20 March 2012

SilverDoctors: Will the Cartel Soon Set its Sights on China & Ind...

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Rick Rule - Oil Super-Spike Will Take Gold & Silver Higher

With gold and silver hovering above recent lows, but oil moving towards the critical $110 level, today King World News interviewed Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott USA. Rule told KWN to expect higher gold and silver prices, but warned about the possibility of a super-spike in oil. Here is what Rule had to say: “The strength in the crude oil market has been caused by continued political nervousness surrounding the situation in Iran. The saber rattling between the United States, Iran and Israel is something which has had refiners and oil users very nervous.”

Rick Rule continues:


“Obviously the Iranians could shut down the Straits of Hormuz for a short period of time and KWN readers should note that 60% of the world’s crude oil flows through that very tight body of water. Yesterday Iraq also mentioned they were looking for other export avenues for their oil, either through Turkey or connecting through Saudi Arabia. So the perception in the Gulf with regards to the Straits of Hormuz being closed is very real.

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London Trader - Sovereign Gold Buyers to Raise Their Bids

With many global investors still concerned about the price of gold and silver, today King World News interviewed the “London Trader” to get his take on these markets. Here is what the source had to say: “Every time they have conducted raids in the paper market they lose more and more physical gold and we work from a higher level in terms of price. Right now we have washed an awful lot of the hot, weak money out of the gold market.”

The London Trader continues:


“This is when you see things turn and the manipulators rip it to the upside. There are buy stops on the upside that are attractive for them to target at this point. Traders are also watching the US dollar now because tomorrow the Iranians are scheduled to start trading oil in currencies other than the dollar. This is clearly an attack on the dollar by the Iranians.

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Global Systemic Crisis - Euroland 2012-2016: Perpetuation of a new global power on condition of democratization

- Public announcement GEAB N°62 (February 17, 2012) -

As anticipated by LEAP/E2020, the fear largely fed by the City of London and Wall Street of a Eurozone break-up over the Greek debt crisis proved unfounded. Euroland has come out of this violently conflictual episode with its "natural allies" much reinforced. According to our team, 2012 will mark the starting point for the perpetuation of a new global power, Euroland. However, this development remains conditional on the question of democratization that we analyze in this issue, through the three sequences of Euroland’s evolution 2012-2016. These five years will lead Europeans to profoundly influence a global geopolitical rebalancing whilst domestically a radical new phase of European integration is opening up in the coming months. Moreover, this GEAB issue anticipates the US Dollar’s progress as a dominant currency for global commercial transactions. The 2012 to 2013 period will in fact bring great changes in this area directly affecting global trade as the relative power of the currencies involved. In addition recommendations on currencies, gold, Greece, Russia, the US economy and stock markets, LEAP/E2020 offers a preview in this issue of the next book to be published in March 2012 by Anticipolis Editions entitled "2015 - The Great fall of Western real estate" by Sylvain Périfel and Philippe Schneider.

For this press release, LEAP/E2020 has chosen to present its anticipations on the first of the three Euroland sequences 2012-2016.

As previously announced, LEAP/E2020 is presenting its anticipations for Europe over the 2012-2016 period in this issue. In the context of a global systemic crisis, two strategic trends will mark these five years for Europeans: on the one hand the stabilization of Euroland as a new full global power (1); and, on the other, the absolute requirement for the European elite to raise the democratic freeze which now weighs heavily on the process of European integration. In this issue our team analyzes why, starting from the second half of 2012, conditions will be at their best for Euroland to take on these two trends fully (2). Of course, numerous economic, financial, strategic and political challenges remain for Europeans; but, with the global systemic crisis entering its phase of reconstituting world geopolitical balances, with Euroland, they have a “new sovereign” able to positively influence the course of events (3). Of course, this capacity is conditional upon the democratic legitimization of the whole of Euroland governance. From 2012 to 2016, three major sequences will characterize Euroland’s stabilization as a full sovereign and the lifting of the democratic freeze.

Before going into the European case in detail, our team would like to remind readers that the big difference today between the anticipation of the United States’ development and Europe’s is due to the fact that the United States has a completely paralysed antiquated politico-institutional system, whereas European integration has a strong dynamic associated with great institutional flexibility. The absence of major reform in the United States since the beginning of the crisis in 2008 compared with the impressive series of European institutional leaps and bounds since mid-2010 (developments considered impossible by many just two years ago) offers a striking illustration. In the American case, the question of anticipation of events thus forces to be able to identify the points of rupture of a sclerotic system. In the European case, it’s a question on the other hand of targeting the course of events and evaluating their pace of development (4). Which is much simpler in fact when, like LEAP/E2020, one has a good understanding of how Europe functions institutionally, and has a good sense for public opinion in the various Member States (5).

The last point of this preamble, the European decision-making process will considerably improve for Euroland since, from now on, only the countries using the Euro will take the decisions. Moreover, it’s a feature of these years of crisis to have finally clarified an absurd situation which saw countries outside the Eurozone, even anti-Euro (like the United Kingdom), take part in decisions on the Euro. But nevertheless, the very nature of the European decision-making process, implying negotiations and compromises, will continue to show it as being chaotic and slow, as opposed to national decision making. It will be much less than before, but still there all the same because it’s the very characteristic of the functioning of European integration; ultimately it is also one of its conditions of effectiveness, in order that each State really applies what has been decided.

Now, let’s move on to the analysis of the three major sequences which will characterise the 2012-2016 period. These three sequences have been presented out of sequence to make them clearer; but it’s obvious of course that they all overlap.

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Silver Update 3/19/12 LEAPE2020

19 March 2012

Turk - Physical Gold Buyers Won the Day, Shorts to Retreat

With gold and silver holding firm, despite bearish news, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Spain. Turk told King World News the critical levels to look for in both gold and silver. But first, here is what Turk had to say about today’s action: “The precious metals ended last week on the ropes, Eric. The news at the open this morning here in Europe was bleak because the Indian government announced a doubling of the import tax on gold. Given that India is world's the largest purchaser of gold, this news was bearish.”

James Turk continues:


“Then the auction for the Greek credit default swaps concluded smoothly, suggesting the Greek default would not be disruptive. So the shorts had every chance today to deliver another crushing blow to the precious metals to continue the selling pressure from last week. But it didn't happen, Eric. The precious metals came back and put in a good day by holding above important support at $1650 for gold and $32 for silver.

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Silver, Financial Repression And Economic Recovery

Ryan Jordan

Earlier this week, noted economist Carmen Reinhart posited once again that western economies are enduring another period of financial repression. In the simplest sense, financial repression means savers are subjected to additional taxation in the form of negative real interest rates (meaning you are losing money on your bank deposits after accounting for inflation.) The last period of negative real interest rates occurred in the wake of huge public sector deficits after World War II. In Reinhart's opinion, government-mandated negative real interest rates persisted from 1945 to 1980. This was a thirty-five year war on savers.

I found the timing of this article interesting, since so many people in the financial world are touting some sort of economic recovery, especially here in the United States. I have to admit things are going well on Wall Street: broader stock indexes have, in many cases, finally broken above levels not seen since before the collapse of Lehman in 2008. I would point out that in a qualitative sense, the word "recovery" feels out of place in a country where I doubt we can return to the world before 2007. Still, I am a good sport and willing to play along with the idea that the economy is on some sort of a rebound. (At least until the end of the world in December, mind you.)

So what does this "recovery" mean for people looking for places to put their hard earned savings? After all, the appearance of Reinhart's article on financial repression sort of throws a bit of cold water on anyone who equates recovery with the positive real rates of the 1980s and 1990s. Reinhart is implying that the heavy hands of the state and central banks are fiddling with the scales, manipulating the truth about the damage inflation can do to real economic growth, as well as to real investment returns.

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Keiser Report - Episode 263

Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss ripping out client eyeballs and losing millions for a free breakfast; maggots of risk and plastic financial apartheid. In the second half of the show Max talks to filmmakers William Gagan and Geoff Shively about their crowd funded journey to Syria and ‘fake’ activists and, with the introduction of anti-free speech laws in Chicago, the filmmakers discuss the small drone helicopters they have acquired for reporting on the Nato summit.


U.S. May Sanction India Over Level of Iran-Oil Imports

By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan and Pratish Narayanan - Mar 15, 2012 2:43 PM GMT+0100

India has failed to reduce its purchases of Iranian oil, and if it doesn’t do so, President Barack Obama may be forced to impose sanctions on one of Asia’s most important nations, Obama administration officials said yesterday.

A decision to levy penalties under a new U.S. law restricting payments for Iranian oil could come as early as June 28, according to several U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

“Given the level of trade, and in particular oil, between Iran and India, targeting an Indian entity that facilitates Iran’s access to the international financial market should be top of mind for the U.S. Treasury,” Avi Jorisch, a former Treasury Department official who is now a Washington-based consultant on deterring illicit finance, said in an interview.
The U.S. law, which targets oil payments made through Iran’s central bank, applies to any country that doesn’t make a “significant” reduction in its Iranian crude oil purchases during the first half of this year. If India fails to cut Iranian imports sufficiently, Obama may be compelled to bar access to the U.S. banking system for any Indian bank processing oil payments through Iran’s central bank, the U.S. officials said.
While India hasn’t asked its refiners to stop purchasing Iranian crude, the government has told processors in the South Asian nation to seek alternate supplies and gradually reduce their dependence on the Persian Gulf state due to increasing pressure from the U.S. in recent weeks, three Indian officials with direct knowledge of the situation said today.

No Significant Reduction

India hasn’t significantly cut imports this year because refiners’ annual crude term deals with Iran typically run from April to March, they said. The planned reductions will start only when new annual contracts begin next month, the Indian officials said, declining to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak to the media.
India bought an average of 328,000 barrels a day of Iranian crude in the first six months of last year, making it the No. 3 buyer, behind China and Japan and ahead of South Korea, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Iran is the No. 2 producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The U.S. government may not be aware that India’s biggest buyer of Iranian oil, state-owned Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL), plans to import less from Iran starting next month, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak.

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"MF Global is worth more to its Creditors Dead than it was Alive" says Fund Manger Mark Melin

We See Debt People

Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:00
It's ugly out there, the world is flooded with fiat currency and in debt to its eyeballs.
Global governments have done an excellent job hiding their insolvency and keeping the people they represent in the dark.
Remember, the government is technically 'the people,' so the gold at Fort Knox (if there is any) is our gold and the debt the government has accumulated, is our debt.
We find it sad that so many Americans go to the government for help after the government is the very entity that put them in a personal mess. Prior to the government entering our housing market, the max you would see for a home mortgage was 7 years, however, in order to make homes more affordable, the government started backing 30 year loans. The government's definition of affordability is you making a payment for life and not actually having ownership. Every government program designed to help has driven costs up through inflation, direct taxation, regulations, and or course the redistribution of wealth. 
Recently, Lew Rockwell posted some ugly facts about Americans' personal debt. Please note that it is the Federal Reserve that sets interest rates, this is the key factor in what a debt payment will be, so the lower rates are, the more Americans are encouraged to load up. If the rates aren't low enough for you, state and local governments have special deferred payment plans and government backed loans.
The result of all this help is 16.5 trillion in official national debt, over 100 trillion in debt liabilities, and an entire class of debt slaves.
Debt Slaves
  • Student loan debt in the U.S. is nearing 1 trillion dollars
  • With government support, colleges can raise tuition to whatever they want, and they have. The only thing rising faster than college tuition is our government health care system.
  • Two-thirds of all college students graduate with student loan debt
  • Borrowing for college students is up 100% in the past 10 years
  • Today, 46% of all Americans carry a credit card balance month to month
  • Americans have 600 million active credit cards in the U.S.
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SilverDoctors: Iran presses ahead with dollar attack

SilverDoctors: Iran presses ahead with dollar attack: Iran is set to begin selling oil in currencies other than the dollar tomorrow.  Combine this info with the fact that there are now 4 NATO ai...

Pento - Soaring Oil, Inflation and Households Soaked in Debt

There has been a great deal of hype in the mainstream media stating the US economy is recovering. Pento, who founded Pento Portfolio Strategies, told King World News the truth is the US economy is not recovering and global readers should expect a surge in inflation. This is what Pento had to say: “Since the US economy is so intertwined with the global economy, I decided to look at claims by the mainstream media that the US economy is strengthening. The conclusion, please don’t believe the hype that the American economy is healing. While it is true that some data is showing improvement, the true fundamentals of the economy continue to erode.”

Michael Pento continues:


“America’s trade deficit hit $52.6 billion in January. That’s the highest level since October of 2008 and is clear evidence that we have fully reverted back to our under production, under saving and overconsumption habits with alacrity.

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John Williams: Inflation Effect - Tough to Ignore or Contain

John Williams just warned that significant inflation will feed into the global system because of rising oil prices and the Fed’s policy to debase the dollar. Williams, who founded ShadowStats, also warned the US dollar will take a major hit because of global “dollar dumping.” Here is what Williams had to say about the situation: “With oil and gasoline prices pressured by market concerns over Middle Eastern political stability, monthly consumer inflation jumped in February and stabilized in the three-plus percentage range on a year-to-year basis.”

John Williams continues:


“The current level of inflation, however, stands where it is due primarily to the effects of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to debase the dollar, which, in turn, spiked global oil prices into the $100 per barrel range. The effects of the dollar-debasement and oil-price-spiking policies not only had direct inflationary impact on energy-related prices, but also—in the period following QE2—had an accelerating upside impact on inflation throughout the broad economy, as indicated by rising “core” inflation (net of food and energy inflation).

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Greyerz - Gold Will React to the $120 Trillion of Additional Debt

Today Egon von Greyerz told King World News that global debt has increased 140% in the last ten years. Von Greyerz also said even though the massive creation of debt has yielded virtually no GDP growth, the gold market will soon react to the money printing binge. Egon von Greyerz is founder and managing partner at Matterhorn Asset Management out of Switzerland. Here is what von Greyerz had to say: “We are all focused on the short-term and that’s natural, but let’s step back and look at the longer-term picture because that is really what is important for us today and for the next few years. The bigger picture is so important because very few people understand that the last 100 years are exceptional in history.”

Egon von Greyerz continues:


“The prosperity that we’ve had since the early 1900s, to a great extent is governed by massive money printing. Let’s just take GDP for example. In the first 50 years of the 1900s, for every dollar of debt about five dollars of GDP was generated. So five times the amount of debt created was generated in GDP in the US.

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16 March 2012

Greyerz - Gold Will React to the $120 Trillion of Additional Debt

Today Egon von Greyerz told King World News that global debt has increased 140% in the last ten years. Von Greyerz also said even though the massive creation of debt has yielded virtually no GDP growth, the gold market will soon react to the money printing binge. Egon von Greyerz is founder and managing partner at Matterhorn Asset Management out of Switzerland. Here is what von Greyerz had to say: “We are all focused on the short-term and that’s natural, but let’s step back and look at the longer-term picture because that is really what is important for us today and for the next few years. The bigger picture is so important because very few people understand that the last 100 years are exceptional in history.”

Egon von Greyerz continues:


“The prosperity that we’ve had since the early 1900s, to a great extent is governed by massive money printing. Let’s just take GDP for example. In the first 50 years of the 1900s, for every dollar of debt about five dollars of GDP was generated. So five times the amount of debt created was generated in GDP in the US.

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Fitzwilson: Hyper-Devaluation, the Electronic Age & Gold

Today 40 year market veteran, Robert Fitzwilson, discussed the electronic age and how it will impact inflation as well as the eventual hyperinflation. He also believes that we have lived through an age when we talked in terms of millions and then billions, then trillions and that quadrillions cannot be far behind. Robert is the founder of The Portola Group, one of the premier boutique firms in the Unites States, and today King World News was given exclusive distribution rights to the following piece:

“Currency & Long-Term Wealth Preservation”


By Robert Fitzwilson, President & Founder of The Portola Group

March 16 (King World News) - For most of us alive today, the currency in our wallets has always functioned as a medium of exchange. It will do so going forward. Where one could find fault with it would be as a form of wealth preservation.


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Sinclair - Is the Fed Selling Europe’s Gold During Interventions

Today legendary trader and investor Jim Sinclair told King World News that a number of European countries are beginning to ask themselves where the gold is coming from which is being used for interventions in the gold market. Sinclair also said some European countries are beginning to think it’s their gold, stored by the US Fed, which is being used for these interventions. But first, here is what Sinclair had to say about the recent plunge in gold: “Eric, this has been going on since $248 in gold. Any idea or concern that this kind of intervention is going to cause the gold bull market to cease or shorten or even contain where it will potentially go is simply wrong.”

Jim Sinclair continues:


“Every time you intervene in any market or any time you intervene economically, it’s the same as using a controlled drug. The first application gives you the best high you’ll ever have. After that you have to do more and more just to near duplicate what you expected.

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Silver Update 3/15/12 Silver Calls

SilverDoctors: Open Thread : JP Morgue's Whistle Blower and Monda...

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