Regulation – the hidden curse
byRegulations are nearly always introduced with the best intentions. In financial services, they aim to stop unscrupulous brokers and banks from ripping off the…
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I Testified Before the AZ Senate
byPlease bear with a brief quote from a favorite author of mine. I promise it relates to gold. Having fought in World War I,…
The ECB and John Law
byLast week, the ECB extended its monetary madness, pushing deposit rates yet more negative. It is extending quantitative easing from sovereign debt into non-financial…
EU to regulate virtual currency exchanges and wallet providers
byThis article is from EDCAB.eu, with whom The Cobden Centre is working regarding a project for the European Parliament on digital currencies. Source: http://edcab.eu/blog/eu-tackles-virtual-currency-exchanges-wallet-providers The European…
Central Banks and Our Dysfunctional Gold Markets
byArticle by Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna. Source: https://mises.org/library/central-banks-and-our-dysfunctional-gold-markets Many investors still view gold as a safe-haven investment, but there remains much confusion regarding the extent to…
Jeffrey P. Snider: There Are No New Banks; Dodd-Frank Hits Five
bySource: http://www.alhambrapartners.com/2015/07/21/there-are-no-new-banks-dodd-frank-hits-five/ Today is the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank, the erstwhile government response to assure that the Panic of 2008 does not repeat. It…
They’re Coming to Take Away Your Cash
byThe stories are all over the Internet. Governments are forcing us into a cashless society. Supposedly the pretext is terrorism, and the real reason…
The Non-GAAP Revulsion Arrives: Experts Throw Up All Over “Made Up, Phony, Smoke And Mirrors” Numbers
by[This was first published at Zero Hedge here http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-08/non-gaap-revulsion-arrives-experts-throw-all-over-made-phony-smoke-and-mirrors-profi] One of the recurring stories on Zero Hedge has been the increasingly more blatant fabrication of…
Wanna Invest in a Cryptocurrency? How about LEOcoin?
byI am sometimes asked what investors should look for if they are thinking of investing in a cryptocurrency. My initial reaction is that I…
When The Supreme Court Stopped Economic Fascism In America
by[This piece appeared first here http://www.epictimes.com/richardebeling/2015/04/when-the-supreme-court-stopped-economic-fascism-in-america/] There was a time when the Supreme Court of the United States defended and upheld the Constitutional protections…