The Secret War on Cash

While there has been a host of controversies over the U.S. Labor Department's Jobs Report for decades, Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos take a closer look into the numbers, finding America's emploument situation is worse than you might think, especially concerning not only initial jobless claims, but continuing ones. Also, interestingly, a record number of CEOs quit in 2024. Dean an...

The Federal Reserve has made its mistakes over the years, but some of the most damaging were those made under hefty inflation under the Joe Biden administration in the recent past. For 2025, the Fed and ECB say they will tackle government spending over inflation,  but will they be able to help set their respective economies back on the right proverbial track? The Federal Reserve is also catching t...

Yes, we know the BRICS nations have been planning to supplant the dollar as the leading global currency, but it it really the alliance which is the biggest threat to the buck? Inflation, government spending, excessive printing of money, tariff threats and using sanctions as geo political weapons as long practiced by the United States leadership could really mean America is its own dollar's worst t...

The market numbers have been looking good for quite a long time up until the recent downturn. Still, could the high stock values and the optimum which comes with it collide with some harsh economic realities to see the bursting of what an expert calls the "Mother of All Bubbles?"   Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos break down what's happening and where we could be headed on The Secre...

There was a time when $3000 per ounce was a long-term price target for gold. Analysts have recently said it may be a reality come mid-2025. Perhaps China thins so as well if reports the CCP is buying up gold at a rate 10x more than they have been reporting. Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos look into experts' predictions for gold and the reasons it could be in for a sharp rise in val...

Critics have long panned the Biden Administration for its economic policies, but were they right? Amid the heavy inflation, energy costs and the dollar's decline we now see the huge jobs numbers the 46th president and his allies touted were completely phony. Plus, Biden wasted $267 Million on censoring information as "misinformation." Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos take a deep div...

President-Elect Donald Trump has quite an ambitious agenda and a full slate of domestic and foreign affairs issues to address when he takes office. While he plans to take on immigration, the economy, spending, international conflict and taxation, there is a Deep State doing its best to cause as many extra and more difficult problems for Trump as they can from burning money to interfering with pote...

Many Americans, several of them investors, are celebrating the upcoming change in presidential administrations, hoping for a better overall economy in 2025 and onward. Is this, however, coming from irrational exuberance considering the dollar's current weakness, continued government spending, cost of living issues, consumer debt and comapanies shutting down or downsizing? Taking an objective look...

President-Elect Donald Trump is threatening sanctions against major BRICS nations should they move forward on their de-dollarization project involving a new currency. Still, did the US devalue and weaken its dollar so much that the alliance does not see tariffs and other penalties from the US as a serious enough danger to change course? Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos take a deep d...

President-Elect Donald Trump is determined to stop the global de-dollarization movement in its proverbial tracks. Remotely, he has threatened tariffs against BRICS nations if they continue to push forth a separate currency. Russia President Vladimir Putin, however, is pushing back claiming the threats are flimsy and would be useless. Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos take a deep dive...

As the US dollar continues to lose value for a variety of reaons, twelve more nations have joined the BRICS alliance's quest to create its own currency to supplant its global position. Recent weeks have also seen the increasingly more powerful union of nations gain more influence within the G20 leadership. Why is that and what does it mean for both the dollar and the de-dollarization movement? Swi...

The Federal Reserve is set to make more cuts, central banks are buying gold and the markets are likely headed for a downturn or correction according to several analysts. Amid all of this, Goldman Sachs and UBS see a good future for gold.  Seiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos look at the economic situation and why both Goldman and UBS are encouraging many to "Go for Gold." Subscribe to o...

A recent study by JD Power revealed one in every three banking customers and 22% of credit card users have experienced fraudulent activity on or through their accounts over the past 12 months. The study also shows 46% of bank customers and 40% of credit card users indicated they have been asked to take or act on fraud prevention measures over the three months prior to when the survey was taken. Sw...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Food Price Index says global food prices went up 2 percent in October and 5.5 percent the month before. What comes next amid continued global turmoil and a leadership change in the US?  Also, many Americans have spent their pandemic savings (if they wound up with some in the first place). Are these omens for the economic climate in the c...

While the market numbers are high, how far behind the numbers is Warren Buffett looking as he has sold a ton of stock while Berkshire Hathaway sits on  on over $300 billion in cash?  Do inflated market numbers have something to do with it? Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos break itr down on the Secret War on Cash Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@swissamerica...

As the BRICS nations work to supplant the dollat's position in the global marketplace, there is another less-well-publicized group joning the de-dollarization bandwagon: the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos explore who they are and what they are doing on The Secret War on Cash Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@swissamerica?...

The World Gold Council says gold hit a record demand in the 3rd quarter of 2024, citing several economically-based reasons including inflation, devaluing of the dollar and market worries. Meantime, Goldman Sachs says there are three big reasons why gold will continue its surge. Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos delve into what's behind the recent gold demand and why the precious meta...

Warren Buffet's formula for calculating the U.S. economy's direction - The Buffett Indicator - is commonly used by forecasters as it juxtaposes the nation's GDP to growth. Where does it say we are going moving forward from here? Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos look at the equation and what it means for the US at a time where it has been reported many couples making $150,000 are liv...

The BRICS Summit is now over. As the alliance welcomed 13 new nations on a sort of an associate-member-like basis, Vladimir Putin and company issued a former challenge to the U.S. dollar, tweaked its approach to a new currency and decided to make it happen -- as the de-dollarization movement commences. Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos break down the BRICS plan and what the US needs...

The BRICS alliance met this week with its sights set on strengthening both its numbers, gold reserves and its in-progress currency development. While they made an interesting decision on the latter, of major concern could be the fact BRICS nations control 20% of the world's gold reserves. Swiss America's Dean Hesking and Chris Agalestos discuss the ramifications of the BRICS' recent change to its...

While the U.S. economy may be headed for trouble, mounting consumer debt may make things much worse. With inflation came more expensive car and home loans while more people are forced to run up their credit cards. Also, another regional bank was forced to shut down this year -- the second of 2024. How does all this bode for the market over the short and long term? Swiss America's Dean Heskin and C...

Are you one of the many Americans who try to save up their credit card rewards or flight points for something big? What might have been a good plan in the past might not have translated well over the last four years thanks to the overall high inflation of the period. According to research from an article in the Daily Hodl, rewards saved from four years ago are worth approximately 20% less now than...

The BRICS alliance is buying and collecting gold at an asrounding pace while the Western nations continue to gamble on short selling. Are the US and Old Europe making the right or wrong moves amid a looming global financial crisis? Will they wake up and return to their former golden leadership status?   In rhe meantime, North American natoins are beginning to ask to join BRICS-Plus.  Breaking all...

As gold continues to rise amid the current batch of economic uncertaintay, investors and analysts are saying silver could be bigger than it was back in 2011. Considering the market conditions are around the same, the longtime little brother of gold could be in for a big bullish reversal. Swiss America's Dean Heskin and Chris Agalestos go in-depth on silver, its current rise and its potential on th...

As we discussed in a past podcast, the U.S. dollar now has only 3% of its original spending power and counting downward. While the BRICS nations are moving forward witih their gold-backed currency, it the US government has been the true catalyst the the dollar's demise with inflationary policy, excessive government spending and the constant printing of the fiat buck.  Swiss America's Dean Heskin a...