Money Watch

Singularity Hub | The S&P 500 is near record highs, having finally regained all it lost in the 2008 financial crisis.

Zero Hedge | A few hours ago, Greek lawmakers approved a reform law to unlock about €8.8 billion of rescue loans from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

CNBC | Peter Schiff on CNBC Asia.

The Rolling Stone | The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There’s no price the big banks can’t fix.

The Fiscal Times | Many projects are simply not sustainable, he said – and continuing to spend money on them results not just in a wasted fortune, but very real risks to nearly 70,000 American soldiers who are still there.

Zero Hedge | There was a time when people were concerned about this unsustainable trajectory, but then there was an infamous excel error, and now nobody cares anymore.

Economic Collapse | All over the United States we are witnessing unprecedented shortages of ammunition, physical gold and physical silver.

Washington’s Blog | As we’ve predicted for 5 years, central banks have been buying stocks in order to goose the economy.

Zero Hedge | Everyone has seen what a run on the bank looks like. Here is perhaps the best chart of what a “run on the vault” is.

Business Insider | After getting routed early last week, gold has definitely found its footing again.

Natural News | The same corporation that received tens of billions of taxpayer dollars back in 2008 as part of the massive corporate bailout swindle is now reaping hundreds of millions of dollars every year from the federal food stamp program.

Washington’s Blog | Obama’s Failure to Prosecute Wall Street Fraud Or Torture Harms Our Country … And Violates the Law.

Fox Business News | Former Texas Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul joins Neil Cavuto to discuss the nation’s runaway debt, Washington’s inability to cut spending, and the Boston terrorist attack.

Boston Herald | Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned.

Zero Hedge | “You will not see economic growth until you liquidate the debt and liquidate the malinvestment out there.”

Prison Planet.com | During The Boston Bombing Massacre, President Obama signed a law that gutted the reporting requirements originally included in the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act.

Business Insider | The recent drop in gold has created a huge surge in Asian gold demand.

Weekly Standard | The White House today endorsed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would be a tax hike for purchases made over the Internet. The White House claims the tax would “level playing field for local retailers.”

Zero Hedge | Europe? You can get it: just bow down to Merkel.

Zero Hedge | The state of Arizona may become the second state to use gold and silver coins as legal tender.

Zero Hedge | Switzerland is to hold a referendum that would ban the central bank from selling its gold reserves.

Zero Hedge | Obama is set to announce the sale of $10 billion worth of weapons to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Big Data Download | The economic impact of the Boston Marathon bomb suspect manhunt could run into the billions of dollars, according to one expert.

Economic Collapse | The crash of the price of paper gold on Monday has unleashed an unprecedented global frenzy to buy physical gold and silver.

Natural News | Concern about impending ‘collapse of the dollar’.

Zero Hedge | A whopping 2 tons, of gold were reported sold on April 17th alone.

Mac Slavo | Were one restricted to watching just the paper market spots prices for precious metals, one might assume that there is major panic selling of gold and silver around the world.

Economic Collapse | Is the United States about to experience another major economic downturn?

Zero Hedge | The buying frenzy in India has been unleashed.

New American | In the wake of gold prices cratering in recent days, more than a few prominent experts have already started pinning the blame on Western central banks — especially the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB).

Economic Collapse | Somebody out there is sure getting prepared for something really big.

Economic Times | Once as wealth accumulated by families to tide over rough times, gold has been reduced to a commodity trading.

Business Insider | Just a few days ago, Bitcoin was over $260.

Brandon Smith | Judge Andrew Napolitano discusses the complete subversion of our natural and constitutional right to privacy.

Washington’s Blog | Gold Crashes Most in 30 Years … What Does It Really Mean?

The Daily Sheeple | Watch as one of the most respected contrarian resource analysts, Marin Katusa of Casey Research, discusses gold as sound money.

Bloomberg | A two-year slump, 19 million unemployed and five countries on emergency aid are no reason to take bold, immediate action to spur economic growth, according to European officials.

Natural News | Connecticut’s assault on the Second Amendment has the entire firearms industry packing its bags.

Infowars.com | Confiscatory taxation is routinely at a lower rate for faithful servants of the global elite.

Business Insider | In this week’s print edition, Barron’s Randall Forsythe updates his readers on the story of Bitcoin, the virtual currency that saw its value balloon and burst in a matter of days.

Economic Collapse | The stock market is not crashing yet, but there are lots of other market crashes happening in the financial world right now.

Business Insider | Everyone’s talking about today’s plummeting gold prices.

Mike Adams | The bitcoin selloff that began less than 24 hours after I predicted a “disastrous bitcoin crash” has now plummeted nearly 75% from Wednesday’s bitcoin high of $266, wiping out over $1.5 billion in valuation for the crypto currency.

Zero Hedge | In other words, central banks are independent, except for when the ECB tells them to sell gold.

New American | President Obama’s recently released fiscal 2014 budget proposal would continue near-record level deficits despite tax hikes.

Zero Hedge | “The crisis isn’t over yet,” warns Carmen Reinhart, “not in the US and not in Europe.”

Mac Slavo | Americans are scared.

Mike Adams | It is now abundantly obvious that bitcoin has become an insidious “trap” that’s taking money from suckers who are deluded into believing the “bitcoin cult.”

Zero Hedge | Youth unemployment once again hit a record high 59.3% in January.

Zero Hedge | As Reuters reports, European Union ministers will consider a proposal this week to impose losses on short-term interbank deposits of lenders.