Welcome to Capital Account. We talk to Chris Martenson about his outlook for 2013, about the prospects of reducing the US’s debt, and the plausibility of minting the trillion dollar […]
Continue readingAs we begin 2013, we reflect on some economic predictions that never came true. After the Fed’s unprecedented actions in 2008, some predicted massive double digit inflation by now. Yet […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. With reports of Japanese pension funds investing in gold, we talk to Bill Murphy and Chris Powell from the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee about the role […]
Continue readingUBS is expected to pay as much as 1.6 billion dollars to settle charges of Libor rigging with US, UK, and Swiss authorities, according to Bloomberg. The settlement is over […]
Continue readingThere is no question that yields have been eviscerated by Fed policy, but is it the result of Fed policy past or present? Is it the current presence of the […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. It’s Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision day! As expected, the Fed announced it will expand its bond-buying program with 45 billion dollars a month in longer-term […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. In the summer of 2011, during the US debt ceiling debate and credit downgrade, gold topped 1900 dollars an ounce. However, since then the price has […]
Continue readingThe FOMC meets next week and some anticipate an announcement for more bond purchases. The continuation of Quantitative Easing is part of the Federal Reserve’s effort to support the economy, […]
Continue readingWhen Timothy Geithner was asked if the administration is prepared to go over the Fiscal Cliff if Republicans do not agree to raise taxes on the wealthy (those earning 250,000 […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. Recently, top bosses and executives at Olympus, the Japanese manufacturer of medical equipment and cameras, pleaded guilty to fraud in one of Japan’s largest corporate scandals. […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. Wall Street banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, are looking to help their foreign customers skirt new US regulations for over-the-counter derivatives. The banks found […]
Continue readingWe know that US public debt has been growing, but where is the dollar collapse Peter Schiff has publically predicted? The US dollar index, instead of collapsing, has gained value […]
Continue readingThe IMF paper “The Chicago Plan Revisited” by Jaromir Benes and Michael Kumhof has acquired a cult following. The paper takes on fractional reserve banking and, according to Steve Keen, […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. US President Barack Obama announced that he will call for 1.6 trillion dollars in additional tax revenue when he enters Fiscal Cliff budget negotiations with congressional […]
Continue readingIn the latest Capital Account, Lauren asks CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton about the role that concentration and large positions held by particular bullion banks and financial players in the markets […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. This weekend Athens passed a new austerity budget for 2013 with public sector cuts and privatization measures. Greece’s parliament passed the austerity budget hoping it would […]
Continue readingWelcome to Capital Account. We talk to James Turk about the recent spike in precious metals. Also, according to an essay published by the Gold Money Foundation, the stock of […]
Continue readingJim Rogers is in studio tonight with Capital Account’s Lauren Lyster discussing why he is going short US treasury bonds, is bearish on JP Morgan, and discusses doubts in JPM’s […]
Continue readingFormer Deutsche Bank managing director Stephanie Rhule interviewed former Goldman Sachs Managing Director Greg Smith on Bloomberg this week. From start to finish, the interview represents perfectly what you can […]
Continue readingIn the latest Capital Account, the lovely Lauren Lyster asks David Selig, Federal Tax Practitioner for Selig & Associates, if U.S. citizens with overseas holdings of gold and other precious […]
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