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It’s Official: Gold Is Now The Most Hated Asset Class submitted by mephisto 21 minutes ago (via zerohedge.com) Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog,Full Court PressNot a day passes without the financial media denouncing gold as an investment option and hailing the bureaucrats heading the world's monopolist monetary central planning agencies as superheroes. It began prior to gold's recent breakdown, with widely cited bearish reports on gold published by Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, a

What Did Obama Know About The IRS (And When)? submitted by mephisto 2 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Amid the sound and fury of yesterday's IRS hearing were a few small tidbits which raise significant questions about who knew what and when within the Obama administration. While getting the answer (the real honest truth) is highly unlikely, as the Wall Street Journal notes, the IRS's watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012(when Republican lawmakers were complaining publicly about all

The Bermuda Triangle Of Economics submitted by mephisto 2 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Excerpted from Jacob Steen's Chronicle blog at Tradingfloor.com,The mystique of the Bermuda Triangle has caught the imagination and interest of generations. In much the same way it has also caught my attention and I feel that now there is a Bermuda Triangle of economics - a space where everything tends to disappear without radar contact, a black hole in which rationality and science is replaced by

Visualizing The Silver Squeeze submitted by mephisto 2 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Despite 'crashes' in the market, the demand for physical silver continues to rise. "Buyers are already outpacing sellers by a stunning 50-to-1 ratio. We are seeing the beginning of shortages; but this will only accelerate if Western governments continue with this raid on paper gold and silver."  The Silver Squeeze – An infographic by the team at The Silver Squeeze Free Infographic

The Quiet Triumph Of Oil And Gas In Obama’s Policies submitted by mephisto 5 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichterIt was announced Friday afternoon, when no one was supposed to pay attention: after years of controversy, heated rhetoric, intense lobbying, and stiff opposition from some unlikely bedfellows, with multinational industrial and chemical companies weighing down one side of the bed, and environmentalists tos

Class of 2013: The Most Indebted Ever submitted by mephisto 5 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) 70% of graduates had at least some debt according to the latest poll from Fidelity Investments but as the Wall Street Journal reports the average student-loan debt for a borrower who received a bachelor's degree in 2013 is $30,000 - an all-time record. With $986 billion of outstanding student loan debt (up 50% from Q1 2009) and unemployment rates running at or near all-time highs for the 16-24 yea

Guest Post: Why Bonds Aren't Dead & The Dollar Will Get Weaker submitted by mephisto 5 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Submitted by Lance Roberts of Street Talk Live,There have been quite a few bold predictions, since the beginning of the year, that the dollar was set to soar and that the great "bond bullmarket" was dead.  The primary thesis behind these views was that the economy was set to strengthen and inflation would begin to seep its way back into the system.  Furthermore, the "Great Rotation" of b

"Boldly They Rode And Well", Or Why Japan Is Not America submitted by mephisto 7 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Submitted by Daniel CloudBoldly They Rode And WellI believe that Shinzo Abe has made a very serious strategic miscalculation. I used to be confused in much the same way he now seems to be, but I was cured of my confusion by thinking about Chinese inflation.For a long time, I was puzzled by the fact that America’s endless multi-stage QE program seemed to have no effect on measured inflation, on t

Saturday Humor: The Fed Is Hiring submitted by mephisto 9 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) Now that the Federal Reserve has hired every single pennystock trader and momentum-chasing algo in the world (or at least is enjoying Citadel's helping hand in regards to the latter) it is time for the Fed's human resources department to branch out and fill those really important gaping holes.Great job opportunity! Penetration Tester: rfer.us/FRS5ERsd.— Federal Reserve Jobs (@FedReserveJobs) May

Italy's New Government Approval Rating Plummets From 43% To 34% In Three Weeks, Protests Return submitted by mephisto 9 hours ago (via zerohedge.com) It was less than a month ago that the new Italian government of the pseudo-technocrat Letta, of Bilderberg 2012 and Aspen Institute fame, was voted in by a majority of the PD and the PDL parties (the latter agreeing so Berlusconi would get an extension of his much needed political immunity from assorted prison sentences). It may not last too long. As Reuters reports, it took just 20 days for Letta