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Skyscraper Index – Will China’s Completion of “World’s Tallest Skyscraper” Mark The Next Global Economic Crisis?

Over-saturated real-estate activity reflects over-saturated markets. Eventually, optimism runs dry and the period marked by over-exuberance recedes, and we notice the good times are over. What’s one way to track this? The Skyscraper Index. Skyscraper Index The Skyscraper Index, developed in 1999 by Andrew Lawrence of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, shows that the world’s tallest buildings have risen on […]

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The New World Reserve Currency: The Cobra Gold Dollar

Here is a humorous addendum–purely for entertainment purposes–to my past articles about the US dollar collapse and the black swan events (Part 1 and Part 2). The acclaimed G.I. JOE cartoon show “Money to Burn” features a funny solution for the constant manipulation and debasement of the US dollar. Go figure, the so-called “bad guy” […]

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Black Swan Events For The US Dollar Collapse

In my previous article, I mentioned the first nine “black swan” events that could collapse the US dollar. Actually, there are so many potential events that may trigger a reverse in psychology in individuals that there is no way to know exactly which event will be the catalyst. “In retrospect, the spark might seem as […]

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US Dollar Collapse? Here Are 9 Ways It Could Happen

We all know that the US dollar is losing value through inflation every year; in fact,  the dollar has lost over 97% of its purchasing power over the last century. When “real money” (i.e. backed up with intrinsic value) was used, a cup of coffee in the 1920s costed about a few cents. In a […]

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Allodial Title on Precious Metals?

In my previous article on allodial titles and property rights, I stated that a true allodial title that would provide you with full ownership of your land does not exist today, or at least not in North America. During times of economic crisis, governments tend to increase regulations and raise fees and taxes, especially on property […]

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Allodial Title on Land – You Wish You Had This

An allodial title constitutes ownership of real property that is independent to any superior power. In the Middle Ages, allodial titles were sometimes granted: these people obtained land without feudal duties (i.e. taxes). Here is the definition of ‘allodial’ in Black’s Law Dictionary. “Land held absolutely in one’s own right, and not of any lord […]

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Canadian Housing Bubble: Is it Time for a CRASH?

While the mainstream media is only now beginning to acknowledge a dip in real-estate price evaluations in Canada. We have been raising the flag about this for over a year. According to The Economist, Canada’s housing market is the most over-valued in the world when analyzing its rents and income to price. “Overvaluation is especially marked […]

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Taxing the Rich Doesn’t Work

Notorious libertarian Peter Schiff rants about the hypocrisy of Warren Buffet’s comments about the reasoning for raising the tax on the rich. Warren Buffet continuously misleads people into believing that he is paying a lower tax rate than his secretary. However, this is true only in terms of his personal income tax, as Warren Buffet […]

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Chinese Yuan V.S. SDR – Who Will Be the Heavyweight Campion of The WORLD?

A reserve currency has never lasted forever and the US Dollar is no exception, especially considering its seriously grave trade and debt imbalances. A country can only go so far with its imbalances, and today the US is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world. The fate of the US surely lies […]

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