Posts by James G. Rickards

We’ve written extensively about two facets of the War in Ukraine that you don’t hear from legacy media in the United States or the UK. The first is that Russia is actually winning the war. U.S. outlets such as the New York Times (a channel for the State Department) and the Washington Post (a channel for the CIA) report…

Have you seen the latest presidential election polls? This poll is highly unusual in two respects. In the first place, it’s conducted by the New York Times, which is notoriously progressive and anti-Trump. The second unusual feature is that Trump is crushing Biden! Before we get to the good parts, a few disclaimers are in order. Polls are…

Don’t read this article if you don’t have a strong stomach. We apologize for the graphic detail that follows, but our job is to make sure readers like you know what is going on and what it means for your portfolio, not to sugarcoat the truth. What has happened and is happening in Israel is…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage. You can’t read a headline or turn on the news without hearing about how machines with vast computing power, access to billions of books and documents, the ability to teach themselves, and blinding processing speeds are now poised to take over the world. This article by prominent historian Niall Ferguson…

The biggest mistake any analyst or investor can make right now is to believe that the banking crisis is over. Veterans of such crises (and I include myself in that category) know that once the dominoes start falling, they keep falling until some government intervention of a particularly draconian kind is imposed. We’ve seen some…

This article is a good overview of what has been happening in the gold market lately and offers a comparison of gold and Bitcoin in terms of which is actually a better store of wealth. It makes reference to the coordinated actions of Russia and China (discussed in the article above) and puts that coordination in a…

Everyday Americans understand inflation perfectly. But the egghead economists and policymakers who govern their lives don’t. That may be because inflation is one of the biggest concerns of those who live in the real world, and it may lead to a political earthquake next November in the presidential and congressional elections. Here’s the reality, and…

I have five forecasts for 2024 to help keep you ahead of the curve in positioning your investment portfolio. My overall forecast is that 2024 will be more tumultuous and shocking than 2023. That may seem hard to credit. With two major wars going on, an indicted former president and a demented current president, how…

One would think that President Zelensky of Ukraine has stolen enough money already that he could afford a nice suit. He’s an oligarch and kleptocrat who’s only posturing as president so he can steal more billions from U.S. taxpayers. He runs around in military fatigues and a tee-shirt as part of his posture as a…

It’s interesting that everyday Americans understand inflation perfectly, but the egghead economists and policymakers don’t. That may be because inflation is one of the biggest concerns of those who live in the real world, and it may lead to a political earthquake next November in the presidential and congressional elections. Here’s the reality and here’s…