Ever since 2009 when Bitcoin came onto the scene, many have speculated as to who was the brains behind the persona known as Satoshi Nakamoto. And on May 2, we finally have that answer as after
Earlier this week, a majority of France’s parliament voted to end their nation’s policy of Russian sanctions in light of a continuing deterioration in their economic output. And on April 30 another economy, this one
The British people and the politicians who realize that their future no longer lies in the continental takeover that is the European Union also are beginning to see that their future may not lie in
Over the past 5 years, the dollar has been the primary safe haven for investors who attempted to walk through the minefields of currency wars, and quantitative easing. And during this time the reserve currency
The day that many precious metal owners has been waiting for has arrived, and so far it has not disappointed. On April 19 the Shanghai Gold Exchange officially began their new Yuan denominated price discovery,
While only a small number of Americans actually understand that the Council on Foreign Relations is one of many institutions that act as the ‘power behind the throne’ for the U.S. and other Western governments,
On March 24, economist Jim Rickards published an interesting analysis of something that may have taken place last month at the G20 Summit in Shanghai, China. According to evidence that Rickards and others pieced together,
From August of last year through December, foreigners dumped more than $550 billion in dollar based assets as the demise of the petrodollar in global trade continues to expand. And as we begin 2016, a
Since the early 1970’s, the U.S. has relied upon Saudi Arabia’s place at the head of the global oil market to protect the dollar and its position as the global reserve currency. But what would
Each year the United States government files a financial statement showing their assets and liabilities through the Department of the Treasury. And while previous years have been similar to 2015, in that their liabilities outweigh
100 years ago, much of the world was interlaced with military pacts and alliances that eventually led to the first global war. Now in 2016, many of these same nations are rushing towards new alliances
In a sense you could almost put gold and silver in this respect… buy gold for wealth protection and buy silver for investment speculation. This is because the gold and silver ratio has hit their
It is interesting to dissect which governments and nation states are simply vassals of Washington hegemony, and which actually put their people and priorities first. Earlier this week a German court ruled that a major
One of the biggest lies in President Obama’s tenure was how he promised and promoted himself as the most transparent executive in U.S. history. But seven years later, not only has that been uncovered to
It has been about a decade since the last instance of true hyperinflation rocked a nation state, with Zimbabwe becoming the most recent ‘Weimar Republic’ example in the global economy. And while their solution was
When the U.S. signed its 1973 agreement with the House of Saud to peg oil to the dollar, few tended to realize that the opposite would be true, and that the dollar itself is intrinsically
Back in 2011, what would become known as the Arab Spring emerged in Middle Eastern countries like Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen over the inability of the people to have access to affordable food that was
Five years ago very few would have thought of Bitcoin as anything more than a novelty… a curiosity for the digital age, and a symbol for the anarcho-capitalist fringe. But the foresight behind Bitcoin was
In overnight trading, China experienced an equities meltdown following their largest devaluation of the Yuan since August. And at the heart of protecting the RMB in this trend of currency intervention is a new report
It appears that the new Chinese circuit breakers came at just the right time as the Shanghai equity markets triggered a halt on Jan. 7, leading the Far Eastern power to close down the markets
Since 1973, the dollar has held sway over the global financial system through its connections to oil, and with the Middle Eastern producers who sell it in American currency. But as dollar hegemony has waned
On Dec. 22, one of the most infamous economies in the world over the past 20 years may soon be divesting themselves of dollar hegemony and moving over into the camp of the Chinese Yuan.