terrorism that is all too reminiscent of the analysis provided at Deep Capture, The Money Weapon (which describes the possible mechanisms of a financial terror weapon and […]

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The Destructive Power of Financial Markets

August 29, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThere was a very interesting article in Der Spiegel Online last week titled The Destructive Power of Financial Markets. The article was focused on how financial market players could wreak havoc for profit according to a number of global leaders. Here are a few quotes from the article to consider: “Speculators are betting against […]

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The Soros Solution

August 22, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros has shared his suggestion on how to solve the European debt crisis that has been plaguing the global financial markets. Basically, he has called for Europe to offer Euro Bonds according to an interview with Der Spiegel on August 15th: “I think there is only one choice. […]

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China Threatens Economic War

August 19, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditWe have been warning that the Chinese are preparing for Economic War for quite some time. In fact, we believe they have been waging it in minor ways for more than a decade. We have pointed to the publication of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of Unrestricted Warfare in 1999. We have noted official Chinese activity […]

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Understanding the Market’s Gyrations

August 12, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe recent market gyrations are suspicious to say the least. Stock prices collapsed almost 20% in a few weeks including several declines of 400 points or more on the Dow in single sessions. The same issues at work were those that caused the 2008 collapse include credit default swaps, naked short selling, and high-frequency […]

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S&P Downgrades U.S. Treasury Debt

August 6, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditAfter the market closed, S&P announced a downgrade of U.S. Treasury debt. In addition, they left the outlook negative suggesting that further downgrades are possible in coming months: S&P Downgrades U.S. Debt by CNBC August 5, 2011 The United States lost its top-notch triple-A credit rating from Standard & Poor’s Friday, in a dramatic […]

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Man vs. Machine…Phase Three Underway?

August 5, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditCNBC mid-day reports today featured Jon Najarian commenting on how unusual recent High Frequency Trading activity has been this week. He gave one example that he described as another “flash crash.” Najarian is a very good analyst and watches option trading closely. He comments regularly on CNBC. His thoughts support what we have been seeing. […]

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They said it wouldn’t happen….dollar to lose reserve status

August 5, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditBut now, the economists are beginning to realize what we have been saying all along. The dollar is at risk of losing reserve currency status.We have been warning about this for nearly three years, first in reports to the Pentagon and Intelligence Community, then in a Pentagon-funded study, next in private briefings to policymakers […]

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