by John Galt June 5, 2013 05:50 ET The Japanese Nikkei 225 got whacked again last night with a 3.83% loss or 518 point decline: (charts from YahooFinance) I haven’t seen panic set in over the last three weeks since Dunkin Donuts closed their capitol building location in New Jersey. The key to today’s action is to watch the Yen which is strengthening once again as our economic situation is starting to display the instability which most Americans feel on a daily…
by John Galt June 5, 2013 05:00 ET The news flow today was pretty much the standard fare until a rant from Henry Blodget of Business Insider appeared on my Twitter feed: I Just Used Cash — Boy, What A Horrible Way To Pay For Things! The insanity of the title reflects a globalist perspective of the author, one who wishes the ideas of true capitalist independence to fade into history under the darkness of a state controlled system along with the only instrument…
by John Galt June 3, 2013 05:50 ET Remember this bubbleicious chart? That’s a nice return on investment if you’re a gambler or “investor” in the current Bubble driven equity markets. But the chart above is an example of a bush league amateur inflationary growth attempt compared to Venezuela: That’s right my friends, a move from about 35K to 817,000+ in just about 6 years. Think that will end well? I doubt it. And the first chart without the title or price figures? That’s…
by John Galt June 3, 2013 05:45 ET The prevailing thought after Friday’s swoon was that the markets would continue tanking this Monday morning and there is a strong chance that the U.S. equity markets could drop further despite mildly higher futures this morning. The reality is not in the short term hourly action of the markets but what history has taught what few individual investors are left when May ends on a sour note with somewhat less than a booming economy. The chart…
by John Galt May 29, 2013 20:31 ET Ruh-Roh! This is not going to end well. FWIW, this is what an ongoing bond market crash looks like boys and girls: Watch the live action as it is down 3% as of 2030 ET and looking probably pretty fugly and possibly heading for another 5%+ drop! Prices from Yahoo Finance delayed 20 minutes: The US market dropped a hint today as to what happens when a…
by John Galt May 5, 2013 20:00 EDT Tonight, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard penned an article in the UK Telegraph where the German creator of the Euro currency called for the following: German euro founder calls for ‘catastrophic’ currency to be broken up In the article it is stated that: “The economic situation is worsening from month to month, and unemployment has reached a level that puts democratic structures ever more in doubt,” he said. “The Germans have not yet realised that southern Europe, including France,…
by John Galt April 22, 2013 05:30 EDT The sad truth about our modern reality is that everything is fixed. Football games? Probably. Elections? Definitely. Judicial trials? If you have the money, no problemo. Stock markets? Seriously, you have to ask? Thus why the Central Banks have declared a currency war to protect their precious post-Bretton Woods period of dominance so they can continue the rape and pillaging of nation after nation in exchange for greater power at the expense of the individual citizen’s…
by John Galt April 21, 2013 10:30 EDT Russia is apparently re-injecting their influence into the Cyprus crisis and with the upcoming vote on the EU/ECB bank heist agreement it is an interesting bit of timing for the Russians to do so. From VOA News: Russia Ties Cyprus Loan Terms to Release of Assets From the story: Russia wants to play a bigger part in talks over solving Cyprus’ financial problems but will only restructure its loan to the island if its interests there,…
by John Galt April 19, 2013 06:00 EDT Everyone loves a market rally after a tough week and with terrorists being killed and hunted down and the prospects of a massive increase in the size of the Police State, look for all US markets to rally strong today. In the premarket, it’s looking somewhat strong: (Data from FinViz.com) History reminds us about IBM’s role in pre-World War II Nazi Germany and how many U.S. and British companies exploited the expansion of the police…
by John Galt April 14, 2013 23:30 EDT Everyone seems to think that Angela Merkel, the current Führer of Germany, is an angelic saint who wishes to retain and improve the European Union and capitalism within the borders of her nation and beyond. Yet nobody wishes to publish, disclose, or review her communist past and work within the Soviet Union’s empire. I first looked at this in September of 2011 where I stated: The Future of the Capitalist World is Controlled by 2 Students…
by John Galt April 15, 2013 05:00 EDT There is a growing problem as the United States lurches towards its ultimate goal as a good world citizen and participant in the new world order of economic and political unity under a globalist banking system overseen by a select group of unelected political appointees. The problem is almost identical to the growing firearms and ammunition shortage in the U.S. where prices are putting many weapons and types of ammunition, when it can be found, out…
by John Galt April 9, 2013 22:50 EDT The strange world of European Union disunity continues to rear its ugly head and the long but not forgotten nation of Greece appears to be preparing to make a blockbuster claim against the nation of Germany for €162 BILLION in war reparations from Germany for World War I and World War II damages. In an article by Ambrose Evans Pritchard via the UK Telegraph this afternoon he states the following: The document – stamped “Aporito”, or…
by John Galt March 28, 2013 21:30 ET Ah, the good old days. Spain can’t meet it’s goals and needs a break from the European Union. Italy can’t form a government again (again, again, again, etc…). Ireland got drunk and forgot to make a bond payment. Greece well, is Greece. And good old Portugal can’t meet the commitments they made to the IMF, EU, and European Central Bank about their deficit spending. Wait a minute, that’s exactly what El Pais reported this afternoon:…
by John Galt March 27, 2013 22:30 ET Bloomberg started the Slovenia hit parade not even within a day of the “resolution” to the Cyprus crisis with this article: Slovenia’s New Cabinet Under Pressure to Avoid Cyprus Fate How bad is it? Their banks need upwards of €3 billion plus with an immediate need for liquidity for their banking system of €1 billion. Of course the European Union doesn’t realize that the more matches they flick on the Balkan powder keg, the more likely…
by John Galt March 27, 2013 21:15 ET In this interview with Marc Faber on Bloomberg Surveillance this morning, the most dangerous point that I’ve ever heard him make about the upcoming systemic crisis (my words, not his) where he states that “even in gold it will be difficult to hide.” I point to this chart from 2008 to highlight this point: The gold chart from 2008 illustrates a demonstrative “death cross” as circled on the chart. In 2012 to today however,…
by John Galt March 26, 2013 20:45 ET If anyone is under the delusion that the seizure of individual and business accounts from the banks of collapsed nation is where the evil and corruption will stop, here’s a shock for the readers courtesy of the Cyprus Mail: Church says it will lose €100m This so-called “bail-in” designed only to protect the hedge funds of the European and British money center banks scalped the one entity which could help the poor during the nations transition…
by John Galt March 24, 2013 20:30 ET As of just about 40 minutes ago, it would appear that the European Union has imposed another deal on the tiny island nation of Cyprus. There will be more details forthcoming but in the end, the European hedge funds and banksters will wrestle control of the sovereignty of another nation away from its people as they have in Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Spain. The obvious alternative for the people of Cyprus to indeed become the…
by John Galt March 22, 2013 05:50 ET In other words, the Cypriot government refused to sell control of its petroleum and natural gas resources to the Russians. This puts the Rothschild cartel of the ECB back into the driver’s seat to Kissingerize the Greek Cypriot government and seize control of the nation if they do not cooperate with the Western Central banksters. From Reuters just after 0500 ET: Russia rebuffs Cyprus, EU awaits bailout “Plan B” (Reuters) – Cyprus’s finance minister left Moscow…
by John Galt February 24, 2013 16:15 ET The economic landscape continues to evolve within this manipulated market realm under the guise of capitalism yet few commentators beyond Rick Santelli at CNBC and Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the U.K. Telegraph are willing to step outside the accepted norm and offer blunt commentary about the upcoming risks and eventual conclusion of the great Ponzi scheme concocted by the world’s central banks. Tonight’s edition from AEP is no exception: Trade protectionism looms next as central banks…
by John Galt December 30, 2012 19:50 ET Well, this update is only to illustrate how utterly corrupt our system of government has become. The assholes in the government, from the President down to morons in the Senate and RINOs in the House have gone home for the night leaving a bunch of perverts and malcontent bureaucrat wannabe’s to negotiate the future of the United States financial markets for the first quarter of 2013 and the ability of the middle and…
December 19, 2012 19:05 ET By John Galt Tonight I discuss the coming economic doom which is about to eradicate decades of American capitalism and put the U.S. on a course to make the French, Communist Chinese, and Cuba look more akin to the ideals of freedom than our founders could ever have imagined. Housing Recovery? What a lie. Foreclosure crisis averted? Think again. Wage stagnation? The state wants to control your earnings. Stock Markets? The biggest rigged pile of…
by John Galt November 30, 2012 05:00 ET IF anyone within the sound of my voice, the view of my pages, or with even the most remote of memories about the past five years, today’s Rush Limbaugh show will provide a stunning flashback into what I was warning about in 2007 and 2008 along with the “Talkmaster,” one Neal Boortz out of Atlanta via his syndicated radio program. More on the background later, first a brief video of the “economist” who created a…
by John Galt August 7, 2012 17:20 ET Or it could be actually worse than anyone, as usual, wishes that poop can be turned into gold well, still smells like and looks like poop. S&P has acted and for anyone who thinks that the Greek situation is “under control” or that the nation has been saved. Because it is game over soon. From Reuters & S&P: S&P revises Greece’s outlook to negative 5:18pm EDT Overview – Following…
by John Galt July 8, 2012 17:30 ET Apparently Europe has found The Cure as I did decades ago: Well, not so fast. Tonight’s EUR/USD opening is not so good….
by John Galt July 8, 2012 16:00 ET There is this myth that by funneling new debt into Greece, or any of the other PIIGS nations for that matter, will be a practical tool for these indebted nations to create leverage despite economic contraction to pay old debt back. Theoretically it sounds nice and placates the professors and politicians to a point where they can publicly proclaim success, even if in reality those in the know understand that a total collapse and default…
by John Galt June 1, 2012 05:15 ET (All charts courtesy of Bloomberg.com) Have my readers ever wondered why the financial networks always show 1 year, 6 month, or 3 month charts of stocks, bonds, or indexes whenever possible? Perhaps these seven charts will indicate why they prefer to color the truth and hide the seriousness of the economic realities of Europe. I have posted the charts of the major stock market indexes for the PIIGS plus Cyprus and Hungary to offer…
by John Galt May 30, 2012 19:25 ET Europe’s debtors must pawn their gold for Eurobond Redemption (click on the title above to read the article in full) Ambrose Evans-Pritchard outlines a radical new plan being devised by the technocrats and banksters in Germany to seize control of the Southern European nation’s treasures, gold, and national assets. The first two sentences of the story tell the tale of deceit being concocted by the banksters of Berlin: The German scheme — known…
by John Galt May 6, 2012 12:25 ET There are many people willing to deny basic economic reality or the news that the manipulated government data points from around the world are sending, however gold and the gold ETF (GLD) continues to flash a warning clarion that can not be missed by any observer. Unfortunately for the naysayers, gold is still the final resting place for value and is indeed viewed as the alternative world currency by major economic powers such as China and…
by John Galt March 18, 2012 18:30 ET Well I guess it would be nice If I could touch your body I know not everybody Has got a body like you But I’ve got to think twice Before I give my heart away And I know all the games you play Because I play them too Oh but I Need some time off from that emotion Time to pick my heart up off the floor And when that love comes down Without devotion Well it…
by John Galt March 18, 2012 16:00 ET The music is fading, the crescendo of crisis overrated according to some, the people of Athens are now found digging through garbage cans fighting their former pets for meals, all while the European Union chieftains and banking elite enjoy Chateaubriand and caviar in celebration of another hollow victory. The bondholders who refused to comply with the Greek default order are going to be paid a pittance compared to the thievery of the banksters and average citizens throughout…
by John Galt March 9, 2012 17:00 ET Today I had the honor of being interviewed for the radio program “TruNews” with Rick Wiles. Much of what was discussed has been covered in these pages but Rick’s program offers a unique perspective and I offered my knowledge and experiences on world events to provide a perspective on everything from the Greek default to the Middle East during the program. To listen to the show, you can click on this banner link to the TruNews…
by John Galt February 27, 2012 17:00 ET While the world burns and turns, the Dow flirts with the big 13K (why it is big, who knows other than CNBC), and the MENA region disintegrates into a flaming pyre, the one predictable action of the day has occurred after the Greek government decided to obey their Germanic masters and follow the U.S. government example of screwing bondholders as a practice to achieve even further disorder in the markets. The statement from S&P is pretty much…
By John Galt December 30, 2011 – 07:43 ET While many a commentator and bubblevisionista will argue that 2011 was a “safe” year with the Dow up about 6% for the year and the S&P 500 treading water but up slightly, the decline in the NASDAQ is the lesson of the year and a warning sign for stocks in early 2012. Traditionally during an election year markets rally as the election gets closer and I expect 2012 to be no exception. While timing is everything,…
By John Galt December 19, 2011 – 16:45 ET Tonight’s commentary from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard via the U.K. Telegraph: Spain grits teeth yet again as austerity deepens <click on the title to read the full article> This excerpt really sums up the depth of the crisis about to hit the Spanish people, remainder of the PIIGS, and the European Union as a whole: It may prove harder this time within the euro straight-jacket. “The global economy was much stronger then and they benefitted from devaluation,” said…
By John Galt December 18, 2011 – 23:45 ET Two not so -subtle hings from Yahoo Finance about how bad things can get on short notice: OUCH! And the Euro isn’t much better….. It might be a short night of sleep boys and girls, it could get interesting now…
By John Galt December 4, 2011 – 21:25 ET And from tonight’s edition of doom from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and the U.K. Telegraph: Fiskalunion is worst of all worlds for Europe All one needs to know from the article, which everyone should read: Historians can only smile, or weep. Germany is unwittingly doing to Spain exactly what America did to Weimar Germany after flooding the country with cheap capital in the late 1920s. When Wall Street cut off funds and ended the credit boom, Germany collapsed.…
By John Galt November 28, 2011 – 17:20 ET From La Tribune de Francais: D’ici dix jours, le triple A français risque de se retrouver “sous perspective négative” In English: In ten days, the triple A French risk of being “negative outlook” Oops. Basically speaking, the ratings war is on between the least worst of the credit risks, aka, the U.S. and France which means the U.S. and France are unofficially in a pissing match to junkdom. From the article (translated via Google/my interpretation): Threats…
By John Galt October 26, 2011 – 22:00 ET Ambrose Evans-Pritchard nails it again tonight as the hopium high wears off. (Click on the UK Telegraph link below to read) Europe’s grand gamble risks failure without ECB All you need to know is in this portion of the article: First loss is a form of structured credit all too like US sub-prime debt. It concentrates risk. Those holding these tranches of debt take the hit, in this case creditor states. The question is whether this…
By John Galt October 10 2011 – 21:20 ET From the UK Telegraph tonight,, via Ambrose Evans-Pritchard….all I can add is “uh-oh”: German push for Greek default risks EMU-wide ‘snowball’ From the link to the article above (excerpted): “A lot has happened since July. Greece has fallen back on its commitments, so we have to assume that the 21pc cut is no longer enough,” said one source. Finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble told the Frankfurter Allgemeine that the original haircuts were “probably” too low, saying banks…
By John Galt September 14, 2011 – 21:45 ET Today Ambrose Evans-Pritchard posted a series of commentaries on the Chinese interventionist plans along with more on the Euro nightmare. Check out these links to read them in full from the U.K. Telegraph: China states price for Italian rescue China wants to break the ultimate taboo and buy into Western companies such as Apple, Boeing and Intel Europe must take ‘decisive action’ now on banking crisis
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