Those of you who have been reading my weekly Black Coffee columns are aware of my repeated lamentations that, thanks to the manipulation of interest rates by the Fed and interventions and bail-outs by our federal government -- which inhibit ...
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Why Getting Cash During the Next Crisis May Be Impossible
As time goes on, it will become increasingly more difficult to get your cash out of the financial system. There are several reasons for this:
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If the US Has a Debt Problem, Why Isn’t Inflation Rampant?
It's no secret that the US has been running fiscal deficits for more than 40 years; in fact, it is the world's biggest debtor nation in terms of actual dollars. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the one question that I probably get asked more ...
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My Solar Power Savings Report Card – One Year Later
As most of you know by now, I had solar panels installed on the roof of our house back in 2015. Well, it's been a full year since I flipped the switch on my new solar electricity system and the results have been nothing short of amazing. Rather than ...
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Why Interest Rates Will Only Go Lower Under the Current Monetary System
Do you ever wonder why student loans increased by 84% since the last crisis in 2008, and there is now $1.2 trillion in total student loan debt that has been issued in the US? Do you wonder why there is now nearly $1 trillion in auto loans, fueled by ...
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Negative Interest Rates and the Demonization of Cash
A lot of financially savvy people out there say that the world's central banks have foisted zero- and negative-interest rates (otherwise known as ZIRP and NIRP) to force people out of their savings. The truth is, there is a more pressing reason for ...
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Why the Economic End Game Is Finally Upon Us
Let's face it, folks: If the world economy was healthy it wouldn't be stuck in a period of excruciatingly slow -- if not downright negative -- real growth while trillions in central bank currency are being printed and poured into the international ...
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Coming Soon: The Greatest Wealth Transfer of All Time
Precious metals holders buy gold and silver because they understand that the majority of the modern financial world's assets are debt-based instruments and want to reduce their exposure to the resulting counterparty risk. Unfortunately, a large ...
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An Urgent Savings Recommendation
If I had a nickel for every time somebody has dropped me an email and asked me when our financial system is finally going to go belly up, I'd have about 85 cents right now. The truth is, if you look back, I never make actual predictions in my Black ...
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