Retirement Age Vs. Death

The longer you work, the faster you die. 

Mike Maloney: Death of the Dollar

Mike has a little update on his presentation on the death of the dollar. (1 June 2014: Vancouver)

BNP Paribas Banker Murdered

Another tragic event took place this weekend. Benoit Phillipens, bank manager of BNP Paribas' agency at Ans/Saint-Nicolas, Belgium, was killed along with his wife and god-child. The shocking thing is that this happened in the country where I live in. Belgians usually don't attract problems.

This is the 18th banker death. It looks to me that being in the finance industry isn't a very safe job at this moment. This indicates to me there is definitively stress in the financial system.

• CEO Daniel Eicher, 53 — suicide, left two notes — week of 6/10/2013
• CEO Carsten Schloter, 49 — suicide, found hanging — 7/23/13
• Intern Moritz Erhardt, 21 — seizure due to exhaustion — week of 8/12/2013
• CFO Pierre Wauthier, 53 — suicide, found hanging, left two notes — 8/26/2013
• Hedge fund exec Robert Wilson, 87 — suicide, jumped from 16th floor — 12/23/2013
• Wallstreet Reporter David Bird, 55 – missing/disappeared – 1/11/2014
• Swiss Re AG director Tim Dickenson, 39 — cause not released — week of 1/19/2014
• Executive William Broeksmit, 58 — apparent suicide, found hanging— 1/26/14
• Banker Gabriel Magee, 39 — jumped or fell from building — 1/28/14
• Chief economist Mike Dueker, 50 — found dead next to Bridge — week of 1/26/2014
• Executive Ryan Crane, 37 — no cause given — 2/3/14
• CEO Richard Talley, 57 — suicide by nail gun,7 or 8 self-inflicted wounds — 2/7/14
• Banker Dennis Li Junjie 33 — jumped from from a buidling— 2/18/14
• CEO Autumn Radtke, 28, — was found dead in her Singapore apartment— 2/28/2014
• Banker Kenneth Bellando, 28 — found dead outside his apartment . — 3/12/2014
• CEO Jan Peter Schmittmann, one of the 3 dead found in a home — 4/5/2014 
• Banker Juergen Frick, 48, CEO of Bank Frick & Co. AG, killed in underground garage - 4/7/2014
• Bank Manager BNP Paribas Benoit Phillipens, 37, killed along with wife and god-child  — 4/18/2014