Posts by Jeff Berwick

I awoke this morning eager to see the gains we’d make on our TDV newsletter calls as Middle Eastern markets absolutely cratered on Monday.  The Saudi Arabian stock market is down a stupendous 33% in the first few weeks of January, alone! But then I noticed the US markets were closed today.  A quick Google search…

America, the individual triumph of  millions of individuals through the generations  has now become the “United State” and like any fascist or communist dictatorship, lies have increased as  freedom  has decreased. Many huddled around their TV sets (although in decreasing numbers – which is the real hope!) and heard a concentrated dose of untruths last night from…

One of the biggest banks in the world, RBS, just warned that 2016 will be a “cataclysmic year” and has told clients to “sell everything.” RBS said that major stock markets could fall by a fifth and that oil may plummet to $16 a barrel Getty Images RBS has advised traders to “sell everything” in…

Milo Yiannaopoulus of Breitbart is a rising star in the media world.  His claim to fame was his early news coverage of the Gamergate controversy, criticizing what he saw as the politicization of video game culture by “an army of sociopathic feminist programmers and campaigners, abetted by achingly politically correct American tech bloggers.” Twitter, which increasingly…

Last week, I received news from a contact who is friends with one of the biggest billionaire shipping families in the world.  He told me they had no ships at sea right now, because operating them meant running at a loss. This weekend, reports are circulating saying much the same thing: The North Atlantic has little…