Alarmingly, the Russians in recent months have been using Cuba to build up a menacing Cold War-era presence at America’s doorstep. Some Republican and Democratic

[CAF Note: The Economist is dead wrong about gun control, but many of their other points are well taken. What is most interesting is that

by Dr. Joseph P. Farrell Recently I had a private conversation with a friend of mine about what is going on in Russia, and the

By Catherine Austin Fitts As Russia confirms that it will maintain oil sales at current levels, the oil price and Russia equities see a bounce:

CrowdMed harnesses the wisdom of crowds to collaboratively solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online. The company offers individuals, insurance

[CAF Note: Friday is quadruple witching day!] DEFINITION of ‘Quadruple Witching’ The expiration date of various stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and

Three decades of tougher laws and policing have left nearly one in three adult Americans with a criminal record, according to data kept by the

[click on the image for a larger version] Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) by Catherine Austin Fitts I don’t understand why the media

[CAF Note: I live in a rural area and do a lot of online shopping – particularly for books, so I found these numbers quite

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By Julie Bykowicz Republicans now control the legislatures of 31 states, having just wrested chambers in nine from Democratic hands. Twenty-four of those states also

BIS warned that dollar loans to Chinese banks and companies are rising at annual rate of 47pc and now stand at $1.1 trillion By Ambrose

A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to

“Everyone is talking about the stock market,” [Wu Yunfeng, an individual investor from Shanghai] said. “I was eating dumplings at a street side stall and

“Make a law, make a business.” ~Old New Jersey street saying By Catherine Austin Fitts I thought it worth noting that Corrections Corporation of America

By Catherine Austin Fitts Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Congressman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. She just won her 17th Congressional term

By Catherine Austin Fitts The oil card is now getting an enormous push from the climate change chorus. ISIS, College protests, OPEC, Al Gore’ whining,

[CAF Note: Great discussion of the game between Russia and the G-7 – but be prepared for versions of this geopolitical parttern where the dollar

“I hate weekends because there is no stock market.” ~ Rene Rivkin By Catherine Austin Fitts Tonight is a big one. We will review our

By Susanne Walker and Eshe Nelson A gauge of government bond yields around the world fell to an 18-month low as tumbling oil prices push

(Photo Credit: Ethan Pines/Forbes) By Parmy Olson Jerry Yang is giving a quick tour of the conference room at his private investment firm in Palo

By Catherine Austin Fitts I sometimes get requests for advice on how to approach medical problems. I am not the person to ask. Each person

By Catherine Austin Fitts My use of the word turtle as a verb began in 1998 during a period of extraordinary stress. Almost all of

***CAF Note: Hagel is competent. This is not good news.*** By Roger Runningen and Phil Mattingly U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down from

[CAF Note: I suspect the recent meltdown by Bill Gross related more to his fears of managing the world’s largest bond fund in a world

[CAF Note: the integration of software and digital technology into hardware and infrastructure is upon us. This is an important development.] By Wikipedia Mechatronics is

By Max Ehrenfreund President Obama unveiled Thursday a major executive action on immigration policy, offering temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, along with

“Now all of political economy from prehistory on to 1932 has been intent upon one thing only—how to take the wealth from the producer, how

By Catherine Austin Fitts The S&P is up 11% year to date. Alibaba is up 18% from it’s IPO in September. Lockheed Martin, the prime

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed… A few people cried… Most people were silent. I remembered the line

by Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist The stories became far too frequent to ignore. Emails from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United States

“The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in

“As much as these currency moves may contribute to global rebalancing on paper, I would just caution from a market perspective not to underestimate …

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By Ralph Ellis Imagination became reality Wednesday when a mechanical space traveler called the Philae probe plunked down on its target, a comet with a

By Don Reisinger and Roger Cheng President Obama urged the US government to adopt tighter regulations on broadband service in an effort to preserve “a

By Morningstar One of the world’s biggest stock markets, Shanghai, will open up to foreign investors next week with the start of a highly anticipated

[CAF Notes: I am working on a presentation on how to achieve a college education on the most economic basis and without student loans. Send

By Ken Auletta In the spring of 2000, Reed Hastings, the C.E.O. of Netflix, hired a private plane and flew from San Jose to Dallas