Mike Shedlock

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• Book Supporting Euro Exit Becomes Instant Bestseller in Portugal; AfD Update

  Published 28 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In an interesting development in the battle to see which country is bright enough to exit the euro first, a book urging a return to…

• Large Risk of Instability in Japan; Rates Climb Even With Japan Buying 70% of New Issuance

  Published 26 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  When political leaders do out of there way to make make mollifying statements on the economy, it's a sure thing the opposite is about to…

• Beppe Grillo Supports 'Referendum on the Euro Within a Year'

  Published 25 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Via google translate from Corriere Della Sera, Beppe Grillo is in favor of a "Referendum on the Euro Within a year" "Europe needs to be…

• Rand Paul Has the Right Idea, Congress Should Apologize to Apple; Holy Grail of Tax Avoidance; The 'Golden Goose'; Hypocrite McCain

  Published 22 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Rand Paul created quite a stir in Congress when he Tweeted 'The Senate should apologize to Apple'. @SenRandPaul: Instead of examining our broken tax system,…

• Bernanke's Semi-Annual Tap-Dance of Distortions, Half-truths, Lies, and Hypocrisy to U.S. Congress

  Published 22 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Inquiring minds with extra time on their hands this morning are plodding through the Full Transcript of Bernanke's Testimony To Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress…

• Abenomics in Review: Yen, Inflation, Exports, Imports

  Published 22 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  With the Yen collapsing vs. all other currencies, inquiring minds may be wondering how prime minister Shinzo Abe's inflation policy is working out in practice.…

• Gold ETF Liquidates 300 Tons of Gold This Year; Reflections on Momentum Trading

  Published 21 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Investors in the Gold ETF - GLD liquidated 300 tons of the metal this year. The reason? People are tired of losing money watching gold…

• How Clueless Are Manufacturing Future Expectations?

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Month in and month out I see unwarranted optimism in Europe and in the US. For example, on Thursday I stated "Philly Fed Slips Into…

• Breakout in Japanese 10-Year Bond Yield

  Published 15 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Curve Watchers Anonymous has its eye on global interest rates. For example, please consider this chart of 10-Year Japanese bonds. Chart courtesy of Steen Jakobsen,…

• Wine Country Conference Speaker Presentations All Posted (Hussman, Chanos, Martenson, Pettis, Mauldin, Mish)

  Published 14 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In case you missed it, please note that all of the presentations at the Wine Country Conference have now been posted. They are about 45…

• Paul Krugman 'Was' Right

  Published 13 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Before discussing Paul Krugman and how right he was, let's first take a look at the Spiegel Online report EU To Impose Tariffs on Chinese…

• German Export Machine Hits Skids; Imbalances Intensify: Exports Drop 4.2% YoY, Imports Drop 6.9% YoY

  Published 12 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Eurozone imbalances continue to grow even as German exports slump. Why? German imports slumped even more, and the German current account surplus grew. Via Mish-Modified…

• Year of the Yaun?

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Last month I received a lot of emails from readers regarding articles on a new currency relationship between Australia and China allowing direct convertibility of…

• Mish Interview With 'Bitcoin Jesus'

  Published 29 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Of all the topics that readers have pleaded me to write about for months but I never did until now, "bitcoins" are at the top…

• Who Won? The 93% or the 7%? Why?

  Published 28 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Economic trends since 2009 show A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93% During the first two years of the nation's…

• U.S. Mint Runs Out of Smallest American Eagle Gold Coin...

  Published 24 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  ...Is There a Shortage of Physical Gold? Coordinated Smackdown by Naked Shorts? Demand for gold coins has surged following the record price plunge in gold…

• A Brief Lesson in History: Video of Mish Presentation at the Wine Country Conference

  Published 22 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  My speech, "A Brief Lesson in History", is available at Wine Country Conference Speaker Presentations. The videos are the actual presentations, and we are making…

• Wine Country Conference Speaker Slides and Videos; Hussman: 'An Unstable Equilibrium'

  Published 19 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  I am pleased to announce that the Wine Country Conference speaker presentations, along with the Yahoo! Finance media interviews and associated articles on Advisor Perspectives…

• Deposit Insurance: Lauren Lyster Interviews Mish at Wine Country Conference

  Published 15 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  I have another interview to present from the Wine Country Conference. This is an interview of me by Lauren Lyster of Yahoo! Finance regarding FDIC…

• Five Alternatives to FDIC 'Insured Deposits'

  Published 14 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In the wake of capital controls in Cyprus and statements by the Dutch finance minister Jereon Dijsselbloem that brought into question the entire notion of…