IMF Approves Loan (To Pay Ukraine's Gazprom Bill): Putin 1 - 0 IMF

As long as Russia continues to supply Russia and Asia with energy, Putin holds all the cards.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-30/imf-approves-loan-pay-ukraines-gazprom-bill

US Economy Is A House Of Cards — Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/04/30/us-economy-house-cards-paul-craig-roberts/

World Bank: China to overtake US as biggest economy THIS YEAR

http://www.mining.com/world-bank-china-to-overtake-us-as-biggest-economy-this-year-32539/

Russian Gold Reserves Multiples Of What’s Been Announced

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/30_Russian_Gold_Reserves_Multiples_Of_Whats_Been_Announced.html

One Of The Biggest Problems Facing The World Today

Peak oil and peak gold are here to stay.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/29_One_Of_The_Biggest_Problems_Facing_The_World_Today.html

The World's Most Undervalued Asset

http://www.silverseek.com/commentary/worlds-most-undervalued-asset-13135

The New Normal American Dream: Rents Soar To Record High As Homeownership Rate Plunges To 19 Year Low

Home ownership is plunging, rental prices are soaring, and incomes continue to drop.  This is not a good backdrop for an economy built on discretionary spending.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-29/new-normal-american-dream-homeownership-rate-plunges-19-year-low-asking-rents-soar-r

Gold Fix Manipulation Crackdown: Deutsche Officially Resigns London Fix Seat

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-29/gold-fix-manipulation-crackdown-deutsche-officially-resigns-london-fix-seat

The Social Tipping Point

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/the-social-tipping-point

Suspicious Deaths of Bankers Are Now Classified as “Trade Secrets” by Federal Regulator

http://wallstreetonparade.com/2014/04/suspicious-deaths-of-bankers-are-now-classified-as-%E2%80%9Ctrade-secrets%E2%80%9D-by-federal-regulator/

The Elephant In The Room: Deutsche Bank's $75 Trillion In Derivatives Is 20 Times Greater Than German GDP

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-28/elephant-room-deutsche-banks-75-trillion-derivatives-20-times-greater-german-gdp

PBOC Pressures USD Hegemony; Starts Yuan-Denominated Gold & Oil Trading

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-25/pboc-pressures-usd-hegemony-starts-yuan-denominated-gold-oil-trading

Two-faced Goldman appears to hedge bets on gold stocks and bullion

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-fast-news?oid=238588&sn=Detail

Safe Deposit Boxes Are Not Safe for Silver & Gold Buyers

http://goldsilver.com/article/safe-deposit-boxes-are-not-safe-for-silver-and-gold-buyers/

China Takes Steps to Further Conceal Gold Holdings

http://sprottmoneyblog.com/china-takes-steps-to-further-conceal-gold-holdings/#

West Hemorrhaging Gold But Here’s Its True Achilles’ Heel

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/23_West_Hemorrhaging_Gold_But_Heres_Its_True_Achilles_Heel.html

Turk - Western Central Banks To Run Out Of Gold This Year

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/23_Turk_-_Western_Central_Banks_To_Run_Out_Of_Gold_This_Year.html

Explaining The Horrendous Home Sales Report: It Snowed Everywhere But In The Northeast

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-23/explaining-horrendous-home-sales-report-it-snowed-everywhere-northeast

This Is How Empires Collapse

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2014/04/this-is-how-empires-collapse.html

Collapse Of Western Ponzi Scheme To Send Gold Skyrocketing

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/23_Collapse_Of_Western_Ponzi_Scheme_To_Send_Gold_Skyrocketing.html

Piketty's Gold?

http://www.nysun.com/editorials/pikettys-gold/88678/

Washington’s Corruption and Mendacity Is What Makes America “Exceptional” — Paul Craig Roberts

Roberts bashes equally the Bush II and Obama administrations for spreading misinformation.

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/04/18/washingtons-corruption-mendacity-makes-america-exceptional-paul-craig-roberts/

Massive Volcanic Eruptions Wreaking Havoc On The World

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/22_Massive_Volcanic_Eruptions_Wreaking_Havoc_On_The_World.html

Peak Smuggling: Indian Has 12 Gold Bars Removed From His Stomach

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-20/peak-smuggling-indian-has-12-gold-bars-removed-his-stomach

China Goes Dark: PBOC To Keep Goldbugs Clueless About Its Gold Buying Spree

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-21/china-goes-dark-pboc-keep-goldbugs-confused-about-its-gold-buying-spree

China opens Beijing to gold imports, cutting into Hong Kong's transit role

The hoarding of gold by the Chinese is about to get even more opaque.  When they announce how much they have accumulated, gold prices will soar.

http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1493507/china-opens-beijing-gold-imports-cutting-hong-kongs-transit

US dollar dying as tensions over Ukraine heat up

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/04/18/359131/us-dollar-dying-as-kiev-tensions-rise/

Shocking Events Rapidly Unfolding Around The World

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/20_Shocking_Events_Rapidly_Unfolding_Around_The_World.html

What Happened To The Middle Class? The Infographic

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-18/what-happened-middle-class-infographic

Everything We Are Told About Deflation Is A Lie

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-19/everything-we-are-told-about-deflation-lie

Chinese Consumer Survey

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The Catastrophic End Game & Skyrocketing Gold Prices

"Trader Vic" Sperandeo is no ordinary investor--he's in the Hall of Fame of traders.  He's worked with other legendary financiers Leon Cooperman and George Soros.  Paul Tudor Jones, another legendary trader, holds Sperandeo in the highest regard.  He has also been featured in many books about successful Wall Street investors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sperandeo

Here are his latest comments:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/19_The_Catastrophic_End_Game_%26_Skyrocketing_Gold_Prices.html

Why Rick Rule Says ‘Anti-gold Investors Will be Destroyed’

http://sprottglobal.com/thoughts/articles/why-rick-rule-says-anti-gold-investors-will-be-destroyed/

Comex Casino Lies & Silver Skyrocketing To New All-Time High

The cup and handle formation is a very bullish technical indicator.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/14_Comex_Casino_Lies_%26_Silver_Skyrocketing_To_New_All-Time_High.html

The End Game Will Be Disastrous For The U.S. & The West

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/14_The_End_Game_Will_Be_Disastrous_For_The_U.S._%26_The_West.html

Guardian, WaPo Win Pulitzer For Proving Millions Of Conspiracy Theorists Right

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-14/guardian-wapo-win-pulitzer-proving-millions-conspiracy-theorists-right

US Pays Half Of Gazprom's Overdue Invoice With $1 Billion Ukraine Loan Guarantee

By helping Ukraine with a $1 billion loan guarantee, US taxpayers just paid off Ukraine's gas bill to Gazprom, Russia's largest gas exporter.

And people wonder why Putin is playing chess while his counterparts in the West are playing checkers.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-14/us-treasury-pays-half-gazproms-overdue-bill-1-billion-ukraine-loan-guarantee

Paul Craig Roberts - 2014 Will Be Year Of Reckoning For U.S.

The death of the USDollar as the global reserve currency, the so-called "petrodollar" 2.0.

First, it was Iran who traded oil for gold.  Now Russia.  The other BRICS and the Saudis will soon  join the party.  Our government has sold us out.  Welcome to $50/gallon gas and a loaf of bread.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/11_Paul_Craig_Roberts_-_2014_Will_Be_Year_Of_Reckoning_For_U.S..html

Fed to the Sharks, Part 1: The Fed Takes Our Money, Gives It to Banks Who Loan It Back to Us at 16%

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2014/04/fed-to-sharks-part-1-fed-takes-our.html

Retiring SEC Lawyer Crucifies His Employer: "It's A Cancer" Working On Behalf Of The "Bankster Turnpike"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-08/retiring-sec-lawyer-crucifies-his-employer-its-cancer-collecting-pennies-bankster-tu

In the US, democracy is now a sham

http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2014/04/in-us-democracy-is-now-sham.html

40 Central Banks Are Betting This Will Be The Next Reserve Currency

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-08/40-central-banks-are-betting-will-be-next-reserve-currency

Timing the Collapse: Ron Paul Says Watch the Petrodollar

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/timing-the-collapse-ron-paul-says-watch-the-petrodollar

"The chaos that one day will ensue from our 35-year experiment with worldwide fiat money will require a return to money of real value. We will know that day is approaching when oil-producing countries demand gold, or its equivalent, for their oil rather than dollars or euros. The sooner the better." ~ Ron Paul

Some Kind of Financial Calamity Is Inevitable: Jim Rickards, Author, The Death Of Money

http://sprottglobal.com/thoughts/articles/some-kind-of-financial-calamity-is-inevitable-jim-rickards-author-currency-wars/

Ft. Hood: An Avoidable Tragedy

End the "war on terror."  And end the machine that funds these unnecessary wars--end the Fed!

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2014/april/06/ft-hood-an-avoidable-tragedy.aspx

Mortgage Originations Plunge To Lowest On Record

Housing bubble 2.0 is bursting.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-07/mortgage-originations-plunge-lowest-record

Another Fraudulent Jobs Report — Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/04/05/another-fraudulent-jobs-report-paul-craig-roberts/

Soaring Chinese Gold Demand And Its Geopolitical Strategy

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-05/soaring-chinese-gold-demand-and-its-geopolitical-strategy

Another Gold Shortage? Dutch ABN To Halt Physical Gold Delivery

This is a default.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-24/another-gold-shortage-abn-halt-physical-gold-delivery

ABN Amro Ex-CEO Found Dead

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-05/abn-amro-ex-ceo-found-dead

9 Of The Top 10 Occupations In America Pay An Average Wage Of Less Than $35,000 A Year

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/9-of-the-top-10-occupations-in-america-pay-an-average-wage-of-less-than-35000-a-year

Visualizing The Collapse Of Chicago's Middle Class

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-04/visualizing-collapse-chicagos-middle-class

Christine Lagarde Is Clueless: 70 Words Of Pure Keynesian Claptrap

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/2014/04/04/christine-lagarde-is-clueless-70-words-of-pure-keynesian-claptrap/

Bundesbank, PBOC in Pact to Turn Frankfurt Into Renminbi Hub

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-27/frankfurt-sets-sights-on-yuan-offshore-trade-as-xi-visits-merkel

Iran And Russia Are Working To Seal A $20 Billion Oil-For-Goods Deal

This is what happens when a bankrupt government imposes trade sanctions on other countries.  The other countries band together.  These deals indicate Washington's foreign policy is backfiring again.

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-iran-russia-working-to-seal-20-billion-oil-for-goods-deal-sources-2014-02#ixzz2xkdALyFo

Russia prepares to attack the petrodollar

This inconsequential article in the Russia media spells out a shift with huge geopolitical and monetary impact.  The USDollar losing its reserve currency status will affect all Americans in many unpleasant ways.

http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_04_04/Russia-prepares-to-attack-the-petrodollar-2335/

Marc Faber - The Horrific Plan Of The Elites & The Crooked IMF

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/4_Marc_Faber_-_The_Horrific_Plan_Of_The_Elites_%26_The_Crooked_IMF.html

$12,000 Gold, $50,000 Gold & The Trade Of The Decade

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/4_%2412%2C000_Gold%2C_%2450%2C000_Gold_%26_The_Trade_Of_The_Decade.html

The Death Of The Dollar & Gold’s Rise

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/3/14_The_Death_Of_The_Dollar_%26_Golds_Rise.html