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Trump Met With Janet Yellen; Meeting Lasted 30 Minutes

By silveristhenew | Published October 19, 2017

The anticipated meeting between president Trump and Janet Yellen has concluded, and according to Fox News, it lasted no more than 30 minutes, running from 2:00PM to 2;30PM, or barely enough for Trump to stop patting himself on the back about the yuuge Dow Jones rally under his presidency. #BreakingNews WH official tells me Janet […]

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Trump Expected To Announce His Pick For Fed Chair In Next Two Weeks

By silveristhenew | Published October 17, 2017

In the latest update on Trump’s search for the next Fed Chair, Reuters reported that the search has narrowed down to 5 finalists – Yellen, Warsh, Taylor, Powell and Cohn (condolences to Jeff Gundlach: his dark horse candidate, Neel Kashkari did not make the cut) – and that after meeting Yellen on Thursday, Trump will […]

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World Stocks Hit 4th Consecutive Record High, Bonds Rise On ECB QE Report

By silveristhenew | Published October 13, 2017

World stocks rose to a 4th consecutive record highs, while the dollar headed for its worst week; U.S. stock-index futures are steady, with European and Asian stocks higher ahead of much anticipated US inflation data, which is expected to give cues on the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s interest rates. MSCI’s all world equity index […]

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Kevin Warsh Fed Chair Odds Soar After WSJ Report Of Trump Meeting

By silveristhenew | Published September 29, 2017

Kevin Warsh’s PredictIt odds to be the next Fed chair soared moments ago after the WSJ reported that President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with the former Fed governor on Thursday to discuss his potential nomination as the next Federal Reserve chairman, “a White House official said, signaling that the West Wing is […]

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Happy Birthday CIA: 7 Truly Terrible Things The Agency Has Done In 70 Years

By silveristhenew | Published September 19, 2017

Authored by Carey Wedler via TheAntiMedia.org, On Monday, President Trump tweeted birthday wishes to the Air Force and the CIA. Both became official organizations 70 years ago on September 18, 1947, with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. After spending years as a wartime intelligence agency called the Office of Strategic Services, the agency was solidified […]

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Battlefield America Is The New Normal: We’re Not In Mayberry Anymore

By silveristhenew | Published August 29, 2017

Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “If we’re training cops as soldiers, giving them equipment like soldiers, dressing them up as soldiers, when are they going to pick up the mentality of soldiers?”— Arthur Rizer, former police officer America, you’ve been fooled again. While the nation has been distracted by a media maelstrom […]

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Former Fed Governor: “The Fed Isn’t As Independent As Many Think”

By silveristhenew | Published June 23, 2017

With every passing day, the Fed is slowly losing the game, a point made earlier today by SocGen’s Albert Edwards who wrotes that “Citizens Will Soon Turn Their Rage Towards Central Bankers.” And it is not just skeptical pundits, and former (and in some cases current) Fed presidents admitting central banks are increasingly powerless to […]

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64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details Of Iranian Coup

By silveristhenew | Published June 21, 2017

Authored by Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian via ForeignPolicy.com, Declassified documents released last week shed light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s central role in the 1953 coup that brought down Iranian Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh, fueling a surge of nationalism which culminated in the 1979 Iranian Revolution and poisoning U.S.-Iran relations into the 21st century. The approximately 1,000 […]

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Rouhani Re-elected Iran President In Landslide Victory

By silveristhenew | Published May 20, 2017

Iran’s moderate leader Rouhani secured a second term with a landslide victory in Friday’s presidential election, winning 57% of the vote and giving a decisive victory to pro-reform groups eager to open up the Islamic republic and re-engage with the outside world, Reuters reported. Rouhani’s hardline opponent, senior cleric Ebrahim Raisi who was running for […]

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Scientific Proof ETFs Make Markets Dumber

By silveristhenew | Published April 19, 2017

One of the horses we have beaten to death starting in 2013 (with Why The TBAC Is Suddenly Very Worried About Market Liquidity) is that the relentless growth in ETFs in particular, and passive investing in general, is one of the greatest threats facing the US equity market for one main reason: “phantom liquidity”, and […]

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