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John Rubino

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DollarCollapse.com is managed by John Rubino. After earning a Finance MBA from New York University, he spent the 1980s on Wall Street, as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990s he was a featured columnist with ...more
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Something Huge Is Coming From Japan
Thursday, July 21, 2016 10:43 AM EDT
Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to prop up banks and construction companies.
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Most Of The World Panics — Is The US Next?
Monday, November 24, 2014 5:01 AM EDT
There’s a decent chance that a year from now we’ll be faced with a world in which debt monetization has failed in three of the four major economies and a strong currency has sucker-punched the last one standing.
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What Blows Up First? Part 5: Shale Oil Junk Bonds
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:43 AM EDT
Junk yield premiums over US Treasuries are back down to housing bubble levels. So are default rates.
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Inflation Chronicles, Part 1: Art Prices So High, “The Crowd Forgot To Clap”
Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:29 PM EDT
The torrent of currency flowing out of the world’s central banks is swelling the accounts of the super-rich who are converting it into real assets as fast as they can, causing near-hyperinflation in some favored markets.
In this article: BID
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Did Gold And Silver Just Get Their “Greenspan Put”?
Friday, November 7, 2014 5:59 PM EDT
Chinese and Indian gold imports, which had trailed off earlier in the year, soared in response to the recent price declines.
In this article: GLD, SLV
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A Sunny Silver Forecast: Low Price Today Means High Price Tomorrow
Monday, November 3, 2014 4:21 PM EDT
Generating electricity from sunlight is now as cheap as getting it from coal in most US states when current subsidies are included.
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US Now Importing The World’s Deflation
Friday, October 31, 2014 6:58 PM EDT
With US QE about to end, the rest of the world faced the prospect of another “taper tantrum” financial crisis, one that this time around could suck the world into a deflationary vortex.
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Federal Reserve To Markets: You’re Too Easy!
Monday, October 27, 2014 4:57 AM EDT
There’s a reason that unlimited money creation has never been an easy path to affluence: It only works for a short while and is inevitably followed by a period of chaos.
In this article: INDU
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Goodbye War On Drugs, Hello Libertarian Utopia. Dominic Frisby’s Bitcoin: The Future Of Money?
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:35 AM EDT
Now that bitcoin has subsided from speculative bubble to functioning currency, it’s safe for non-speculators to explore the whole “cryptocurrency” thing.
In this article: BITCOMP
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Suddenly, We Have Problems
Monday, October 13, 2014 3:13 PM EDT
A rising stock market, like a rising tide, can cover a multitude of interesting and/or scary things.
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Fed Smacks Dollar; Europe And Japan Lose Hope
Thursday, October 9, 2014 4:43 AM EDT
The Fed understands the risk posed by a surging dollar and is using it as an excuse to do what it wants to do in any event: continue to hold interest rates at artificially low levels and keep the helicopter money flowing.
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The Soaring Dollar Debate: Good, Bad, Ugly
Sunday, October 5, 2014 7:48 PM EDT
So is the soaring US Dollar, the world's reserve currency, good or bad? John Rubino answers: it depends. On what? Read on.
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“Money Bubble” Predictions Coming True, Part 1: Stock Market Volatility Surges
Friday, October 3, 2014 2:45 PM EDT
A useful indicator of where the markets are in this process is the VIX index of volatility in the S&P 500 options market, which predicts month-ahead fluctuations in the stock market.
In this article: SPX, VIX
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Does Surging Demand For Gold & Silver Coins Signal A Bottom?
Monday, September 29, 2014 7:41 AM EDT
The U.S. Mint has sold nearly 50,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins so far in September, almost double its total in August, as a sharp pullback in gold prices and geopolitical tensions boosted interest for physical products from retail investors.
In this article: GLD, SLV
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Are Cars About To Crash?
Friday, September 26, 2014 2:13 PM EDT
Falling used car prices will lead to massive write-downs by the auto companies now being forced to take back all those leased vehicles.
In this article: F, GM
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Why Isn’t Housing A Bubble?
Monday, September 22, 2014 5:39 PM EDT
Overall sales have declined year-over-year for ten straight months, prices are barely up from a year ago, and near-term trends imply more of the same.
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