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 […]
Breaking News: FATCA Delayed by Two Years!
May 29, 2014 By: Diane Kennedy, CPA After this exciting headline, your first question might be, “What is FATCA and why do I care?” Let’s start there. FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) came about in 2010 as part of the HIRE Act. This added chapter 4 to Subtitle A of the Code. “Chapter 4” […]
Inflation Nation
April 21, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher “Savers are being boiled alive in the liquid hubris of neo-Keynesian economists explicitly in the service of the State.” Tim Price Central banks are charged with a certain responsibility. A responsibility that has long since been obscured and phased out in lieu of politicking and posturing. Sadly, when […]
US Banking = Selling Marks
April 14, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher This past Saturday, I got a personal taste of fractional reserve banking. I recently switched car insurance companies, so my former policy prorated the monthly premium, and paid me out the balance. They issued me a check in the amount of $86.50. I went to deposit it at […]
Russia Pushes to Ban USD: Tick tock!
March 4, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, GWP Managing Director Russian lawmaker, Mikhail Degtyarev, proposed a bill to ban the use or possession of American currency in Russia. His rationale? He predicts the imminent collapse of the dollar system due to the massive growth of US national debt. This bill would partially revive the Soviet-era ban […]
What is Going On With China!?
February 24, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Since my last entry on December 9, 2013, “China’s Recent Monetary Moves”, China has placed a few more pieces on the Go board that indicate they have a unique strategy that eludes the west. In that installment, I pointed out that China is taking advantage of the United […]
Riots Du Jour!
February 20,2014 By: Kevin Kerr, Managing Editor and Trader for CommodityConfidential.com Can the American Implosion Be Far Off? Chaos in Caracas, the UN fiddling while Ukraine burns, political uncertainty in Italy, the list of unrest in various nations is long, and getting longer. How long will it be before we see struggling, angry Americans picking […]
Italy Steals 20% of All Incoming Bank Wires – Opportunity?
February 19, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director You may have read Kelly’s recent article, “Money Grabbin’” talking about how Italy is now imposing a 20% withholding tax on ALL incoming wires. If you haven’t read that article, click the link above and read it. This really happened. Not only did it happen this week, […]
