Plummeting Oil Prices
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Warriors in our camp routinely say, "gold is money", and that's true, but gold is also something else entirely, and the elites know it.
OPEC will stand by its decision not to cut output even if oil prices fall as low as $40 a barrel and will wait at least three months before considering an emergency meeting, the United Arab Emirates' energy minister said.
Oil producers group OPEC can ride out a slump in oil prices and keep output unchanged, its head said on Sunday, arguing market weakness did not reflect supply and demand fundamentals and could have been driven by speculators.
Consequently, the household sector has been unable to borrow more money, no matter how much credit the Fed has injected through the dealers. That's very different from where this whole Keynesian financial bubble started 40 years ago when we had, mo
The Mexican peso is tanking and the Banco de Mexico is stepping in to try to contain the damage.
Recently, several people emailed me stating an observation that gold is directly correlated to movements in the Yen.
Oil is not quite as powerful a weapon against modern-day Russia as one might think.
Mark Blyth: You have to go back quite a way to get to the roots of this. You almost have to go back to the origins of capitalism itself. Go back to the time of John Locke and the English Revolution back in the 17th century; what you have is a bunch o
Quite simply, we have lived through the greatest Ponzi scheme of all time where leverage of over 100 to (probably 1,000 to one when all is said and done) has been employed for control.
Financial institutions to trade certain financial derivatives from subsidiaries that are insured by the FDIC, explicitly putting taxpayers on the hook for losses caused by these contracts.
Remember well that you sat silently for these abuses and did nothing to stop them when your life savings evaporate as derivative obligations are superior to your deposits at the bank...
Financial and risk bubbles don't pop in a vacuum--all the phantom collateral constructed with mal-invested free money for financiers will also implode.
Two months ago, when the first tremors in the crude market appeared, we wondered, jokingly, if one of the biggest crude bulls -the man known as the "god of oil trading - Phibro's (and formerly Citi's uber-well paid trader) Andy Hall was puking bloo
Two months ago, when the first tremors in the crude market appeared, we wondered, jokingly, if one of the biggest crude bulls -the man known as the "god of oil trading - Phibro's (and formerly Citi's uber-well paid trader) Andy Hall was puking bloo
Back in September, when we looked at the total amount of stock buybacks by S&P 500 companies, we observed that the "Buyback Party Is Over: Stock Repurchases Tumble In The Second Quarter" - according to CapIQ data, after soaring to a record $160 billi
Who would have predicted oil prices in the sixty-dollar range a year ago? Something is not right about these markets. Our take: don't get burned when markets add fuel to the fire. Here's what to watch out for as we head into 2015; ignore at your
Given the presumed 17% expansion of the global economy since 2009, the tiny increases in production could not possibly flood the world in oil unless demand has cratered.
Despite the near-record scream higher in Chinese stocks over the last few months, under the surface China is rattled and nowhere is that more evident than in the collapse of its commodity-backed ponzi-financing deals.
With the Russian ruble's value at historic lows and the country's central bank predicting an imminent recession, President Vladimir Putin struck a combative tone in his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow on Thursday.
When ISIS dared to steal and sell oil at below market rates, they were dire pirates that needed to be destroyed (and anyone who dared to buy it was pariah). So when, as Bloomberg reports, crude sold at the wellhead in the Bakken shale region in North
When ISIS dared to steal and sell oil at below market rates, they were dire pirates that needed to be destroyed (and anyone who dared to buy it was pariah). So when, as Bloomberg reports, crude sold at the wellhead in the Bakken shale region in North
It has been centuries since the Portuguese last dominated the world's seaways, but in glancing over recent headlines one would be forgiven for thinking that their pirates are still running around.
With its bonds trading at 50% of face value, CDS implying an 84% chance of default, a black-market FX rate that signals massive devaluation...
Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.'s to become the largest
Gold and silver have now had three "outside reversal" days to the upside within the last three weeks. Those who follow the precious metals were absolutely shocked (after being shell shocked) to see this type of action the first time in many a mo
It's preposterous. Mises was monumental, and his works deserve to be studied and learned throughout a lifetime. He wasn't just one thing: he was a human being with changing views, moods, missteps and corrections, contributions that have been lost
If the price of oil stays at this level or goes down even more, someone out there is going to have to absorb some absolutely massive losses.
November 16th, 2014 has been called, "the day money died." In any case, it may have been the day deposits died as money. Unlike coins and paper bills, which cannot be written down or given a "haircut,"...
During the American Economic Depression of the 1930's, some bank deposits were devalued by 40%. In simple terms, this meant that deposits valued at $1,000 were deemed to be worth only $600. A plan agreed at the G20 Summit