21st Century Wire says…
Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive action removing legal obstacles holding up the completion of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.
This story will certainly be a hot button for a lot of people. Reactions will likely depend on one’s perspective on Trump, understanding of land issues, thoughts on cultural preservation, energy, US jobs, water quality and ecological harmony.
After all the fuss about “bad” Russia/Putin & the Panama Papers.....Now that no one is paying attention any longer... Canada's snow washing for tax cheats is seeing the light of day. Of course, Canada’s snowy white image (innocence) has nothing to do with reality. As you will read Mossack Fonseca isn’t the only company promoting Canada as a tax haven.
“Davos Glitter in the Gloom of Populism” topped the front page of the Jan. 17 New York Times on the first day of the WEF, which runs through Jan. 20, the day of Trump’s inauguration as the 45th U.S. president—the first one ever so clearly defined as a “populist.” The Times sub-headline added: “Elites grapple with working-class rage.”
21st Century Wire says…
Fake news, fake stuff, fake bonds and short selling.
Max and Stacy discuss the possibility of an unhappy financial outlook for the Chinese New Year .
Max also interviews Constantin Gurdgiev of Macroview.eu about 2017’s global macroeconomic outlook. Watch:
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READ MORE CHINA NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire China Files
James Burgess
Oil Price
Precious metals are an important component of every investor’s portfolio, and while gold often gets all the hype, another precious metal will be a much better bet in 2017: Silver.
What can we expect in 2017? Inflated markets, insider trading and runaway monetary policy – still trending…
Gerald Celente, head of Trends Research Institute, weighs-in on what you can expect going forward in the new year. Watch:
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READ MORE FINANCIAL NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire Financial Files
Dick Eastman
The Truth Hound
When Henry Kissinger and David Rockefeller met with Zhou Enlai in China in 1973—just after President Richard Nixon had visited China establishing official relations—an understanding was reached whereby the U.S. would supply industrial capital and know-how to China.
Charles Hugh Smith
Of Two Minds
So when the protected class of well-paid institutional “progressives” speak darkly of “reversing 40 years of social progress,” what they’re really saying is we’re terrified that the bottom 95% might be waking up to our Great Con of identity politics and political correctness.
Gilbert Mercier
Counterpunch
If humans were largely moral and ethical beings, then globalization could be a workable proposition. Unfortunately, the dark behavioral narcissism expressed by compulsive greed and an infinite appetite for power seems to have become the guiding precept of our collective nightmare.
