“This is the end of Western civilization.” ~ Lewis Douglas (U.S. Budget Director), remark to James P. Warburg after President Roosevelt announced that the U.S. was going off the gold standard, April 18, 1933 Lewis Douglas was wrong, of course. The end of Western civilization had already come 60 years earlier, when the United States…
Debt Is Credit Debt and credit refer to the same thing. Debt views it from the borrower’s standpoint, credit from the lender’s standpoint. Banks loan borrowers nothing but their credit, so the borrower’s debt to the bank is only bank credit. Money Money is the most marketable commodity in the market and has no buy/sell…
Pose this question to a federal government or Federal Reserve official, and he will run you around the bush for months, mumbling blather like, “The value of the dollar depends on the productive capacity of the U.S. Economy” or “Dollar currency is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.” They…
By Franklin SandersJuly 27, 2022 “Money has a history which is fifty centuries old, and filled with an experience too valuable and too dearly bought to be ignored or thrown away.” ~ Alexander del Mar “Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against…
Endnotes 1. U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. I, p. 246. 2. U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. X, p. 160, as amended by the Act of February 12, 1873, Statutes at Large, Vol. XVII, p. 424. 3. U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. V., p. 136. 4. U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. V., p. 136. 5. U.S….
1st Quarter 2022 Wrap Up:Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs):Investment Craze or Deep State Laundry? By Carolyn A. Betts, Esq. and Catherine Austin Fitts “There are no markets anymore, just interventions.”~ Chris Powell I. INTRODUCTION (JQ: Intro from Carolyn’s 20220706.odt) Financial fraud became a very big business in America during the 1980s. It started with real…
Bizarro world was created to control you and waste your time. Take a pass. Your mind and your time are precious. Invest in them well. “In popular culture, “Bizarro World” has come to mean a situation or setting which is weirdly inverted or opposite to expectations.” ~ Wikipedia We are experiencing explosive growth in Bizarro…
According to the Continental Stock Transfer and Trust web page: “As the industry-leading SPAC administrator since 2003, Continental has handled over 95% of the SPACs brought to market over the past 19 years. Likewise, we have handled 60% of the U. S. IPOs over the past three years. This is a testament to our proprietary…
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SPAC Track materials: www.spactrack.ioSPAC Insider materials: www.spacinsider.comSPAC Analytics materials: www.spacanalytics.comMorningstar: www.morningstar.com SEC and Regulatory Authority Rules, Releases and Statements SEC Safe Harbor Rule for Forward-looking Statements: 15 U.S. Code § 78u–5 “Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements” https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/78u-5 Corporation Finance Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 11: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (December 22, 2020) https://www.sec.gov/corpfin/disclosure-special-purpose-acquisition-companies “Investing…
On March 30, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new regulations governing SPACs with a 30-day comment period. Final regulations are not expected until at least the fourth quarter, 2022. Additional disclosure by both blank check company and target on sponsor compensation, conflicts of interest, and the potential for dilution of share value…
The New York Fed is a private bank owned by its members which serves as the depository for the U.S. government and as agent managing the Exchange Stabilization Fund. For exhaustive detail on money missing from U.S. government accounts for which the New York Fed and its members serve as bank depository and provide numerous…
Adding the Fed balance sheet… Going Direct Reset Timeline: 2016 2016 (November) The World Economic forum publishes a tweet with a video to the effect of “It’s 2030, you have no assets and you are happy” The video went viral in November 2020. 2018 2018 (October 4) Several months after beginning the promised FY 2018…
SPAC IPOTraditional IPOStructure:Allows for varied return and risk profiles and timelines for investing; SPAC can offer risk-free return with upside.Not true of traditional IPOFlexibility:Initial plan…
Illustration source: “Domestic SPAC mergers – financial reporting and accounting considerations – SPAC overview and lifecycle,” PWCViewpoint, (updated Mar…
A “SPAC” is special purpose acquisition company, the term used for a specially-structured type of US initial public offering (IPO) of securities in which a sponsoring group sells shares of a shell or “blank check” company (i.e., a newly-formed company with no business plan or operations) to the public with the stated purpose of entering…
SPAC Data Totals: Source: SPAC Analytics Withdrawn SPAC Totals: Source: SPAC Insider Return to SPAC Charts
Total SPAC Proceeds by Year: Total SPAC IPOs by Year: Source: SPAC Analytics Supporting Data: Click here.
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SPACs issued in US, March 2016 to May 2022 (Scroll down for horizontal scroll bar at bottom) Sources: Morningstar Spactrak.io SPAC Insider SPAC Analytics Use Scroll Bar to see all of the columns. Preliminary – Subject to Change: Data is from multiple sources and has not been conformed.
DeSPAC Target Industries, as of May 2022 Selected DeSPAC Data For SPACs issued in US, March 2016 to May 2022 (Scroll down for scroll horizontal bar at bottom) Percent of SPAC Shares Redeemed DeSPACs Sources: Morningstar Spactrak.io SPAC Insider SPAC Analytics Scroll right to go through each page. Preliminary – Subject to Change: Data is…
Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) Investors Disclosed from January 2021 to Date Preliminary & Subject to Change – PIPE investor data is not conformed to other sources. It is available only on an aggregate basis for each PIPE, so it is impossible to determine how much of the PIPE for a given SPAC is…
Top Auditors for SPACs issued in US, 2019 to Date (Scroll down to tab through pages) FY 2022 YTD: FY 2021: FY 2020: FY 2019: Source: SPAC Insider
SPACs issued in US, 2020 to Date (Scroll down to tab through pages) FY 2022 April : FY 2021: FY 2020: Source: SPAC Insider
“Tell me about God. I’ve almost forgotten.” ~ Four-year-old boy addressing his newborn baby brother (from Metanoia interview with Reverend John Gregory Toews) By Catherine Austin Fitts The campaign to ensure that each of us resonates in a trance with our smartphone and the local Wi-Fi—instead of with the divine intelligence as it weaves throughout…
“I think people forget that it doesn’t take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.” ~ Hannah Teter Take Action Crowdfund The Take Action Crowdfund was launched in May 2020 to encourage our subscribers and audience to directly support lobbying, litigation, and legislative efforts to prevent encroachment on our financial…
By Catherine Austin Fitts When the 21st century began, I knew little about silver and gold. I remember one colleague explaining that the gold market was highly manipulated. I started to watch the gold prices and called him a month or so later, saying, “You know, I know nothing about gold, but I know markets….
I. Home II. Gold & Silver: Defending Family Wealth and Sovereignty for 5,000 Years III. Food for the Soul IV. News Trends & Stories V. Financial Market Round Up VI. Closing & Credits
S&P 500 (SCHX) U.S. Small Caps (SCHA), U.S. Mid Caps (SCHM), U.S. Large Caps (SCHX) U.S. Aerospace & Defense (ITA) Consumer Discretionary (XLY) Consumer Staples (XLP) Industrial Select (XLI) U.S. Financials ETF (IYF) S&P Regional Banking (KRE) Health Care (XLV) U.S. Pharmaceuticals Biotech (IBB) U.S. Home Construction (ITB) U.S. Real Estate (IYR) International Developed (EFA)…
Crude Oil (OILNF) Gold (GLD), Silver (SLV) Mining (GDX), Junior Mining (GDXJ) Commodities Index (CRB) Baltic Dry Index
U.S. Dollar Index Fixed Income U.S. Bond Aggregate (AGG), High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) 5-7yr. Treasury ETF (IEF), 20 yr. + Treasury ETF (TLT)
By Catherine Austin Fitts My “go to” website for technical analysis of precious metals, the US dollar & the US stock market is Rambus Chartology, where Rambus (that’s his handle – he’s the founding technical analyst) leads a discussion with extensive charts of what the markets are saying. In January 2016, Rambus launched his quarterly Solari…
Before the conference Catherine Austin Fitts shares… “They will fail”…”my plan? My plan is to build a human civilization…” Geopolitics Food & Health Economics & Financial Markets Science & Technology Space Culture Bizarro World Inspiration and Take Action Unanswered Questions
Cash Friday User Friendly Memes Cash Every Day (Cash Friday Explained) Inspiring Actions Day after Kentucky Derby: Eric Reed on Rich Strike’s 80-1 shocker (Parts 1 and 2) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – We Are Not Alone (La Panthère des Neiges) — Enjoy the music from The Velvet Queen! Let’s Go to the Movies:…
THE WORLD AT WAR: LIBERTY VS TYRANNY Front #11: Investment, Pension & Sovereign Wealth Funds In the current two-tiered market, those at the top—who can engineer disaster capitalism and operate outside the law—are becoming richer than ever. That upper tier shows no signs of “collapse.” In this environment, it is valid to ask whether a…
THE WORLD AT WAR: Liberty vs. Tyranny “The earth is not dying—it is being killed. And those who are killing it have names and addresses.” ~ Utah Phillips Front #1: Spiritual – The War on God In the war on God, the first step is to recognize evil for what it is. Then, we can…
CULTURE I. The War on God A. Food for the Soul B. A Commitment to Transparency/Increase in Propaganda and Suppression of Intelligence C. The Commitment to a Human Culture II. Mind Control and Sovereignty A. The Weaponization of Q, Jan 6, Domestic Terrorism, Mental Health, Divide & Conquer Tactics and Trigger Words B. Growing Appreciation…
ECONOMY & FINANCIAL MARKETS I. The Going Direct Global Reset A. Central Banks Extend the Dollar System; Build the New System Bank for International Settlements (BIS) & Global Innovation Hubs Fed and Dollar; Partnership with BIS; Boston Fed Partnership with MIT on central bank digital currency (CBDC) ECB and Euro Other Central Banks and Global…
The Comet of 1680 over Rotterdam. Lieve Verschuier (1680). Rotterdam Historic Museum. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain “As above, so below.” ~ Hermes Trismegistus (6th century AD) By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout A sudden appearance in the night sky of an exotic shape of a ball and a shiny tail would be hard…
Gideon. Sketch for a fresco. Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1796). Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Photo: Wikimediart.org By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout There is a longstanding intellectual debate about whether an individual can change history. Attila the Hun, Alexander the Great, and Adolf Hitler come to mind in support of this argument, with countless…
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout “For we fight not for glory, nor riches, nor honors, but for freedom alone, which no good man gives up except with his life.” ~ Declaration of Arbroath, 1320. National Museum of Scotland. We are used to seeing ideologically engaged works in modern art museums. Twenty-first-century artists often…
“I think people forget that it doesn’t take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.” ~ Hannah Teter We believe in doing what we can to support those around us who make a difference in this world or can do with a helping hand. We are here today because others…
I. Home Table of Contents Introduction Donations Year To Date II. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) SPACs What is a SPAC? SPAC Charts SPAC Table DeSPACs Who’s Who in SPACs? III. Food for the Soul Painting Together IV. News Trends & Stories Part I: Trends We Track Part II: Trends We Track Part I: Liberty…
Films and Television Series: SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964) A political action movie from the veteran of this genre, director John Frankenheimer. Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster star in a fictional but plausible thriller about a political struggle between a democratic president and his hard-right opponents. When a weak U.S. president signs a nuclear peace…
DISCUSSION OUTLINE Introduction 2021: Charts Rambus Chartology 2022 – Scenarios Risk Risk Strategy vs Investment Strategy Risk Management Living Capital: You are the Asset This and That: Insurance Policies Experts Purchase Revenues/Income Savings/Estate Planning What I Do Summary of Asset Classes Closing Thoughts LINKS A Clear Mind & A Good Map Coming Clean Mind Control…
Overview: We’ve made an update as of Jan 18th 2022. Note the additions of Oakland Ca, Minneapolis and St. Paul MN, as well as Boston and […]
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi By Catherine Austin Fitts When I think of the 3rd Quarter of 2021, I think of those moments in […]
New Media: Asha Logos LS Sharyl Attkisson The Autism Trust and Polly’s Place BestEvidence (at Bitchute) Blue Tiger (de Blauwe Tiger) Cafe Weltschmerz Charles Hugh Smith: Of Two Minds The Defender, News and Views Children’s Health Defense CJ Hopkins’ Official Website and Consent Factory, Inc. The Conservative Treehouse Asha Logos LS Sharyl Attkisson The Autism…
If You Only Watch One Video this Year, Watch Dr. Mike Yeadon Take Action Economics & Financial Markets Culture Geopolitics Food & Health Science & Technology Space Unanswered Questions
Sovereignty—A Primer on How to Lose Your Country “Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. Bankers own the earth; take it away from them but leave them with the power to create credit; and, with a flick of a pen, they will create enough money to buy it back again…. If you…
Wu Youru. Regaining the Provincial Capital of Ruizhou (1886). Private collection. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The conventional wisdom that “law” and “justice” are not the same thing can be illustrated by works of art from any historical period. The painting above represents a battle between the Chinese Imperial army…
“You are stronger than you think you are.” ~ Wim Hof By Catherine Austin Fitts We are delighted to announce an extraordinary man as our hero for an extraordinary year: Wim Hof. Throughout 2021, Wim Hof has taught us how to get our power back—our original power and physical strength that have eroded over the last…
The Resistance Banker is a 2018 award-winning Dutch movie, set in the Netherlands during World War II. It is based on the true story of banker Walraven van Hall, who created and managed to fund the Dutch resistance during the war. It was the most-watched Dutch film of 2018. The Dutch are known for their financial…
When filmmaker James Patrick came to Stavoren to interview Catherine in 2020, she and the Solari team had no idea what the film would be. The rest is history. Patrick began publishing interviews as his research and filming progressed. In the process, he discovered the story was far older and deeper than expected. So he…
2020-12-21 Joyeux Noël 2020-12-14 Miracle on 34th Street 2020-12-07 A Christmas Carol 2020-11-30 The Man Who Invented Christmas 2020-11-23 Waking Ned Devine 2020-11-16 HOLD-UP 2020-11-09 Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2020-11-02 In Honor of Sir Thomas Sean Connery – The Name of the Rose 2020-10-26 The Real Dirt on Farmer John 2020-10-19 Unstoppable 2020-10-12 My Octopus…
Note: Event dates are subject to change due to pandemic cancelations HOLIDAYS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS (global events marked in red) KEY FINANCIAL EVENTS Note: World Economic Forum for 2022 in Davos was canceled; it may get rescheduled to early summer 10K’s FILING CALENDAR Large Accelerated Filers: 10-K: Due Monday, January 31, 2022 for Fiscal Year Ended…
“I know a man who thinks he’s poor,But he is rich indeed,He has a chair, a friend who’s sure,And three good books to read!’ ~ Annette Wynne These are the books that repeatedly come up as recommendations in conversations with our subscribers as they ask for good sources on important topics. Contribute your suggestions at…
The “Shortage” Situation[Low Mortality – High Inflation/Shortages] Let’s face it—it is a lot easier to deal with cutting back and going without when your friends and family are not getting sick and dying. Monetary inflation from the Going Direct Reset means more price inflation. Central control and the effort to control the food supply means…
The “Death & Debt” Dire Straits[High Mortality – High Inflation/Shortages] Unfortunately, this scenario is the most likely candidate. In this scenario, many areas will struggle with high rates of disease and death. To the extent that the U.S. dollar remains strong, many emerging market countries will feel the pain of having to choose between making…
The “In Recovery” Race[Low Mortality – Low Inflation/Shortages] Given how the year has started off, we give this scenario a low probability. Price inflation is too high and much more likely to get higher than to go down. As more and more people refuse the injections and become much more discerning regarding central authority, we…
The “In Probate” Process[High Mortality – Low Inflation/Shortages] In this scenario, many areas will struggle with high rates of disease and death. This puts an enormous strain on family time and finances, not to mention the personal grief and stress. Because inflation and shortages remain manageable, families and businesses have the ability to cope—but the…
“There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.” ~ Booker T. Washington By Catherine Austin Fitts The 1st Quarter of 2021 began with fireworks at midnight over the lake at Interlaken in the Swiss Alps’ Jungfrau, where I spent the holiday with Thomas Meyer and…
“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is: a) whatever the IRS says, b) a smart lawyer c) ten years in prison d) all of the above?” ~ Tax lawyer Avery Tolar (character played […]
James Tissot. Ball on Shipboard (1874). Tate Britain. Photo: Wikimedia Commons “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” ~ St. Augustine By Nina Heyn – Your Culture […]
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