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Too Much Bubble-Love, Likely to Bring Regret

2018-02-02

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2018-02-02

Top calling Bears
Readers may recall our recent articles on the blow-off move in the stock market, entitled Punch-Drunk Investors and Extinct Bears (see Part 1 & Part 2 for the details). Bears remained firmly extinct as of last week – in fact, some of the sentiment indicators we are keeping tabs on have become even more stretched, as incredible as that may sound. For instance, assets in bullish Rydex funds exceeded bear assets by a factor of more than 37 at one...

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The Donald Saves the Dollar

2018-02-01

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2018-02-01

US Dollar Index, Nov 2016 - Feb 2018
The world is full of bad ideas. Just look around. One can hardly blink without a multitude of bad ideas coming into view. What’s more, the worse an idea is, the more popular it becomes. Take Mickey’s Fine Malt Liquor. It’s nearly as destructive as prescription pain killers. Yet people chug it down with reckless abandon.

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The Mythology of the Supreme Court | by Ryan McMaken

2018-01-31

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Supreme Court justices are politicians, who behave in the manner Public Choice theory tells us they should, and they seek to preserve and expand their own power. Read the text version of this presentation online: https://mises.org/library/mythology-supreme-court * * * * DISCLAIMER: This audio presentation is owned by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and is protected …

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Dirk Müller – Manipulationen der Deutschen Bank: Der Ablasshandel geht weiter!

2018-01-31

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“Machtbeben” – Das neue Buch von Dirk Müller – Jetzt überall im Vorverkauf: https://bit.ly/2zv3oOk Auszug aus dem Cashkurs.com-Tagesausblick vom 31.01.2018. https://www.cashkurs.com – Ihre unabhängige Finanzinformationsplattform zu den Themen Börse, Wirtschaft, Finanzmarkt von und mit Dirk Müller Bildrechte: Cashkurs.com & 360b / Shutterstock.com

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The FOMC Meeting Strategy: Why It May Be Particularly Promising Right Now

2018-01-31

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2018-01-31

Hiking Trail
As readers know, investment and trading decisions can be optimized with the help of statistics. One way of doing so is offered by the FOMC meeting strategy. A study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2011 examined the effect of FOMC meetings on stock prices. The study concluded that these meetings have a substantial impact on stock prices – and contrary to what most investors would probably tend to expect, before rather than after...

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Markets Are About Much More Than Material Goods | by Gary Galles

2018-01-30

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Murray Rothbard once noted that “One of the most common charges leveled against the free market is that it reflects and encourages unbridled ‘selfish materialism’ … it distracts man from higher ideals. It leads man away from spiritual or intellectual values.” But that allegation is far from true. Read the text version of this presentation …

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Our Oligarchs Can Thank James Madison | by Ryan McMaken

2018-01-30

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A recent study from Princeton and Northwestern concluded that the United States is an “oligarchy” ruled by a small group of wealthy elites and interest groups. According to authors Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page: The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent …

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Swiss Trade 2017: Exports at all-time high

2018-01-30

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2018-01-30

Switzerland Trade Balance, Dec 2017
Last year, Swiss foreign trade accelerated yet again relative to 2016: exports rose by 4.7% to reach a new record high. Imports grew by 6.9%, posting their strongest growth rate since 2010. Aside from the improved economic situation worldwide, the weakening of the Swiss franc and price trends played a decisive role in both directions of trade. With a surplus of CHF 34.8 billion, the balance of trade closed the year 6% (or CHF 2.1bn) lower than the...

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Dimitri Speck – Part One: The Matterhorn Interview – November 2013

2018-01-29

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PART 2: THE DOUBLE FACE OF GOLD – Dimitri Speck In the second part of this exclusive video interview that was conducted on behalf of MATTERHORN ASSET MGMT, independent financial journalist. Part One: The coordinated effort to suppress the gold price — Dimitri Speck On behalf of Matterhorn Asset Management Zurich, Lars Schall met up …

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Dirk Müller – Grotesk! In Syrien kämpfen deutsche Waffen gegen deutsche Waffen

2018-01-29

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“Machtbeben” – Das neue Buch von Dirk Müller – Jetzt überall im Vorverkauf: https://bit.ly/2zv3oOk Auszug aus dem Cashkurs.com-Tagesausblick vom 24.01.2018. https://www.cashkurs.com – Ihre unabhängige Finanzinformationsplattform zu den Themen Börse, Wirtschaft, Finanzmarkt von und mit Dirk Müller Bildrechte: Cashkurs.com & Joerg Huettenhoelscher / Shutterstock.com

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Ronald Stöferle – The Matterhorn Interview July/Aug 2016

2018-01-29

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2016 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR GOLD INVESTORS Lars Schall spoke with Incrementum AG’s Ronald Peter Stoeferle about this year’s prospects for gold, silver and mining shares; the still increasing. Gold is back and the party in mining stocks is only getting started On behalf of Matterhorn Asset Management Lars Schall spoke recently with …

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Dirk Müller – Ex-BIZ-Chef warnt vor Kernschmelze des globalen Finanzsystems

2018-01-26

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“Machtbeben” – Das neue Buch von Dirk Müller – Jetzt überall im Vorverkauf: https://bit.ly/2zv3oOk Auszug aus dem Cashkurs.com-Tagesausblick vom 25.01.2018. https://www.cashkurs.com – Ihre unabhängige Finanzinformationsplattform zu den Themen Börse, Wirtschaft, Finanzmarkt von und mit Dirk Müller Bildrechte: Cashkurs.com & whiteMocca / Shutterstock.com

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Tax Reform and Trump’s Chinese Trade Deficit Conundrum

2018-01-26

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2018-01-26

Trump
Most things come easier said than done. Take President Trump’s posture on trade with China. Trump doesn’t want a bigger trade deficit with China. He wants a smaller trade deficit with China. In fact, reducing the trade deficit with China is one of Trump’s promises to Make America Great Again.

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Dirk Müller – Trump als ewiger Buhmann: Es gibt mehr als schwarz und weiß

2018-01-25

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“Machtbeben” – Das neue Buch von Dirk Müller – Jetzt überall im Vorverkauf: https://bit.ly/2zv3oOk Auszug aus dem Cashkurs.com-Tagesausblick vom 24.01.2018. https://www.cashkurs.com – Ihre unabhängige Finanzinformationsplattform zu den Themen Börse, Wirtschaft, Finanzmarkt von und mit Dirk Müller Bildrechte: Cashkurs.com & jull-gull / Shutterstock.com

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As the Controlled Inflation Scheme Rolls On

2018-01-21

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2018-01-21

Our Binge Culture
American consumers are not only feeling good. They are feeling great. They are borrowing money – and spending it – like tomorrow will never come. On Monday the Federal Reserve released its latest report of consumer credit outstanding. According to the Fed’s bean counters, U.S. consumers racked up $28 billion in new credit card debt and in new student, auto, and other non-mortgage loans in November.

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January 23, 2014 – Robert P. Murphy – The Scott Horton Show – Episode 3116

2018-01-21

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Robert P. Murphy, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses the incredible wealth possessed by the 85 richest people on the planet; Bill Gates’ proclamation that there will be no more poor nations; and the bubbles in real estate, stocks, and the dollar itself. Check out the interview page here: https://scotthorton.org/012314-robert-p-murphy/ For more …

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Punch-Drunk Investors & Extinct Bears, Part 2

2018-01-20

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2018-01-20

Rydex Bull/Bear Asset Ratio and Total Bear Assets, 2003 - 2018
For many years we have heard that the poor polar bears were in danger of dying out due to global warming. A fake photograph of one of the magnificent creatures drifting aimlessly in the ocean on a break-away ice floe was reproduced thousands of times all over the internet. In the meantime it has turned out that polar bears are doing so well, they are considered a quite dangerous plague in some regions in Alaska.

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Ryan McMaken: Are We Getting Poorer?

2018-01-20

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By every measure extreme poverty in Third World nations is decreasing rapidly. But what about the US and the West? Economist and mises.org editor Ryan McMaken joins Jeff Deist for a wide-ranging discussion of what makes people rich, and how economists should measure wealth. This great discussion explains the decline of real incomes and savings …

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November 18, 2013 – Robert P. Murphy – The Scott Horton Show – Episode 3060

2018-01-20

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Robert P. Murphy, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses how the Federal Reserve manipulates interest rates and exacerbates boom-bust cycles and why unprecedented money creation hasn’t led to extreme price inflation. Check out the interview page here: https://scotthorton.org/111813-robert-p-murphy/ For more on Scott’s work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Read Scott’s...

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Dirk Müller – US-Justizminister kämpfen gegen das Ende der Internetdemokratie

2018-01-19

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“Machtbeben” – Das neue Buch von Dirk Müller – Jetzt überall im Vorverkauf: https://bit.ly/2zv3oOk Auszug aus dem Cashkurs.com-Tagesausblick vom 17.01.2018. https://www.cashkurs.com – Ihre unabhängige Finanzinformationsplattform zu den Themen Börse, Wirtschaft, Finanzmarkt von und mit Dirk Müller Bildrechte: Cashkurs.com & rawf8 / Shutterstock.com

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