By Teeka Tiwari, Editor, Palm Beach Confidential I’ve gotten a lot of mail recently from people wondering, “When will altcoins catch up to Bitcoin?” Before I answer that question, I need to talk about Bitcoin… We’ve seen Bitcoin go as high as $14,000 this year before dropping to $9,180. Despite the pullback, it’s still up […]
Emerging Market Citizens Turning to Crypto
By on September 16, 2019 Leave a Comment
By Teeka Tiwari, Editor, Palm Beach Confidential Emerging market currencies are getting hammered… China’s yuan recently fell to fresh 11-year lows amid trade war worries with the U.S. In August, the Argentine peso crashed 30.3%—in one day. And last year, the Turkish lira lost 30% against the U.S. dollar. (And it continued to fall—plunging over […]
Russia to Launch First Yuan-Dominated Bond
By on September 8, 2019 Leave a Comment
The China-Russia partnership just got kicked into high gear with Russia set to launch the first yuan-dominated bond in the next few months. September 9, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP China has been busy printing money and buying gold, engaging in a precarious game of cat and mouse with the US. Before Trump […]
How You Lose Money if You Keep it in a Bank…
By on September 2, 2019 1 Comment
Banks can slowly rob account holders through a cashless agenda and negative interest rates. You stand at a fork in the road: In one direction, your money stays safe. In the other direction, your money could get slowly taken from you by banks and any Government. McAlvany ICA shines a light on the big way […]
Unintended Consequences of Trade War with China
By on August 11, 2019 Leave a Comment
The trade war is escalating to what might become a currency war. Other unintended consequences have followed, making global markets nervous. August 12, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP In this battle of will between the US and China, inevitably, the victims will be the private consumers. At the G20 Summit in Japan, it […]
Market Responses to Currency Failures
By on June 16, 2019 Leave a Comment
There are disturbances in the fiat currency force, which have people pursuing alternative currencies and means of settling payments. June 17, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The government operates on a similar model as that in the Wizard of Oz. It requires that everyone subscribe to the singular way of one central power. […]
Sun Might Set on NSA Data Collection Program
By on March 24, 2019 Leave a Comment
The sun might set on an NSA data collection program at the end 2019, but will that mean a weaker or smaller surveillance state? March 25, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There is a marginal possibility that the NSA is going to back off a little. In other words: a few crumbs are […]
What Is The REAL National Emergency?
By on February 24, 2019 2 Comments
Gun and border control are distractions from the growing and impending emergency the US is facing: a national debt topping $22 trillion. February 25, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The US is currently on a “shutdown hiatus”, with a few weeks left to sort out the particulars regarding Trumps demand for greater border […]
Russia and China Still Paving the Path Around the US
By on January 13, 2019 Leave a Comment
Between trade wars and sanctions, Russia and China continue to find ways around the US both as a consumer and a reserve currency. January 14, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The maverick decisions coming out of the White House are quite astounding. I can’t help but marvel at some of the recent directives […]
Russia Rolls Out SWIFT Alternative to Global Community
By on October 21, 2018 1 Comment
More evidence of a global demand for decentralization: Russia opens up its alternative to SWIFT to international partners. October 22, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Last week we discussed how individual freedom is helped by decentralization technology. But really that is the entire premise behind capitalism, the free market, and individual freedom: that […]
