Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for potential 'global collapse'

Related: World Oil Production Peaked in 2008Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible "global economic collapse" over the next two years, mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction. In a report entitled "Worst-case debt scenario", the bank's asset team said state rescue packages over the last year have merely transferred private liabilities onto sagging sovereign shoulders, creating a fresh set of problemsRead more

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(The Intelligence Daily) -- Despite much talk about a “jobless recovery” many signs in the US economy are pointing towards a protracted upturn and expansion, if at all. U6 unemployment is...

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(WSWS) -- The number of home loans in the US that are either in foreclosure or at least one payment past due reached one in seven last month, a record high, according to a survey released Thursday by...

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