Posts by Jeff Berwick

[cresta-social-share] There has rarely ever been another time like this. Not since 1999 and not since 1929 before that, have so many billionaires, central banksters, financial elites and fund managers, warned that we are on the verge of a catastrophic bust. And now, Joe Baratta, Blackstone Group LP’s top private equity deal maker, admits at…

[cresta-social-share] The Powers-That-Be have been working hard to make sure that during the next big economic reset, you will be forced to foot the bill.  They have now successfully closed the door on three different escape hatches we once enjoyed… And more shut downs are in the works. They want to make sure that when…

We watched (and live tweeted @dollarvigilante) the US Presidential debates last night… mostly because we were hoping Hillary would drop dead on live TV. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. What did happen was that the two choices for the lesser evil this year, came down to: slightly more fascist (Trump) versus slightly more communist (Clinton). But,…

Right now the market is perceived to be so dangerous that it’s even chased the most fearless value investors to the sidelines. Just this evening, in the Presidential debate, Trump warned that the stock market was a bubble “about to pop”. Now, the bearish billionaire circle has grown even wider with the addition of Warren…

As we enter into the last week before the end of the Jubilee Year, the National Guard has been deployed in Charlotte, North Carolina and massive military convoys have been deployed in the streets of New York City.     This is a continuation of last summer’s Jade Helm seven-state military exercise that many in…