By Jared Dillian When I was in junior high, my friend Scott had this Billy Crystal tape that we passed back and forth to each other. I still like Billy Crystal, but let’s just say he was truly hilarious when I was 13 back in 1987.He had this routine about old codgers who used to […]

By Nick Giambruno   Pop quiz: can you name this free-market jurisdiction in the Western hemisphere? Here are some of its attributes: Personal income tax: NONE Corporate income tax: NONE Capital gains tax: NONE Taxation of dividends: NONE Taxation of interest: NONE Withholding taxes: NONE Payroll tax: NONE Social Security tax: NONE Wealth tax: NONE Inheritance/estate tax: NONE Property taxes: NONE Compared to the levels of

December 2, 2014 History clearly shows that when it comes to currencies black swans do happen as the average lifespan of a currency is just 27 years. As such, investors should study currency history and, as part of a smart portfolio, they should protect their hard earned wealth and savings in a defensive fashion. The

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Martin Armstrong We have a very serious problem with taxation. Only the United States and Japan regards its citizens as state property. Taxes are normally owed based upon the concept that you are paying your “fair share” predicated on use. But the United States views it simply owns anyone born in the United States

Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (12/1/14)   Past performance does not guarantee future performance, as they say, but Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT, editor and publisher of The Daily Gold Premium, is persuaded that the bottom in gold is no more than a couple of months away. And after that, look out. In this interview with The Gold Report, Roy-Byrne

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Tuesday November 25, 2014 14:08 Clif Droke Last month kicked off a new long-term Kress cycle.  The Kress cycle, which answers to the Kondratief wave of inflation/deflation, is responsible for the overall climate of economic and financial market conditions in the U.S.  This long-term cycle also influences the course of central bank monetary policy by

By Dennis Miller Is it even possible today to retire rich? The short answer is “yes.” We all know people who have done just that. Watching your neighbors Bob and Betty Rich live the good life well into their 90s only tells you it’s possible, not whether you’re prepared to do it too. So let’s

Posted Monday, 24 November By: David Stockman Yet overnight two central banks promised what amounts to more monetary heroin and, presto, the S&P 500 index jerked up to 2070. That is, the robo-traders inflated the PE multiple for S&P’s basket of US-based global companies to a nose bleed 20X their reported LTM earnings. And those earnings surely embody a high water mark in a

Monday November 24, 2014 15:42 Richard (Rick) Mills  As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information HUI/Gold Ratio, National Inflation Association When the HGR is rising, gold stocks are outperforming gold.  Conversely when the HGR is falling, gold is outperforming gold stocks. Since 1996, the