[CAF Note: We originally published this article in January 2013. I wrote it over the Christmas holidays in 2012 because it was obvious that, despite […]

Table of Contents I. Introduction     A. Why Does Classification Matter to the Average Investor?     A.1. Private Entity Reporting Exemptions     A.2. Government Accounting Exemptions     A.3. Government […]

By Catherine Austin Fitts Carolyn A. Betts, Esq. ~ February 18, 2019 ~ “There can be no time, no state of things, in which Credit […]

Should We Care about Secrecy in Financial Reporting? Dr. Mark Skidmore* Catherine Austin Fitts** Published February 8, 2019 *Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics/Department […]

Here is a chronological list of all the movies and documentaries we’ve reviewed on the Solari Report: 2018-12-13 Live Foods For Winning Energy Without Drugs […]

Depending upon what news sources you read, you may have the impression that the vast majority of the official U.S. government debt is held by […]

Table of Contents I. Introduction II. What Is SEC Rule 10b-5? III. The Elements of a Rule 10b-5 Claim a. Is the Government a “Person” […]

“Why is no one doing anything?” ~ What you say if you want Catherine Austin Fitts to rhetorically chop your head off Please meet the […]

“Tell me a story. In this century and moment of madness, tell me a story.” ~ Robert Penn Warren By Catherine Austin Fitts [TO COME] […]

The ten largest government contractors in 2017 were issued $50.7 billion in contract awards. These ten contractors had a combined 356 instances of misconduct since […]

By Carolyn Betts, Esq and Catherine Austin Fitts [To Come]

“Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.” -James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United […]

Table of Contents I. Introduction II. History of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) III. FASAB and Standard 56 A. What Does Standard 56 […]

The $52.6 billion “black budget” for fiscal 2013, obtained by The Washington Post from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, maps a bureaucratic and operational landscape […]

“About 34 percent of the federal government’s reported total assets as of September 30, 2016, and approximately 18 percent of the federal government’s reported net […]

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts […]

“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and […]

Click to play “Perhaps the hardest thing to imagine about the secret life of the cryptocracy is that it isn’t a subculture at all: it’s […]

“Tempus Fugit (Time flies)” ~ Virgil Missing Money Chronology

Scenario #2: Candle in the Dark [Human-Non-Transparent] – Weighting = 25%—This is the world where we are free to be our human self, but we […]

Scenario #1: Whew! [Human-Transparent] – Weighting = 5%—This is the wonderful day we wake up and we are back in a world where people regularly […]

By Catherine Austin Fitts My “go to” website for technical analysis of precious metals, the US dollar & the US stock market is Rambus Chartology, […]

The following table shows the top 15 broker-dealers based on their assets under management in 2018. These are the firms that play an important role […]

The following table shows the primary dealers of U.S. government securities. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, “Primary dealers are trading counterparties […]

The following table shows the top contractors to the United States Government as published by the U.S. General Services Administration. Dollar amounts are in USD […]

“You do not actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer or $30,000 on a toilet seat, Mr. President?” ~ Independence Day scene at Area […]

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life […]

We are dividing into multiple worlds—not just those marked by separate languages and cultures, but by different visions of what a human being is. Are […]

“Let me tell you my story once again of the devil and the farmer. The devil goes to a Midwestern farmer and he says, “OK, […]

“Professional investors are wrestling with four big concerns, what I call the Four Horsemen of the Investing Apocalypse: The Fed keeps on raising interest rates […]

“Caveat emptor (/ˈɛmptɔːr/; from caveat, “may he beware”, a subjunctive form of cavēre, “to beware” + ēmptor, “buyer”) is Latin for “Let the buyer beware”. […]

“We have to pierce the tunnels of loneliness with the conviction that there are other people, and one has to trust that one is led […]

“There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.” ~Ronald Reagan Category […]

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” ~Malala Yousafzai These are the books that repeatedly come […]

“We do [these] things not because they are easy, but because they are hard” ~John F. Kennedy, Rice University, Sept. 12, 1962 By Catherine Austin […]

“Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.” ~Tennessee Williams TAKE ACTION Story #21: Agrihoods Take […]

“Giving back to the communities and institutions that helped us achieve success is a value we share and a privilege we embrace.” ~Dinesh Paliwal We […]

“Don’t follow trends, start trends.” ~Frank Capra Every day, we post links to stories in our News Trends & Stories section. Analyzing this flow provides […]

I. Home Table of Contents Introduction Best Books for 2019 Donations II. The Real Game Of Missing Money The 2018 Wrap Up Caveat Emptor: Why […]

UP 844 Highball @ 75mph: Pulling the 2010 Lionel Collectors Club northbound to Cheyenne July 26, 2010 SteamUP | 12 November 2010 2014: The origins […]

“I’m always interested in finding the new trend. If you love pizza every day, after 22 years of eating pizza, you want to try sushi.” […]

Prof. Olle Johansson on WiFi: “Irreversible sterility within five generations” SSITAorgUK | 10 May 2013 Phil Robertson: This is the reason his show was canceled […]

CULTURE “The number one challenge of robotics is: How do you create legal and financial and accounting systems to manage it? You are talking about […]

Photo: Aftermath of California Fires Excerpt: “Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law” by Catherine Austin Fitts, August 2001 CAF Note: I wrote […]

“Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.” ~Edward Tiller Part I includes our stories for our first two categories: economy & financial markets and geopolitics. ECONOMY […]