For real estate investors, prudence might dictate that they start considering physical gold, in order to avoid serious pitfalls.
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The coming French presidential elections are increasing the uncertainty surrounding the euro.
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In order to understand the world of finance today – post-gold standard-, post- 2008 crisis-, zero rates- and QE- finance – it makes sense, sometimes, to turn to others than economists.
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Zero rates are hitting European banks at the core of their activity, and we must add to that their bad loans, especially in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus
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The money created without any counterparty artificially inflates the value of assets, until they reach a breaking point – sooner or later.
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) just called for urgent action to be taken in regards to European banks’ bad loans.
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The financial world is so upended that even Switzerland is starting to slide awkwardly.
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The result of the constitutional referendum in Italy held last Sunday, December 4th, is undisputable, 60% voting “no”, and there was a large participation.
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During the election campaign, Donald Trump accused the Fed of playing the Democrats’ game by keeping rates low and creating a “horrible financial bubble”.
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The earthquake has happened: Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States of America. Quite an enormous “black swan”! What should we expect now?
On the one hand, Trump’s victory seems like a formidable denial of the economic lies being spread since the 2008 financial crisis: no, unemploym...
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We can’t help but see also the beginning of a flight away from the currencies. And, besides, those countries (China, Middle-East countries) are indeed big buyers of gold, whether through their people or their central banks.
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The possibility of a hike in long-term rates is becoming a recurrent issue of concern in the markets. Will the Fed raise its rates? Are investors anticipating a normalisation in the yield curve? More important is the question of all the liquidity created by the central banks since 2008.
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The financial and banking crisis can hit Germany as well – it could even become the epicentre of the crisis, given the size of Deutsche Bank.
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Several analysts in favour of gold are predicting a spike to come in the precious metal’s price. They base this prediction on several arguments
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This question might sound preposterous, but this movement is very real and growing in importance: central banks are progressively buying private assets with their unmatched firepower.
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This long-standing monetary policy generates a massive and catastrophic perverse effect: banks are no longer profitable. In other words, this policy pushes them into bankruptcy. This is what no less than the IMF explains in a study from last August 10.
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We’ve already talked about the banking crisis in Italy, with 360 billion € in bad loans, the equivalent of 22% of its GDP, an inordinate amount that leads us to fear the worst. The situation has been temporarily stabilised after a deal between the head of government and Brussels: a bailout plan has...
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In the United States the Fed just allowed a defaulting bank to keep its clients’ collateral.
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The Big Short consists in acquiring physical gold and waiting, knowing this could be lucrative in the short term if stock markets keep on falling, or will be lucrative longer term if central banks keep on printing paper money.
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2016 is off to a very bad start for the stock markets worldwide: they have lost approximately 10% of their value since January 1st, one of the worst starts of a year in stock market history. Since their peak of last June, stock markets worldwide have declined by 20%, according to Bloomberg, which corresponds to 15 billion dollars in stock market value vanishing in smoke.
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France: The Catastrophic Situation of the Government Budget
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A Collapse of the European Economy is to be Feared
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Gold, A Decentralized Asset, and This Is Its Strength
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European Bank Mergers Won't Solve Anything
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Gold Is The Ancient Currency, The Currency Of Trust
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Inflation Risk: Awareness is Growing
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The Funny Joke of Central Banks: If Inflation Comes Back, We'll Be Raising Interest Rates
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What If the Debt Doesn't Matter? Is This Realistic?
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Gold Price Hits All-Time High, And It's Not Over Yet
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European Recovery Plan: Still More Debt
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Central Banks + Energy Transition: The End of the Market Economy?
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ECB Offers €1.3tn at -1% to Rescue European Banks
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European Banks Are Highly Exposed to the Current Crisis
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Gold, the Winning Asset of the Coronavirus Crisis
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In the Face of an Increasingly Nationalized Currency, Let Us Defend our Freedom
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From Coronavirus to Inflationavirus?
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How Central Banks Will Expand the Zombification of the Economy?
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The Coronavirus, a Chance for Central Banks: Long Live the Printing Press!
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Zero Rate Ravages: HSBC France's Value Goes From 11 Billion Euros to Zero
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Return of Inflation: A New Scenario (Coronavirus and Other Black Swans)
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What if the Fight Against Global Warming Caused Inflation to Return?
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The Beginning of a Flight From Money?
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After the ECB, it is the Fed's turn to relaunch the printing press...
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ECB: The Ongoing Headlong Rush
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Why the Gold Price Expressed in Euros Is Beating its Historical Record
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Will Christine Lagarde Kill the Euro?
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A Pro-Gold Standard Appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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Facebook Libra Will Accelerate The Loss Of Credibility Of Central Banks
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Will Italian Mini-BOTs Kill The Euro?
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Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), Warning: Danger!
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Record of Millionaire Employees at Deutsche Bank: Last Celebration Before The Collapse?
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Will GAFA Precipitate the Collapse of the Banks?
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The Strong Return Of Gold To The Banking System
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The French Government Is Not Concerned With Its Public Debt – Here’s Why
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ECB Acknowledges European Banks Are Not Doing Well
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France’s Gold As Collateral For Financial Operations : Another Fake News ?
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The End of Sanctuarization of Banque de France’s Gold : New Evidence
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Alert: Banque de France’s Gold Isn’t Sanctuarized Anymore
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European Central Bank: 2.6 Trillion Euro... All for Nothing
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What’s Up with Deutsche Bank?
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Revolt of the "Yellow Vests": Is France Going the Way of Greece?
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Gold Preserves Purchasing Power Over the Long Term: Here’s the Proof
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Stock Markets Turning South – What’s the Cause?
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Nouriel Roubini Predicts a Crisis by 2020 : What to Make of It?
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Banks Were Saved from 2008 Crisis by Drug Money: What’s Next?
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The Fake News of Greece’s Recovery: After Zero Rates, "Zero Debt"?
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Are Non-performing Loans Becoming a New Danger for French Banks?
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[Exclusive] France’s Public Debt Is No International Success
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Europe Is Breaking Up Over Immigration: What Would Happen in Case of a Banking Crisis?
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Rumours of European Bank Mergers : A Dangerous Pipe Dream
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Heading Toward a New Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe?
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The French Wealthier than the Germans – Really?
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Going Ahead With the European Banking Union: As For Deposit Guarantees, Every Man for Himself
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An Alert on Deutsche Bank? ECB Worried…
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France Issues 10% of its Debt in Inflation-Indexed Securities
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Financial Cavalry: Banque de France Owns Nearly 20% of Public Debt
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Italexit? Perhaps… But Both Italy and the Euro Are Unmanageable
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Hedge Fund Bets $22 Billion Against Major European Banks – And it Makes Sense
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With or Without a Crash, the Financial Landscape is Radically Changing
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Could the Next Financial Crisis Arise From Europe... Not from the USA?
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Could All that Monetary Tapering from Central Banks Be Useless?
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French Banks Are Much More Dangerous Than American Banks
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The ECB Wants To Freeze Bank Accounts In Case Of A Bank Crisis
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Bitcoin's Success Is Excellent News for Gold
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The ECB Is Wading Through Thick Smog
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Bank Failures in Europe Coming Soon – The ECB Says So
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Rising Interest Rates: A Mortal Danger
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Will Real Estate Always Be a Good Investment?
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Freezing of Bank Accounts : A New Threat for Savers
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Inflation – The Risk Is Still Here
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Central Banks are Becoming All-Powerful on Financial Markets
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For the Sake of our Savings and our Economy, Let’s Ask for ECBexit!
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Cyber Attacks: A New Risk for Banks and Savers
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Savings: Real Estate Is Not Worth Gold!
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The “Japanisation” Of European Banks: A Lethal Danger
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Global Real Estate Bubble Getting Bigger – Take Precautions
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Elections, Target 2 : Is the Euro about to Explode?
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How "Indefinite Finance" Destroys Money
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Zero Rates are Putting European Banks in Jeopardy
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Endless Financial Crises Are Inevitable – Here’s Why
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New Warning on European Banks
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Switzerland : Still a Safe Country for Storage… But Only for Physical Gold
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Does The Italian Referendum “No” Vote Mark The Beginning Of The End For The Euro?
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Will Trump Raise Interest Rates – Is it Even Possible ?
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Trump Has Won! What to Make of It?
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Germany Stuck Between the ECB and Deutsche Bank
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When Is the Price of Gold Going Up?
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Are Central Banks Beginning to Nationalize the Whole Economy?
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IMF Confirms Negative Rates Are Slowly Killing Banks
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Banking Crisis in Italy: the Next Domino to Fall is France
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Big Banks Get More Protection but Not Their Clients
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Bank Accounts Seizures in a Crisis: Soon Coming to the United States As Well!
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Warning: The BRRD Directive, Meaning Drawing Off Bank Accounts, Is Now Legal in France
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Who Will Be The Next Lehman Brothers? Glencore? Deutsche Bank?
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Another Case of Market Manipulation! Gold... Again!
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Europe - Bank Default: Deposits No Longer Insured
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The Shanghai Crash Signals More Turmoil Ahead
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Gold Reserves and GDP: China is Playing Liar’s Poker
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What is the Real Weight of Gold in the Global Economy?
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How Financial Repression Flattens Your Savings
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Look Out : There Is a Bankruptcy Storm Brewing in Europe
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Warning: First Implementation of Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive
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Alan Greenspan Likes Gold: Listen up!
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Greece: Default Unavoidable Notwithstanding Election Results
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What Can We Learn from the Failed Swiss Referendum on Gold?
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Free Ebook "Economics Detox Chronicles"
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ECB Stress Test Results Show Banks Struggling
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Regulators and Banks Settle on the Backs of Depositors
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France has no problem borrowing… because it will not hesitate to plunder its citizens’ accounts!
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Stock Markets in their Third Bubble Since 2000
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Interest Rates at their Lowest: Another Reason to Buy Gold
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The Great Manipulation of Financial Markets Seems to be Reaching its Limits
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Mario Draghi’s Announcements: The ECB Puts on a Show
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Amount of Derivatives in the World: 710 Trillions of dollars
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Contrary to the Media Spin, Greece Keeps on Sinking
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A Dangerous Game : France Is Playing with Words Regarding its Deficit
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IMF Confirms European Banking Sector Still Getting Worse
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Why Are We Being Told that Deflation Is the Absolute Evil?
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FOREX and LIBOR Manipulations : The Work of Central Banks, As in Gold?
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IMF, EU, Basel... Bank Accounts Under Threat As Never Before
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How the ECB is Lying About Future Bank Stress Tests
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European Banking Authority President : Too Many Banks Have Survived the Financial Crisis
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IMF Condoning the Plundering of Bank Accounts
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Goldman Sachs Is Above the Law!
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Insured Deposits Under 100,000 : a Myth