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The european economy’s landscape looks sad... The Eurozone saw its GDP lose 0.2% in the first quarter, and the OECD revised to the downside its forecast for 2013 and sees a 0.6% recession ahead

Nikkei’s 7% plunge, last Thursday, and the way it happened, gives us a glimpse into how the next crisis will play.

In his 7 years as Chairman of the Fed Ben Bernanke has printed more money than during the whole history of the USA

Are we witnessing the emergence of bubbles everywhere, or isn’t the whole thing becoming a gigantic bubble? All financial assets are going up at the same time, whether it be stocks, sovereign debts, or corporate bonds!

After the LIBOR scandal, are we witnessing the ISDAfix scandal? This time it’s not about interbank lending rates, but rather about interest rates for swaps.

By wanting to respect each country’s whims and maintaining the fiction of « national » central banks despite the creation of a unique currency, the euro promoters have created an explosive internal systemic risk.

Cyprus did serve as a general rehearsal for the experimentation of a plan that will be reproduced elsewhere. The European Commission is preparing a proposition to include deposits over 100,000 euros in bank bailouts

This crash on the gold and silver markets is orchestrated, and it doesn’t reflect the extremely tense situation on the physical gold and silver markets

Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, saluted the restructuration of Japan’s monetary policy, which constitutes a welcome support to world growth

There is no reason for investors in gold and silver to be nervous. The current price action is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. The fundamentals are there for continued and accelerated deficit spending and money printing