KW: Some tit-bits from Dent Research 1 Swiss 50-year Government Bond Trades Below Zero… Investors bid up the price of the 50-year Swiss bond to negative 0.027% What it means – There aren’t many, if any, rational bond buyers who want to lock up their money for half a century and get back less than they…

KW: Well that escalated quickly! Things appear to be heating up dramatically especially in Europe……. Surprise, surprise, lets just ban short selling on this banks stock and problem solved! But remember ‘it’s different this time’ Having collapsed 99.7% from its July 2007 highs at EUR93, Banca Monte dei Paschi Siena – Italy’s 3rd largest bank –…

KW: FYI In the summer of 2007, two inconsequential Bear Stearns property-related funds were gated and then liquidated, exposing the reality of the US housing bubble and catalyzing the collapse of the financial system. Fast forward eight years later when the UK’s Standard Life has been forced to stop retail investors selling out of one…

KW: Nothing new here but adding it all up requires including European and US articles to be read as well. Japan’s attempt to devalue the yen by pushing interest rates into negative territory and borrowing huge amounts of money has failed. Crisis coming. Source: Something Huge Is Coming From Japan – DollarCollapse.com

KW: This is the latest newsletter from Harry Dent of Dent Research. It is copied verbatum so as you get the full impact of what he is saying. Whilst these folk at Dent Research have their own ‘bend’ on issues with this one I have to agree 100%. Take care and if you want to…

KW: ….and everything was supposed to be rosy with the EU banks. Perhaps not The European Commission has authorized Italy to use government guarantees to create a precautionary liquidity support program for their banks, a spokeswoman for the European Union’s executive arm said, adding that the program was approved under the bloc’s Source: Italy Granted…