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Charles Hugh Smith

Book Author, Blogger at Of Two Minds
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Charles Hugh Smith, has been an independent journalist for 22 years. His weblog, www.oftwominds.com, is a daily compendium of observations and analysis on the global economy and financial markets, as well as notable political, social ...more
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The Bear Market
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 10:40 AM EDT
Testing again 01.04.2020
In this article: SPX
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Don't Just Follow The Money--Follow The Income
Monday, December 29, 2014 3:30 AM EDT
Lies are no substitute for truth and fantasy is no substitute for reality.
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Prosperity Amidst The Ruins
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 4:47 AM EDT
The fundamental problem facing the global economy is not slow economic growth but political inequality.
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Nothing Has Changed-And That's The Problem
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:42 AM EDT
Playing monetary games has done nothing to eliminate moral hazard.
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Central Banks: When We Succeed, We Fail
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:39 AM EDT
Goosing stocks ever higher will eventually push wealth inequality to the point that it unleashes social instability.
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Have Central Banks Entered An Undeclared War?
Friday, November 21, 2014 4:29 AM EDT
The monetary tectonic plates are shifting, and predicting the next global financial earthquake is relatively easy.
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The Falcon Can No Longer Hear The Falconer
Thursday, November 20, 2014 3:30 AM EDT
Market manipulators, equally unconstrained, ceaselessly rig markets for their private gain and the benefit of their cronies.
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One Reason Why Sickcare Is Outrageously Expensive: Needless Scans/Tests
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 5:26 AM EDT
Add easy profits from needless tests to defensive medicine and no cost controls or real competition, and we have the perfect formula for waste, fraud, profiteering, bad medicine and dysfunctional, unaffordable healthcare.
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The Cruel Injustice Of The Fed's Bubbles In Housing
Monday, November 17, 2014 4:40 AM EDT
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen recently treated the nation to an astonishing lecture on the solution to rising wealth inequality--according to Yellen, low-income households should save capital and buy assets such as stocks and housing.
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The Rubber Band Is Stretched--Will It Break?
Saturday, November 15, 2014 1:56 PM EDT
There's a distinct possibility the rubber band of the current rally snaps and Santa's rally hits a rough patch.
In this article: SPX, VIX
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It's Not Just Japan That's Failed; The "Asian Miracle" Model Has Also Failed
Friday, November 14, 2014 12:45 PM EDT
The inevitable result of the centrally planned Asian Miracle Model is credit bubbles and the crippling misallocation of capital in Building Bridges to Nowhere.
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Why The Rising U.S. Dollar Could Destabilize The Global Financial System
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:27 PM EDT
I have been suggesting for several years that the U.S. Dollar would confound those anticipating its demise by starting a long secular uptrend.
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Which Cities/States Will Be The First To Default When The Economy Rolls Over
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 4:43 AM EDT
Though we're constantly reassured the "recovery" that's stumbled for five years has years of strong growth ahead, history suggests the "recovery" is due to roll over.
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One Chart, One Question
Saturday, November 8, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
An unbiased review of a mystery stock
In this article: GLD
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About That "S&P 500 Will Be 2,150 By Christmas" Call....
Friday, November 7, 2014 4:40 AM EDT
Back on October 13, when the stock market was in free-fall, I prepared this chart showing a potential megaphone pattern.
In this article: SPX
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Anatomy Of A Failing State: Japan's Budgetary Nightmare
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:15 AM EDT
Once the global economy rolls over into contraction, the tide will recede and Japan's fiscal and monetary bankruptcy will become painfully apparent.
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