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Jason Hartman interviews Jeff Snider, Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Global Research at Alhambra Investment Partners. Consumer prices and asset markets have created the illusion of a red hot economy, but according to Jeff, the bond market has been telling us what's been wrong since 2008. Jeff shares with us some incredible data that shakes up traditional thinking and gives us his insights on the Federal Reserve, interest rate hikes, monetary policy and money printing and the...

The unprecedented credit-fueled bubbles in stocks, bonds and real estate are popping, and America’s corrupt leaders can only stammer and spew excuses and empty promises. Unbeknownst to most people, America’s leadership made a pact with the Devil: rather than face the constraints and injustices of our economic-financial system directly, a reckoning that would require difficult choices and some sacrifice by the ruling financial-political elites, our leaders chose the...

Noch zu Beginn des Monats schien es, als hätte sich der Markt wieder gefangen. Im Februar stieg Bitcoin im Speziellen von etwa 36.000 US-Dollar auf zwischenzeitlich über 45.000 US-Dollar. Doch seit dem vergangenen Wochenende ging es wieder runter, so dass das Monatsplus fast vollständig verpufft ist. Bitcoin News: Weiterer Markteinbruch schickt Bitcoin unter 40KWeder im Markt noch in der Industrie gab es eine große ausschlaggebende Meldung für den Absturz auf nun nur...

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Switzerland is facing calls to clean up its financial sector in the wake of the so-called “Suisse Secrets” controversy, which drew on leaked data from banking giant Credit Suisse. Many see the scandal as evidence of systemic shortcoming in the Swiss banking sector, which has undergone major reforms over recent years in a bid to shake off its image as a financial haven for criminals. The calls for reform have come from at home and abroad. In Switzerland, the left...

"There's no fix for this ever," says Keith Weiner, CEO of Monetary Metals. "Every time the crisis erupts, lower interest rates makes credit easier." As we are seeing an exponentially growing problem in the financial system, how does the average person protect themselves financially? Weiner says everyone should own some gold because gold is money. "Money is the thing you own when you don't want to bet on anything else." 0:00 Intro 1:02 Gold outlook 8:30 Fed's...

"There's no fix for this ever," says Keith Weiner, CEO of Monetary Metals. "Every time the crisis erupts, lower interest rates makes credit easier." As we are seeing an exponentially growing problem in the financial system, how does the average person protect themselves financially? Weiner says everyone should own some gold because gold is money. "Money is the thing you own when you don't want to bet on anything else." 0:00 Intro 1:02 Gold outlook 8:30 Fed's...

Die Situation in Ottawa spitzt sich weiter zu. Offenbar haben nun Einwohner Ottawas eine Klage eingereicht, die das Ziel verfolgt, das an die Trucker gespendete Geld zu beschlagnahmen und es an die Bürger der Stadt zu verteilen. Auch die gespendeten Bitcoins könnten davon betroffen sein. Bitcoin News: Kanada will Bitcoin des Freedom Convoys beschlagnahmen Inzwischen wurden Cryptocoins von über 120 Wallet-Adressen im Zusammenhang mit dem Freedom Convoy in Ottawa...

In Switzerland, Phase II of Project Helvetia has been completed, successfully demonstrating that it is possible to integrate a wholesale CBDC (wCBDC) running on a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms into existing core banking systems. Kickstarted in 2020, Project Helvetia is an experimental initiative by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and financial infrastructure operator SIX that...

While geopolitical commentators are fixated on Russia’s border with Ukraine, a more interesting development is slowly boiling underneath the surface of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that could potentially reorder international relations—namely, the death of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Founded in 1949, NATO began with only twelve member nations. Presently, NATO counts on thirty member nations, with national security elites in the Anglo-American...