The Tale of Two Bailouts
December 15, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher This is the story about two bailout countries in the EU: Spain and Ireland. Their respective bailouts were not structured the same, but they were very close in timing and amounts offered. I don’t want to call this an experiment because it has no real controls. However, we […]
E-Stonia: Wired & Well Ahead of the Curve
December 1, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I wrote about this over 5 months ago (“Portugal: A Glimpse into America’s Future”), but it looks like Estonia is getting their affairs in order quickly to offer their e-Residency to businesses around the world. In contrast to other countries like Portugal, Estonia is taking several creative and […]
Boom And Bust Cycles Are Created By Central Banks
October 17, 2014 This micro-documentary is brought to you by our friend Claudio Grass at Global Gold Inc. A very informative 15 minutes explaining the boom and bust cycles of our economy and how they are the inevitable product of central banking practices. Share with those who you think could use this valuable information! For more […]
How Our Monetary System Works and Fails
October 14, 2014 This micro-documentary is brought to you by our friend Claudio Grass at Global Gold Inc. A very informative 10 minutes explaining what money, fiat currency, and fractional reserve banking are. Share with those who you think could use this valuable information! For more information on precious metal ownership: Claudio Grass, Managing Director Global Gold Inc. Herrengasse […]
Spain Raids Social Security Fund. Is Portugal Next?
August 29,2014 By: Gordon Haave, Managing Director at Agora Trust, Ltd. In my article last week, “Cypriot-Style Bail-in: Be Ready”, I discussed last year’s confiscation of a portion of depositors’ accounts in Cyprus. It hasn’t gotten that bad yet in Spain, but Using Google Translate on the Spanish website El Economista we learn that: “The […]
The American Stigma
August 25, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher These are some sad times… some sad and divided times. People are turning on one another over everything from race and religion to socio-economic status. Governments are waging wars against not just foreign governments, but their own citizens resulting in standoffs in suburban streets! And businesses are turning […]
Cypriot-Style Bail-In: Be Ready!
August 22, 2014 By: Gordon Haave, Managing Director of Agora Trust LLC Cyprus recently completed a bank bail-in for its troubled financial system. The terms are as follows: The German government is contributing 13 billion euros to help bail out Cyprus bankers and their Russian clients. What did Cyprus kick in? As part of the […]
What Are You Waiting For?
August 18, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The class warriors are growing in numbers and upping their decibels as the US economy continues to suffer. Regardless of what the media says, or the contrived reports from the White House indicate, individuals are feeling the burn of reality. Little short term charts shown out of context […]
Expropriation: The New Norm
July 14, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher What sort of nasty business has the Troika been up to lately? Well, first a brief refresher on who the Troika is: The European Commission, The European Central Bank, and The International Monetary Fund. The stated purpose of the Troika is to manage the Eurozone’s financial affairs, including, […]
Playing Catch-up With Bitcoin
June 30, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher A little topic I’ve not indulged for a while is Bitcoin (BTC). There have been some interesting developments surrounding this particular virtual currency. Mt. Gox was hacked back in February and filed for bankruptcy by month’s end. Prior to that, Mt. Gox Vice Chair, Charlie Shrem, was brought […]
