Posts by James G. Rickards

We keep learning more about how the 2020 election really was rigged despite the histrionics from the New York Times and others about “election deniers” and “conspiracy theorists.” The evidence of election rigging is now overwhelming. This does not mean the voting machines were rigged (although they were in Arizona where the scanners were set for one-sized…

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…

The dollar has been extremely strong over the past two years. This persistent dollar strength has been a mystery to many. After all, the dollar’s problems are well known. The ratio of government debt to GDP for the United States is at a record high approaching 130% (a prudent level is considered 30%, and anything…

Another bank bites the dust! Citizens Bank was a small bank in Iowa with about $66 million in assets. Its loan portfolio consisted largely of commercial and industrial loans. Well, this past Friday the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that Citizens Bank had failed due to significant hidden loan losses totaling about $15 million.…

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK, Jr.) is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, who was the U.S. Senator from New York and a candidate for president of the U.S. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated while running for president in 1968. RFK, Jr. is also the nephew of John F. Kennedy who was president when he was…

Most Americans have some historical knowledge of the horrors of the Holocaust from 1942-1945. That was when Germany built scores of concentration camps and a dozen or so death camps where Jews and others were rounded up and forced into gas chambers where they were murdered. From there, the bodies were cremated, and the ashes…

The scientific evidence that the Green New Scam is a scam is now overwhelming. It started as a trickle a few years ago. Any scientist who questioned the green scam consensus was in danger of losing research grants, being denied tenure, or not being published in leading scientific journals. Now the worm has turned. It’s…

After the House of Representatives coup that pushed out Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the Republican caucus spent three weeks in near turmoil finding a new speaker. A moderate group of Republicans promoted Steve Scalise who was seasoned, well-liked, and a disabled survivor of an attempted massacre of Republicans by an anti-Trump Democrat in 2017. But conservatives…

Accusations of receiving bribes from foreign governments by the Biden crime family have been swirling around for the past several years. The bribes go back to the time when Biden was Vice President under Barack Obama, continued during Biden’s time out of office, and now impact his time as president. There are currently several House…

This past Tuesday, I offered the following forecast of what would happen at the FOMC meeting this week: On Wednesday, the Fed will leave its target rate for fed funds unchanged. That decision will keep the federal funds target at 5.50% as set at the July 26, 2023, meeting. Over the course of [13] FOMC…