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Excessive leverage and risk in the financial system, e.g., using customer funds to speculate, never ends well. Stock market crashes, bank and investment firm failures or economic recessions are all potential consequences. Following the failure of the United States to regulate over the counter (OTC) derivatives...
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Fri, Nov 16 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, deflation, inflation, GDP, IMF, Great Depression, CDS, unemployment, debt monetization, too big to fail, International Monetary Fund, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, MBS, mortgage backed securities, over the counter derivatives, European Central Bank, ECB, Baltic Dry Index, sovereign default, bank failure, credit default swaps, BDI, monetary policy, OMT, recession, stock market crash, liquidity, QE3, quantitative easing III, systemic collapse, outright monetary transactions, market intervention, stagflation, tax increases, austerity measures, savings, U.S. Treasury, bank credit, stagnation, economic opportunity, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, instability, entrepreneurship, public funds, jobs, financial crisis, operation twist, bond yields, living standards, financial repression, Carmen M. Reinhart, OTC derivatives. Glass-Steagall Act, interest rates, net loss, middle class, consumer incomes, innovation, economic recovery
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Famed Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises wrote in his seminal work, Human Action (originally published by the Yale University Press in 1949), that “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come...
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Tue, Oct 23 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, inflation, BRIC, Gold, IMF, OPEC, CDS, OTC derivatives, unemployment, Ben Bernanke, Brazil, debt monetization, RMB, U.S. dollar, International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, ECB, Austrian economics, crude oil, LIBOR, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, Baltic Dry Index, sovereign default, state sponsored terrorism, FASB, bank failure, credit default swaps, HFT, BDI, monetary policy, money laundering, debt levels, European Monetary Union, OMT, SDRs, debt downgrade, forclosure fraud, GAAP, Australia, zero percent interest rate policy, collapse, recession, stock market crash, High-Frequency Trading, gross notional amount, Ludwig von Mises, consumers, liquidity, deficit spending, Greece, Italy. unfunded liabilities, United Arab Emirates, Russia, QE3, quantitative easing III, South America, London Interbank Offered Rate, hyperinflation. gross credit exposure, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, systemic collapse, EMU, SML. Special Drawing Rights, mark-to-market rule, Africa. Sistema de Pagamentos em Moeda Local, renminbi, ZIRP, Japan, ISDA, Human Action, sovereign debt crisis, Spain, ATS, India and China, Financial Accounting Standards Board, over the counter, Automated Trading Systems, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Iran, South Africa, Europe, depression, financial markets, Portugal, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, outright monetary transactions, Los Zetas, UAE
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By Greg Hunter's USAWatchdog.com - "We are in a computer generated dream world . . . because everything is rigged." That's what Ron Hera of Heraresearch.com said this week when interviewed about living in an age he calls "The end of cheap everything." The system isn't...
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Thu, Jul 19 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, inflation, economic collapse, financial fraud, corruption, Bank of England, fiat money, Barclays, fractional reserve banking, crime wave, market rigging, LIBOR, collusion, fascism
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The Hera Research Newsletter is pleased to present the following insightful interview with John Embry, Chief Investment Strategist of Sprott Asset Management LP, where he plays an instrumental role in the corporate and investment policy of the firm. Mr. Embry, who is a world renowned expert on the gold...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, inflation, Gold, Euro, Hyperinflation, silver, FOMC, Ben Bernanke, U.S. dollar, gold standard, European Central Bank, ECB, People's Bank of China, John Embry, Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, Sprott Asset Management, Eric Sprott, PBoC
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The Hera Research Newsletter is pleased to present an in-depth interview with Jim Sinclair, Chairman and CEO of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration and founder of Jim Sinclair's MineSet , which hosts his gold commentary as a free service to the gold investment community. Jim Sinclair is primarily a precious...
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Sat, May 7 2011
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Filed under: Federal reserve, inflation, China, Gold, Euro, Hyperinflation, OTC derivatives, QE2, Ben Bernanke, U.S. dollar, Jim Sinclair, world financial system, sovereign debt, Yen
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Investors understand that the Federal Reserve’s ongoing purchase of U.S. Treasuries in the open market, known as quantitative easing two (QE2), injects newly created money into the U.S. financial system and economy, but the actual means by which newly created money monetizes U.S. government debt...
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Mon, Feb 21 2011
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, debt, inflation, USDX, M3, Hyperinflation, Bailouts, QE2, U.S. Treasuries, QE, S&P500, M1, economic collapse, M2, money supply, Primary Dealers, Ben Bernanks, U.S. federal budget deficit, Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average
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The Hera Research Newsletter (HRN) is pleased to present an eye opening interview with James G. Rickards, Senior Managing Director of Tangent Capital Partners, a merchant bank specializing in alternative asset management solutions, and also Chief Operating Officer of Oro Capital Advisors, LLC, a commercial...
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Fri, Feb 4 2011
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, inflation, China, Hyperinflation, QE2, Ben Bernanke, Jim Rickards, Brazil, U.S. Treasuries, Brazillian real, debt monetization, quantitative easing, yuan, RMB, U.S. dollar, QE
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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced on November 3, 2010 that it would purchase longer-term Treasury securities at a pace of $75 billion dollars per month through the Federal Reserve’s Permanent Open Market Operations (POMO) facility by the end of the second quarter 2011 and potentially...
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Mon, Jan 17 2011
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Filed under: Federal reserve, inflation, China, MB, Hyperinflation, OTC derivatives, QE2, Jean-Claude Trichet, Joseph Steiglitz, Nouriel Roubini, CCI, XEU, UST10Y, Ben Bernanke
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The Hera Research Newsletter ( HRN ) is pleased to present the following exclusive interview with Eric Sprott, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Sprott Asset Management LP and Chairman and CEO of Sprott Money, Ltd. With over 35 years of experience in the investment industry...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, inflation, GDP, USDX, Gold, US economy, Hyperinflation, Federal Budget, unemployment, silver, FOMC, Treasuries
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The Hera Research Newsletter ( HRN ) is delighted to present the following powerful interview with noted speaker and best selling author Dr. Marc Faber, whose newsletter, The Gloom Boom & Doom Report , highlights unusual investment opportunities. Dr. Faber is a popular speaker at investment seminars...
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Thu, Sep 23 2010
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, inflation, GDP, USDX, Gold, Hyperinflation, HUI, XAU, precious metals, FOMC, Treasuries
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Investors often seek safety from financial market turbulence in US government bonds since they offer virtually no risk of default and, unlike cash or gold, provide a yield. At the same time, sovereign debt default concerns outside the US, e.g., Iceland , Dubai , and Greece , have been linked to short...
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Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, faces a Sisyphean task because US banks are experiencing debt deflation and, because lending is now at much lower levels, monetary deflation is encumbering the domestic US economy as existing debts continue to be serviced. Government deficit spending...
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Wed, Mar 10 2010
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, CPI, deflation, debt, inflation, GDP, central banks, money supply, US economy, central bank, M3
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If a lawless gang of madmen, gamblers and alcoholics seized control of a large company, how would you expect the business to perform? How would you expect the story to end? What if, instead of a company, they seized control of the world's largest economy, thus, to some extent, the world financial...
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Tue, Dec 1 2009
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, CPI, deflation, inflation, GDP, USDX, central banks, Gold, US economy, central bank
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The fact that investors around the world are turning to gold is remarkable. Unlike a bond, stored gold offers no yield and, unlike a stock, gold provides no leverage to the performance of an enterprise. Buying gold is not an investment per se, compared, for example, to buying a gold mining stock, where...
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Fri, Nov 13 2009
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, inflation, Asia, USDX, Gold, IMF, Bretton Woods, ETF, USGS, US economy, gold lease, SDR, GFMS, central bank, CBGA, LBMA
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The US economy has been in crisis since 2008 and despite optimistic statements by officials and commentators there are no fundamental signs that the crisis will end in the foreseeable future. Current economic data suggests a number of diverging and unsustainable trends. The US economy has suffered a...