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 […]
The “I”mmigrants vs. The “E”migrants
August 15, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director at GWP Two days ago I returned from a cruise through the Baltic Sea. On September 1st, I boarded the ship in Amsterdam for an 8 day journey throughout the Baltics with stops in Warnemunde – Germany, Tallinn – Estonia, St Petersburg – Russia, and Helsinki – Finland (I […]
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, […]
Business Crowded Out by Mandates
July 7, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher By now you probably know that Obamacare is rolling out in phases, and each phase has had its glitches. First it was that everyone has to have health insurance. NO MATTER WHAT!!!! But the penalties for not having insurance weren’t going to roll out for another year, giving […]
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 […]
What Deference Does it Make?
May 5, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Have you heard the catch phrases “taxation is theft” or “inflation is taxation”? While they are quite accurate in their depictions, there is a bigger picture to the theft perpetrated by the state… especially in the United States. Let’s put the taxes and quantitative easing aside for the […]
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, […]
Considering Options
February 7, 2014 By: Kevin Kerr, Managing Editor and Trader at CommodityConfidential.com Few topics gloss over the eyes of new traders quicker than the subject of options. Now, even advanced traders who are comfortable with various sectors of the markets may still avoid using options because of a certain comfort level. So the best place […]
