Did you ever wonder how entrepreneurs got started? Did great entrepreneurs like Walt Disney, R H Macy, and Mark Cuban take special risks and fail before success? People who create businesses create change—and in the process make life easier, richer and better for millions. If you examine the stories of great entrepreneurs, some themes recur. All of the founders had vision and earned capital at crucial points. But the thread that stands out is the ability to absorb failure and turn it into success.

The Street finally found out it was wrong, imagine that? They woke up last week to the reality that the Fed is finished raising rates and meaning the Dollar is going to drop. The stock market is in a bear trend and the Street is translating the stock market's behavior into Fed action. The Dollar has broken the trend line. Gold has rallied this week past its 200 moving average. How long will this move continue, look for a correction once it hits $1150. Then it will back down to the moving average and then it's on to $1184. And silver won't be far behind.

Mr. Moneyball Economics Andrew Zatlin spoke with us today. While he believes that the stock market advance is over for 2016, he doesn't a major down trend in the general economy. While other countries are certainly having their problems, in the US the service sector is still doing fairly well. Also, while new claims for unemployment are up, they're not out of control at the present time. While he doesn't see gold taking more big hits, he's not bullish about it either. Perhaps it will remain in a holding pattern.

Wayne Allyn Root was expecting a Trump loss in Iowa. Wayne recounts a story about his career as a professional public speaker. He brought down the house in every state he appeared in except one, Iowa. When he got back the audience evaluation forms, the reason was quite a shocker, seems the Iowans don't like fast-talking New Yorkers! Ring a bell? Wayne still believes that Trump will prevail, but New Hampshire is now a must win.

Has crude oil bottomed? According to Mickey, it might very well have done so. Now above $30 a barrel, crude could be going higher, especially in light of the potential war brewing between the Sunni's and the Shiite's. The US is still pumping near record amounts of oil. At present the world consumes about 95mm barrels per day. However production is about 2mm barrels above that. It's really not that much of a surplus and if the world economy ever starts growing again, the surplus would quickly disappear. But until it picks up, oil will continue in the doldrums.

John Rubino visited us today. Japan finally went negative, cutting their interest rates below zero. They followed the example of the European Central Bank and no doubt the rest of the world will follow their example. Will it really solve the problem, John thinks not. The world is still taking on record amounts of public and private debt with no end in site. We've still got a major debt problem and nothing will change until that's solved.

Noted CPA and attorney reminds us yet again that it's IRS Scam time. We're not talking about what the IRS is doing but rather scammers pretending to be from the government and either demanding money from you or demanding data that they can use to steal your identity. The first rule to understand is that the IRS will never call you first, asking for money. Their primary collection tool is the US Mail. If someone calls you asking for money, hang up. That will eliminate many potential scams and keep you safe.

A Minnesota high school basketball team is being kicked out of the league because they're too good. The loser teams' parents were upset over this state of affairs and threatened to boycott future games if the winners weren't ejected. Welcome to modern America today. What will it mean for the future, when you can't strive for excellence because it might make someone else feel badly.

Martin Armstrong was back with us today. He says that the politicians are the problem. They will never admit a mistake. Why are they defending the Euro. That's why we're having so many outsider politicians getting elected around the globe. And it also explains the rise of Trump. The establishment is fighting this trend but they can't do anything about it. As Einstein said, "You can't solve a problem by using the same thinking that brought it on." Martin says that the computer model is still foreseeing a large rise in the stock market as funds flow in from the distressed public debt. And now if you owe $50,000 or more in taxes, the IRS can revoke your passport.

Wipeout Wednesdays with Andrew Hoffman:

 Fed meeting today, with entire global economy collapsing - What can they possibly say

 Is this "the Big One?"  And if not, can TPTB possibly kick the can much longer?

 Miles Franklin Q&A meeting in Denver/Boulder Thursday night - Huge turnout, shows just how rapidly interest in Precious Metals - and fear of what's occuring - is growing

               

Miles Franklin "2016 Silver Outlook Webinar today (Wednesday), with David Morgan, Chris Marchese, and Andy Schectman

                 

COMEX nearly out of gold - 73% of registered inventory taken out yesterday!

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