I first posted the below article on my blog in January 2010. Today, when I was searching for this article to send the link to a friend, I noticed that this article had mysteriously disappeared from my blog’s database. I don’t know who removed it but luckily, I kept a copy of it so I [...]

I have stated this for many years now and I’ll continue to stand by this statement: Technical and fundamental analysis are of limited utility in predicting short-term trends in manipulated markets when analyzed in a vacuum absent of the context of government and bank manipulation. This not only applies to US stock markets but also [...]

In a recent US study called “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses”, researchers studied more than 2,300 students that attended 29 different US universities. Here is what they concluded: (1) 45% of the students showed no gains in learning the first two years of college, and (2) 36% gained little learning even after four [...]

If you think gold and silver as an asset class are severely misunderstood, and they are, then multiply that misunderstanding 10 times, and you will realize the level of misconceptions that exist around junior mining stocks. The typical propaganda disseminated by bankers that surround gold and silver every single year when gold and silver corrections [...]

Lars Schall of www.mmnews.de was kind enough to provide yours truly and SmartKnowledgeU with the English translation of the German interview.  Though I agree with many of Mr. Hellmeyer’s views, I don’t agree with all he has to say. For example, I disagree with Mr. Hellmeyer in that I expect dramatic rises in food prices [...]

Below, I’ve extracted important portions of an article entitled “Silver Money for Americans” by one of my favorite authors, Hugo Salinas Price. Fiat money in the US is in an advanced stage of decomposition Fiat money in the US is in an advanced stage of decomposition and when money rots, the whole social, economic and [...]

“What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life. There’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in you mind, driving you mad” – Morpheus By the time you finish reading this article, you may discover that you [...]

With deception in the mainstream financial media reaching new heights regarding the recent rallies in Western stock markets, it’s time to shed some light on this matter. The first rule of building wealth is that your gains have to outpace the rate at which Central Bankers depreciate the currency in which your asset is denominated. [...]

When the momentum of the masses gravitates toward the truth, those that desire to suppress it have always resorted to smoke and mirrors to divert the people’s attention away from the truth and to channel their focus into avenues that waste their energies. But bankers and politicians have just crossed the line, specifically Tim Geithner. [...]

With gold and silver bulls, since the beginning of this new PM bull in 2001, the four dreaded words that every gold/silver bull has been reluctant to say because it has served as the kiss of death every time gold/silver has been on the verge of a seemingly enormous breakout, is “This time is different.” [...]

Today, there is not a single government in the world that has provided an adequate or sustainable solution to our global monetary crisis. The most prominent criticism from Keynesian apologists regarding our monetary crisis is that there is no better system than the one we are using and that supporters of Austrian economics always complain [...]

Sorry for the delayed posting but here is my recent appearance on Max Keiser’s “On the Edge” below. On the Edge with JS Kim, Part 1 Click the read more link to watch the final 2 videos in this 3 part series.

Reality is the great antidote of hope. Whenever my colleagues and friends ask me for my global economic outlook, by the time I’m done, they always provide a cheeky response about the depressing nature of my outlook. However, the outlook doesn’t have to be depressing at all for those willing to face reality and take [...]