In Iceland, they actually imprisoned the top four bankers that some call the “financial terrorists” that ruined the country. This is establishing a trend that we will indeed see materialize even in the USA after the 2016 Presidential Elections. Riots against bankers have been frequent throughout history. I have stated before that the term Black […]

  The number one question coming in by the hundreds right now is: What does 2014 really mean to individuals. This is what the 2014 Conferences will be all about. We will hold three conferences. We will do the Sovereign Debt Conference for one day in Philadelphia as last year. This will be priced at […]

On Wednesday before the vote of confidence in Parliament, the government locked down itself in Rome fearful of the rising discontent in Italy. The Italian government fears violence at parades a whole new protest movement. This protest is growing from Turin, spreading to Genoa, Milan, Alfano, Rome, Savona and numerous other cities. This is what Homeland […]

Gold tumbled about 3% after positive US jobs data sent the dollar rallying and rekindled worries the Federal Reserve could be tempted to scale back its monetary stimulus later in the year. I have warned that the US economic outlook is bullish into 2015.75. The dollar will rise and that will help turn the US […]

The question of TIME has puzzled humanity for millennia. What is it? Does it flow like a river or is it a simple dimension that can be transversed even traveling back to observe the past? Aristotle was one of the first to ponder what is TIME. His account of TIME in Physics IV.10-14, is where […]

Corporate Tax Rates are lower in former Communist countries. We have not learned the Lesson that Marxism Does not Work. Country                                                                     […]

List of modern Sovereign Debt Defaults or Debt Restructuring The following list includes actual sovereign defaults and debt restructuring of independent countries from 1800 till 2012 Africa Algeria (1991) Angola (1976, 1985, 1992-2002) Cameroon (2004) Central African Republic (1981, 1983) Congo (Kinshasa) (1979) Côte d’Ivoire (1983, 2000) Gabon (1999–2005) Ghana (1979, 1982) Liberia (1989–2006) Madagascar […]

The United States has fallen from the #1 place to live to #16 with Switzerland now grabbing the laurels. Here is a list of nations with 5 years GDP on a per capita growth basis. The USA has fallen to 107 on this list of 135 nations.  1 Myanmar 213.36%  2 China 151.17%  3 Uruguay […]

Monetary History of Russia The Russian Monetary System began also with cattle (skot) during the Kievan period. Skins of small animals and precious metals were used as fixed-value exchange rate based upon barter goods. Up until the end of the 12th century, cattle was the unit of account but commerce took place with the skins […]

NERO (54 – 68AD) Born 37 – Died 68 AD, Age 31 Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (Nero) was born on the 15th of December at Annum, a small Italian seaside community, in 37 AD. He was the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina Junior., daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula, and fourth wife to Emperor Claudius. Nero’s […]