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Source: Smith/Of Two Minds "Central banks, like generals, always fight the last war - until the war is lost. The global economy is careening into recession (call it a 'slowdown' if you are employed by the Corporate-State Media), and while we don't yet know just how...

Source: CNBC "As recession fears rise, Bernstein is suggesting investors look to gold and gold mining stocks to reduce risk. The firm's global quantitative trading strategy group on Monday sent a note titled 'a strong case for holding gold.' 'We show that from current...

Source: Daily Reckoning “Will quantitative easing soon become a permanent fixture of markets?...The Federal Reserve has lost its race with Old Man Time. The opening whistle blew in December 2015… and Janet Yellen came off the blocks with a 0.25% rate hike. If the...

World Gold Council "Gold is a highly liquid yet scarce asset, and it is no one's liability. It is bought as a luxury good as much as an investment. As such, gold can play four fundamental roles in a portfolio: A source of long-term returns, a diversifier that can...

Crudele/New York Post "Read between the lines and the Federal Reserve is admitting that it is lost. 'Puzzled' might be a better word. And while the stock market loves that idea because it means there probably won't be as many interest rate hikes as expected this year,...

Wall Street Journal "Now that Donald Trump has criticized the 'new calls to adopt socialism in this country,' Democrats and the media are already protesting that the socialist label doesn't apply to them. But what are they afraid of - the label or their own ideas? The...

Bloomberg "Founded in 2004 by Peter Thiel and some fellow PayPal alumni, Palantir cut its teeth working for the Pentagon and the CIA in Afghanistan and Iraq. The company's engineers and products don't do any spying themselves; they're more like a spy's brain,...

Zero Hedge "After their first attempt to provide people with account access crashed and burned, Wells Fargo is now simply apologizing and letting people know they can go to a branch or an ATM for their banking needs. The bank has apologized again in a second Thursday...

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Source: The Motley Fool “The marijuana industry has been growing like a weed for years, but it brought something new to the table in 2018: legitimacy...The Empire State appears to be on the cusp of its own green rush..Although nothing is set in stone, the next state...