War on Dissent(ers)
May 16, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Dissenters are the low hanging fruit for any administration, and when you have one like Obama’s, which loves to print, tax and spend, you will be hard pressed to find the dissenting population behaving inconspicuously. By now, it is rather obvious that, when it comes to dissenters, this […]
Reckless Lending Met with Reckless Borrowing
May 7, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The irresponsibility of government policies has metastasized not only into banking but into the lives of individuals, as the borrowing seems to be as reckless as the lending these days in both higher education and housing. Remember that “best friend” that always got into some sort of trouble? […]
Offshore Re-education Camp: Lesson 1
May 1, 2013 By: Paul Seymour, Director of Client Services I was recently asked to start doing a periodic radio broadcast on Radio Free Latin America (RFLA), called Offshore Re-education Camp. It’s being piped in to the USSA from a secret location south of the border via short wave radio signals. The aim of RFLA […]
SEC’s Revolving Door: Who Will Regulate the Regulators?
April 22, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor Before we cry for more government oversight in the financial industry, we should be asking: “Who will regulate the regulators over at the SEC?” And before we look to more money, or more staff, or more rules, we should be asking: “Would any of those things address the […]
Bank & Government Betray Trust, Begets Disincentive to Save
April 10, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor Private account holders should seek safe havens that will actually keep their information and assets PRIVATE and SAFE! Members of the EU are discussing information disclosures, Israel recently betrayed the trust of its offshore American account holders and Obama is looking to cap what individuals can save. Off-shore […]
DHS Goes for Your Safe Deposit Box?
April 8, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor The Cypriot Deal turned a lot of heads and woke quite a few folks up to governments’ propensity to just TAKE private assets under some alarmist guise, and hopefully now, Americans will take more seriously the intentions of our own DHS and their moves toward confiscating our assets. […]
Cyprus is the Template for How to Fail
April 5, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor In the wake of the Cypriot Bank “bail-in”, Troika officials allude to the fact that Cyprus is a template or model for future Eurozone countries. Despite the hasty assurances from politicians, not only is Cyprus more exemplary than exceptional, plenty of other western countries already have similar directives […]
The Spiral of Japanese Bonds
April 4, 2013 By: Tres Knippa, Member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Good afternoon from the floor of the CME in Chicago. As the world focuses on the boy fool in South Korea, I have my work cut out for me trying to digest all the news coming out of the Bank of Japan. Today is the […]
Is Obama the Next Shoe to Drop on the EU?
April 3, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor While the EU struggles to manage the crumbling economies within its union, some clamor for an Obama intervention as their only hope for recovery and peace. With even a fleeting glance at Obama’s fiscal, regulatory and foreign policies, his name should not pop up in the top thousand […]
Casualties of Plunder: Condemning an Ethic into Exile
April 1, 2013 By: Bobby Casey The deal struck for Cypriot Banks targeted “evil money launderers and tax evaders” as well as wealthy oligarchs, but really plunders the hardworking saver and entrepreneurs. While emotions run high, and the victims of this absurd plunder are myriad, there is a culpable group responsible for this mess, and […]
