Today the man who remarkably predicted the collapse of the euro against the Swiss franc warned King World News that "losses will be devastating," triggering a derivatives blow-up and worldwide collapse. Egon von Greyerz: “Eric, I’m looking at the bond markets, worldwide. What we’ve seen now both in the U.S. and in Germany is that rates have increased pretty fast in the last few[...]
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Marc Faber Warns “Frankenstein” Global Financial System To Collapse
from King World News On the heels of increased geopolitical tensions, particularly in Ukraine, and the Greeks manevering to avoid default, today legendary Marc Faber warned King World News that the “Frankenstein” global financial system is going to collapse. Eric King: “There are over one quadrillion dollars of derivatives that could melt down the global financial system.” Marc Faber:[...]
The Diversified Precious Metals Portfolio Softens Today’s Market Smash – PMC Ounce outperforms Gold and Silver
Market Observations By Chris Blasi - Neptune Global Holdings LLC For gold and silver investors, Halloween 2014 has been a harrowing experience. Following the hawkish tone within the FOMC's earlier press release, the expected impact on the precious metals was played out in the bullion paper markets. The irony within the precious metals investment world continues, as the wholesale dumping of[...]
Stunning Amounts Of Euro, Asian, & Indian Gold Buying
Today London metals trader Andrew Maguire told King World News that there is currently stunning amounts of euro gold physical buying taking place in London. Maguire also spoke about the staggering demand for physical gold elsewhere around the world. Below is what Maguire had to say in Part I of a series of interviews. Maguire: “There is solid evidence of continued investment bar demand coming[...]
Derivatives Market a $1.2 Quadrillion Time Bomb – US Law Puts Burden For Losses on Tax Payers
Financial jargon is often arcane and perplexing to the average person. While even casual observers have surely heard of derivatives, most are unlikely to know what exactly they are. Derivatives, or swaps, are basically bets between companies and banks that are designed, in essence, to be insurance policies. The problem with derivatives is that since they often involve highly leveraged bets,[...]
5 U.S. Banks Each Have More Than 40 Trillion Dollars In Exposure To Derivatives
By Michael Snyder When is the U.S. banking system going to crash? I can sum it up in three words. Watch the derivatives. It used to be only four, but now there are five "too big to fail" banks in the United States that each have more than 40 trillion dollars in exposure to derivatives. Today, the U.S. national debt is sitting at a grand total of about 17.7 trillion dollars, so when we are[...]