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…

KW:Nothing has changed, the derivatives exposure simply massive and a bullet dodged as financial manipulators have ramped markets back to pre-Brexit levels and banks themselves have unleashed a share buy back frenzy to lift their stock prices higher. Still, Deutsche Bank and Santander failed the latest FED stress test with Morgan Stanley requiring some ‘jiggery…

KW: A thoughtful piece, it applies everywhere. The question is HOW do we transition? Will it be revolution or will the wealthy elite give up some of their power influence and wealth for the rest of us? you have your say! The rejection of globalization that powered the Brexit movement could happen in the United…