KW: Here is the first strong hint that the financial elites are looking to dump all the blame for their years of disastrous manipulation onto Trump when the next financial crash occurs. “Not me but him!” According to Mario Draghi, portfolio manager of the world’s biggest hedge fund, it is not his gargantuan balance sheet…

KW: One thing I have observed about U.S. commentary about anything to do with Russia or China is just how biased the reporting is, even from commentators I have respect for, it is always negatively biased against these two countries almost like there is an ‘internal irrational switch’ inbuilt in every American no matter how…

KW: Jim Rickards writes….The problem with a financial panic is that panicked investors don’t care if the president is a Democrat or a Republican; they just want their money back. The same dynamic applies to natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes. Once the disaster starts, the dynamics have a life of their own and don’t…

KW: In a round- a-bout way support for Trumps policies By Nick Giambruno: January 18, 2017 The establishment is setting up Donald Trump. The mainstream media hates him. Hollywood hates him. The “Intellectual Yet Idiot” academia class hates him. The CIA hates him. So does the rest of the Deep State, or the permanently entrenched “national…

KW: John Mauldin is as establishment as you can get so it’s interesting that Such a mainstream economic commentator should come out with these observations. He’s not alone as many other economic commentators are also sounding more and more impressed with Trump as the days go by. The only ones who are out of step…

KW: I have been reading for a number of years now about the coming crisis in financial markets. Many of the commentators are thinkers that I respect including Doug Casey, Jim Rickards and Bill Bonner but so far the crisis they describe has not hit. Surely the logic of their collective thinking will play out…

KW: Perhaps the only surprise here is the speed of the execution. I wonder if John Key and Murray McCully think the reported $7m donation by NZ taxpayers to the Clinton Foundation was a good investment? At least we don’t see any evidence that Trump is actively promoting anything similar although these are early days…

KW: Interesting article for your thinking copied from Casey Research Trump and a New Gold-Backed Dollar by Nick Giambruno | January 19, 2017 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE + SUBSCRIBE On August 15, 1971, President Nixon killed the last remnants of the gold standard. Since then, the dollar has been a pure fiat currency, allowing the Fed…

KW: This article is written about the failure of American superannuation funds and pensions from them but this is an indication of what could be a global western problem. Aging population living longer and longer, crooked investment markets that distort the value of assets, and actuarial calculations based on investment return myths. We have it…

KW: Some will say this is just a ‘greeneye’ report but it demonstrates the enormous power of the wealthy to dominate the poor the world over. The report urges the elite to address the problem, warning that public anger against this kind of inequality will continue to grow and cause more political firestorms such as…