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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 history of the U.S. dollar is closely linked to U.S. involvement in a series of wars. The Bretton Woods Accord and the resulting world reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar were both byproducts of World War II (1939-1945). The Korean War (1950-1953) was followed six years later by the Vietnam...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, China, Gold, Bretton Woods, Alan Greenspan, Brazil, Banking Act of 1933, Consumer Price Index, Cold War, Committee to Flood the World, BRIC nations, crude oil, Triffin Dilemma, Accord, Gibson's Paradox, Executive Order 11037, Glass–Steagall Act, Gulf War, Afghanistan, Global War on Terror
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Subjectivism is the philosophy that reality is what we perceive to be real and that no underlying, true reality exists independent of human perception. In other words, the nature of reality for an individual person is dependent on that individual's own consciousness. It follows that each person experiences...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, Euro, Alan Greenspan, U.S. dollar, gold standard, John Maynard Keynes, British pound, European Central Bank, Japanese yen, counterparty, Subjectivism. Objectivism, Aynd Rand, moral hazard, price stability, central banking, confidence, economic volatility, economic rent seeking, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, currency debasement, fiat money, Austrian economics, François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
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Perhaps the greatest modern champion of central economic planning was the 20th century English economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes, who was a political socialist and for a time a central banker, advocated the idea that the government should play a large, active role in the economy. Among the consequences...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, GDP, OTC derivatives, CFTC, SEC, Gross Domestic Product, Securities and Exchange Commission, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, collateralized debt obligations, Obamacare, Pfizer, Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, Keynesian economics, Wells Fargo, Food and Drug Administration, GlaxoSmithKline, Lockheed Martin, Bank of America, General Dynamics, MBS, federal government debt, Rahn curve, CDOs, mortgage backed securities, Leviathan, J.P. Morgan Chase, FDA, Monsanto, Archer Daniels Midland, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, over the counter derivatives, John Maynard Keynes, Johnson & Johnson, Behemoth, Boeing, Citigroup, Ziz
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The United States is quickly coming to resemble a post industrial neo-3rd-world country. Unemployment, lack of economic opportunity, falling real wages and household incomes, growing poverty and increasing concentration of wealth are major trends in the U.S. today. Behind these growing problems are monetary...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, GDP, IMF, OTC derivatives, unemployment, federal deficit, federal debt, Banking Act of 1933, income tax, federal employee retirement benefits, True Money Supply, CFMA, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal government, U.S. Military, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, too big to fail, wealthiest 1% of Americans, payroll tax, wars in Afghanistan, The Quiet Coup, carbon tax, Milton Friedman, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Allen Greenspan, CFTC, Glass–Steagall. Commodity Futures Modernization Act, SNAP, Simon Johnson, war in Iraq, USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, distribution of wealth, U.S. Census Bureau, corporate tax, FYFSD, financial weapons of mass destruction, Medicare, International Monetary Fund, wages, national sales tax, FBI, SEC, value added tax, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, capital gains tax, Social Security, NFORBRES, VAT, TMS, food stamps, EMRATIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S. economy, lobbying, poverty, CPIAUCSL, corruption, GLB, Federal Bureau of Investigation, median household income, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, BAPCPA, AHETPI, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, bank bailout, unfunded liabilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gini Coefficient
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The United States is increasingly similar to a 3rd world county in several ways and is accelerating towards 3rd world status. Economic data indicate a harsh reality that obviates mainstream political debate. The evidence suggests that, without fundamental reforms, the U.S. will become a post industrial...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, GDP, IMF, OTC derivatives, unemployment, federal deficit, federal debt, Banking Act of 1933, income tax, federal employee retirement benefits, True Money Supply, CFMA, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal government, U.S. Military, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, too big to fail, wealthiest 1% of Americans, payroll tax, wars in Afghanistan, The Quiet Coup, carbon tax, Milton Friedman, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Allen Greenspan, CFTC, Glass–Steagall. Commodity Futures Modernization Act, SNAP, Simon Johnson, war in Iraq, USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, distribution of wealth, U.S. Census Bureau, corporate tax, FYFSD, financial weapons of mass destruction, Medicare, International Monetary Fund, wages, national sales tax, FBI, SEC, value added tax, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, capital gains tax, Social Security, NFORBRES, VAT, TMS, food stamps, EMRATIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S. economy, lobbying, poverty, CPIAUCSL, corruption, GLB, Federal Bureau of Investigation, median household income, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, BAPCPA, AHETPI, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, bank bailout, unfunded liabilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gini Coefficient
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As you may know, the state of Utah passed a Legal Tender Act last year authorizing the use of federally minted gold and silver coins as money in the state of Utah. Now, legislators in other states, many of whom attended the Monetary Summit, are evaluating similar legislation. Among other things, this...
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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