John Rubino

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• This Is What It Means To Lose A Currency War

  Published 28 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The term gets tossed around a lot, but the meaning and consequences of a "currency war" aren't intuitively clear to most people. Especially confusing is…

• Chaotic Turmoil: Its Actually Logical If You Look Closely!

  Published 26 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  30 Minutes John Rubino feels "the economic policy around the world is not sustainable. They only have one tool which is easy money which they…

• This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, Euro Edition

  Published 23 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Today the European Central Bank acknowledged that the currency it manages is being sucked into a deflationary vortex. It responded in the usual way with,…

• Can You Just Surrender In A Currency War?

  Published 18 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Switzerland, as everyone knows by now, has slipped out the back door of the drunken orgy that is the modern financial system. And the other…

• Suddenly, Not A Bad Environment For Gold Miners

  Published 14 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  A few years ago (when the world was very different) veteran mining analyst Jay Taylor told me something that seemed counterintuitive: Deflation can actually be…

• Germany Caves On Greek Debt; Italy Takes Note

  Published 08 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Global financial markets breathed a sigh of relief today on news that Germany might cut Greece some slack after the latter elects an anti-austerity government:…

• Citi: No Longer the Dumbest Bank -- Now the Most Evil

  Published 07 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Back in December there was a flurry of press around the passage of a banking bill that was 1) reportedly written by Citigroup and 2)…

• Wow, They Really Are Tapering

  Published 04 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In the sound-money community there is universal skepticism about the Fed's plan to stop monetizing the world's debt. Hardly anyone thinks they'll go through with…

• Scenes From a (Suddenly) Nude Beach

  Published 01 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Warren Buffett's classic aphorism "You only see who's swimming naked when the tide goes out" is being tossed around more frequently these days, as the…

• 2014 In Review: How Could Gold Bugs Have Been So Wrong?

  Published 29 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Twelve short months ago, the immediate future looked like a lock. Overvalued equities had to fall, ridiculously-low interest rates had to rise, and beaten-down precious…

• Really, Greece Again?

  Published 21 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The Greek financial/political crisis is becoming an annual event. For a sense of just how long this unfortunate little country has been struggling to survive…

• This Is What Gold Does In a Currency Crisis

  Published 16 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  To say that gold is in a bear market is to misunderstand both gold and markets. Gold isn't an investment that goes up and down.…

• Well Played, Wall Street!

  Published 14 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  So the markets are getting skittish and the media is obsessing about the many things that could go wrong out there. It's like 2007 all…

• If They Only Knew How Little You Know

  Published 14 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Pretend, for a moment, that you're a money manager in today's manipulated world. You understand that most of what's happening is the result of governments…

• World in a Box

  Published 07 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Of all the problems with fiat currency, the most basic is that it empowers the dark side of human nature. We're potentially good but infinitely…

• Why The US Is (Temporarily) Outperforming, In Two Charts

  Published 05 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Today's US employment report was the best in years. 300,000+ new jobs, rising wages, fewer people dropping out of the workforce, the whole package. Very…

• Instability, Here We Come

  Published 01 December 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Last week saw the global financial system tip from delusion -- where it had happily drifted for several years -- into chaos. Consider the following…

• What Are The Rich Doing With Their Money?

  Published 26 November 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Published 11-25-14 30 Minutes John feels the global economy is slowing down dramatically. The Predicament The rich see this and fully expect sovereign nations to…

• Most of The World Panics -- Is The US Next?

  Published 23 November 2014 | viewed 0 times

  It's been quite a month. In late October Japan, despite a year of fairly aggressive quantitative easing, dropped back into recession and concluded that even…

• What Blows Up First? Part 5: Shale Oil Junk Bonds

  Published 18 November 2014 | viewed 0 times

  One of the surest signs that a bubble is about to burst is junk bonds behaving like respectable paper. That is, their yields drop to…