US Government debt has surpassed the $33 trillion dollar mark. Add to that the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare, and you get an unfathomable $200 trillion dollar plus problem. Once again, on this week’s Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio program, your host, Dennis Tubbergen, is joined by Jeremy Bolker for a “special edition” focused…
Read MoreHistorically, the life span of a world reserve currency is about 80-100 years. So, it’s no surprise that the BRICS countries, who now represent over 40% of the world population and oil production, would be working together to replace the US Dollar with a new trade currency, likely one backed by commodities including gold. As…
Read MoreAll the leading indicators, and all other indicators that have heretofore marked the onset of economic recession, suggest that 2024 could be a rough year. Our guest on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio this week, John Rubino, talks with your host, Dennis Tubbergen, about his thoughts on the likelihood of a recession. Mr. Rubino points to…
Read MoreDennis Tubbergen is joined on today’s Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio program by Jeremy Bolker. Jeremy interviews Dennis and gets his thoughts on the economy, student loan debt, and the potential for a deflationary environment ahead. While the program format typically features Dennis interviewing various experts on fiscal policy and the economy, you’ll want to be…
Read MoreThe housing market is locked up. People who have 3% mortgages cannot move except under extreme duress because a new mortgage is 7%. And the price of the average house has doubled. As a result, the payment’s gone up by 40%. People don’t have that. They just don’t have the money. Returning to the Retirement…
Read MoreThe US economy appears to be driven by two forces; the Federal Reserve, which is raising interest rates in an attempt to get inflation back to its 2 percent target, and the investors who have thus far been able to maintain the status quo on employment and the stock market. On this week’s Retirement Lifestyle…
Read MoreThe Central Bank has allowed you to hallucinate and make investment-grade decisions on a micro and a macro level based on a false assumption. And when they decided to unwind that process in March of last year and start raising rates from next to zero up to over five percent now, suddenly, people are facing…
Read MoreThe BRICS countries have convened a summit set to begin next month on August 22, at which it’s anticipated that they will announce a new gold-backed trade settlement currency. A very popular guest, Mr. Alasdair McLeod, joins your host Dennis Tubbergen on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio this week to explain just what a new gold-backed…
Read MoreWe’ve got very elevated bullish sentiment in the markets at the moment. According to the Association of Individual Investors, bullish sentiment is the highest it’s been since the top roughly 27 months ago, and so people think that the bull market is back. Our guest this week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio, Mr. Murray Gunn,…
Read MoreThe Constitution provides for three branches of government, but now we’ve got this fourth branch which contains a permanent class of bureaucrats that nobody elected. It is a big threat to our freedom. The week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio, your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with Jeffrey Tucker about his recent article titled “Twenty Grim…
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