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The views here come from traditional mainstream sources and also from the alternative media. Interviews will come from people who manage money, former government officials and financial analysts. Some of the people in this section who have been interviewed include former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts, Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Robert Shiller, Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, $8 billion fund manager Eric Sprott, Professor William Black, gold expert Jim Sinclair, best-selling authors Nomi Prins, James Rickards and many more experts.
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A while back, I made a prediction that something bad was going to happen before the end of 2011. I think the recent stock market plunge qualifies as “something bad.” Where have all the trillions of dollars gone from the stock
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com You have to respect the power of the Federal Reserve when just a statement can turn the entire stock market around in a day. Yesterday, the Fed admitted the economy was not good and in a statement
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Brace for Impact.” I have thought about this economic collapse title for months. I held onto it and figured I would know when the right time was to put it out there. Today is the day. Watching mainstream
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Today’s 500 plus point sell-off is pretty self-explanatory against a world-wide rout in stocks. The world is deeply in debt, and there is no quick fix. Europe and America are slowing down and taking the rest of the
There have been a lot of naysayers when it comes to the gold bull market we are in right now. I don’t see how anyone can deny it exists, but many who missed it, now say gold is in a bubble.
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com In April, 14 of the nation’s biggest banks promised federal regulators they would stop robo-signing documents to foreclose on homes. This was part of a settlement to clean up the foreclosure mess caused by wild lending of
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Last week, in testimony on Capitol Hill, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke said, “The pace of the economic recovery will pick up.” As far as the weak economy is concerned, Mr. Bernanke also said there would be, “a notably
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com If the debt ceiling deal wasn’t complicated enough, Friday’s terrible unemployment report poured sand into the gears that ground negotiations to a halt. Nothing came out of Sunday’s meeting of Congressional leaders at the White House on
Towards the end of June, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced a plan to release 60 million barrels of oil to combat the high prices brought on by the Libyan crisis. That’s about 2 million barrels a day since June 23.
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The situation in Greece is bleak. Sure, the Prime Minister, George Papandreou survived a confidence vote yesterday, but he is a long way from solving the debt crisis in his tiny country. The public debt totals $500
I have consistently said since this site went on line that the only thing you can count on when it comes to the economy is inflation. Economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com says inflation is now running at 11.2%. To get that
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It seems the mainstream media (MSM) is waking up from its long sleep. The dream world of “green shoots” and “recovery” is fading into staggering unemployment and plunging home prices. Most of us in the real word
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com I have been saying repeatedly that the one thing you can count on is inflation. If you take housing out of the picture, that is exactly what we have been getting. The Fed wants inflation and loathes
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There are plenty of folks flocking to the internet these days to tell the world why gold and, particularly, silver are finished as an investment and wealth protection opportunity. Some are even screaming to sell now before
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdeog.com I have been telling you the economy is not in any kind of real recovery for more than a year. Sources I have been quoting have been proven right, and all the economic cheerleaders dead wrong. Reuters reported