Everything I Warned You About Just Happened... All in One Week

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Why is my money losing value? Five global financial crisis warning signs landed in a single week, and Felix Prehn connects them into one story most news outlets won't.

Japan's 10-year bond yield hit nearly 3%, the highest since 1996, and the 30-year crossed 4%
The yen fell to 163 per dollar, the weakest level in 40 years
The US and Japan spent roughly $85 billion in two days to stop Japan's bond market from collapsing
South Korea's stock market dropped 10% in one session, the worst single day in its history
The exchange triggered a circuit breaker and froze all trading
SK Hynix and Samsung, the two biggest chip makers on Earth, fell 9% and 6% in one day
Concentration in AI and chip stocks plus borrowed money caused a chain reaction of margin calls
The Federal Reserve's balance sheet started growing again at roughly $40 billion a month
The Fed labels the money printing "reserve management purchases" instead of quantitative easing
US long-term interest rates kept climbing even after a weak jobs report
The bond market is signaling it no longer trusts the US government's ability to manage its debt
US government debt is approaching $40 trillion with interest payments near $1.4 trillion a year
Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett titled his note "Strife Begins at 40" and advised long gold, anything but bonds, anything but the dollar
VP JD Vance called the dollar losing reserve currency status a "resource curse" on camera
Gold pulled back about 20% from its all-time high earlier in 2026 and is quietly building back up
Legendary investor Jim Rogers said he sold nearly everything except gold, silver, and a few Uzbekistan shares
All five events point to the same pattern: the money printing effect on savings is already here, not coming