When the founders of the United States put pen to paper, they outlawed DIRECT TAXATION to preserve liberty. The American Revolution slogan was NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. Now G20 backs new tax transparency plan that will be the fatal blow to the world economy. The new tax reform action plan has won the support of the G20, […]

QUESTION: ” But keep in mind that the major event should be later 2015 – not right now.” Could you please explain with more details these important words? ANSWER: The 1987 Crash was just that on the mid-term turning point with the crash unfolding, but that was short-lived and not a sustained change in trend qualifying it as a minor rather than […]

A number of question have been directed at what will this turning point produce. This should not be a major high or low in the major markets. What we should see is a mental shift develop at this stage in the game. In the case of 1987, there was a major high that formed first […]

The year 2013 is a highly important turning point for the future of the United States. The exposure of the NSA spying on everyone thanks to Edward Snowden has revealed that the United States is no different from some of the most notorious governments in history. The entire debt ceiling crisis has also led to […]

Many people have written asking how we were able to reconstruct the monetary history of Rome. We built one of the most comprehensive collections ever assembled much of which is outlined in our Monetary History of the World segment. The purpose of assembling such a massive collection was to be able to see the rise […]

Only in America is it possible when the rich people – who pay 86% of all income taxes – are accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all. And then, politicians can talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event […]

In the wake of Wednesday’s surprisingly questioning of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, he has unleashed a massive selloff in the US dollar by giving the reverse impression that the Fed may exit from monetary accommodation and easing. Bernanke stated that the Federal Reserve was failing on both of its core mandates, and that inflation was too low and unemployment too high. […]

  One of the most fascinating aspects of market/economic behavior is how the majority MUST be wrong in order to fuel the movement. There are loads of articles and forecasts questioning the recovery and how the world will collapse into a black hole. But if everyone is short dollars/long gold it will never happen. Tons […]

I have written about the 224 year cycle. These turning points have marked major changes in political trends. Sometimes society survives mostly intact because we blink such as the replacement of monarchy in Britain or the overthrow of the king in Rome giving birth to the Republic in 509 BC and the birth of Democracy […]

COMMENT: Thank you so much. I am beginning to look at the financial landscape and can see what you have been stating. Today, the dollar down, gold up, Dow off. It is like a ballet. Everything is coordinated. Jeff ——– REPLY: Yes. You are starting to see the world for what it is. Nothing, but […]