John Rubino

china_business_market

This Is How They Fool Us, China Edition

20/04/2016(0)
      So it seems that China’s economy, caught in the grip of a credit crisis just a few months ago, is all better. And so, by extension, ... Read More
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Is Deutsche Bank’s Gold Manipulation The Main Scam Or Just A Side-Show?

18/04/2016(0)
For years now, the easiest way to finesse a debate over whether precious metals markets are manipulated has been to say, “well, if they’re not manipulated they’re the only ... Read More
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The Pitfalls Of Buying Gold And Silver Online, And How To Avoid Them

04/04/2016(0)
    Back in 2014, online bullion dealer Tulving shocked its many customers by suddenly failing. See Coinweek’s story: How does $40M of Gold and Silver Disappear: The Collapse ... Read More
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The Rats Keep Pressing The Bar: Two Amazing Stories, One Inevitable Result

17/03/2016(0)
Anyone who doubts that the global financial system has run out of (good new) ideas has only to track the recent words and deeds of central bankers and mainstream ... Read More
Mario Draghi - ECB

Is This The End? Draghi Fires His Bazooka And Markets Turn Away In Disgust

11/03/2016(0)
ECB chair Mario Draghi delivered big-time this morning by announcing lower interest rates and a new round of debt monetization. Historically, this kind of thing has sent the financial ... Read More
china_business_market

China And Fracking: The Pillars Of “The Recovery” Are Crumbling

10/03/2016(0)
When historians sort out this era of once-a-decade financial bubbles, they’ll marvel at how dissimilar the drivers of each boom were. The junk bonds of the 1980s were essentially ... Read More
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Japan’s Negative Interest Rates Are Even Crazier Than They Sound

03/03/2016(0)
Yesterday Japan’s government borrowed money on terms that require the lenders to pay rather than receive interest for ten years. And not only was that bond issue snapped up, ... Read More
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Reversal Of Fortunes: Capital Pours Out Of Banks And Into Gold

12/02/2016(0)
        For banks, the recent news is pretty grim. But it’s about to get much worse, based on the following: Yield Curve Flattens: Now 10-Year Yields ... Read More
Central Banks

This Is Really Bad For Banks

04/02/2016(0)
Once upon a time, falling interest rates were great for banks. A lower cost of capital gave lenders access to cheap raw material while causing borrowers to clamber for ... Read More
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Welcome To The Currency War, Part 21: Japan Goes Negative; US To Return Fire In 2016

01/02/2016(0)
Well that didn’t take long. Two weeks of falling share prices and the European and Japanese central banks caved. First the ECB promised new stimulus — which the markets ... Read More
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