John Rubino

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Ominous Parallels: The Roman Empire, The European Union, And Mass Migration

18/11/2015(0)
This weekend’s Paris attacks, occurring in the middle of one of history’s largest mass-migrations, has the feel of uncharted territory. But it’s actually an eerie echo of something that ... Read More
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Even Small, Well-Run Countries Can’t Escape The Currency War

13/11/2015(0)
    The old saying “When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled” captures perfectly the dilemma of the world’s non-superpowers. From Brazil to Thailand to non-eurozone Europe, the currency ... Read More
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Portugal Is Potentially A Very Big Deal

11/11/2015(0)
Portugal has entered a phase change, with potentially huge ramifications. After handing a parliamentary majority to a coalition of leftist (i.e., anti-austerity, anti-euro, anti-NATO) parties, and then trying to ... Read More
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Precious Metals Starting To Produce Some Winners

27/10/2015(0)
Everybody who’s owned gold and silver mining shares through a couple of cycles has their favorite story of the stock that took off and ran away. There was Glamis ... Read More
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Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 11: Portugal Stages A Coup

26/10/2015(0)
Wow. Portugal just did something extraordinary. In its most recent election, parties of the left — anti-austerity, anti-business, mistrustful of the euro and other extra-national institutions — gained a ... Read More
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Europe Admits QE Has Failed, Promises More Of It

23/10/2015(0)
New Age monetary policy has begun to resemble the form of insanity in which a patient repeats the same behavior while expecting a different outcome. Throughout the developed world, ... Read More
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Negative Interest Rates Are Here

20/10/2015(0)
Not so long ago, a bank was by definition a business that took deposits from customers, paid them for the use of their money, and lent the cash to ... Read More
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Big Banks, Serious Trouble

12/10/2015(0)
It turns out that the world of ZIRP/NIRP isn’t the banking paradise that some thought it would be. See Why The Big Banks Want Higher Interest Rates. Whether the ... Read More
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We Aren’t Nearly As Worried About The Middle East As We should Be

07/10/2015(0)
What’s the opposite of a gift that keeps on giving? A mistake that keeps metastasizing. Which pretty much sums up the US role in the Middle East. Beginning with ... Read More
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Whole Lotta Bear Markets Goin’ On

29/09/2015(0)
The Dow and S&P 500 have fallen by around 10% since August, which in normal times would be hardly worth mentioning. But below the surface, in what used to ... Read More
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