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Peter Schiff: Stock Up Now! Inflation Could Get Very Ugly
Peter Schiff: Stock Up Now! Inflation Could Get Very Ugly The price of pretty much everything is rising precipitously. The CPI for September came in above expectations with a month-on-month increase of 0.4%. Peter Schiff appeared on Unfiltered with Dan Bongino to talk about inflation in Joe Biden’s America. Peter said you should stock up now because […]
Neil Howe On The Fourth Turning: How Bad Will It Get, How Long Will It Last & What Comes Next? (PT1)
Neil Howe On The Fourth Turning: How Bad Will It Get, How Long Will It Last & What Comes Next? (PT1) They say history rhymes. That civilizations and societies tend to follow cycles — boom/bust, feast/famine, war/peace, cultural experimentation/a retrenchment to the “old ways”. Neil Howe, the author of the best-selling book The Fourth Turning, […]
Reporter’s call for Trudeau to grow the economy ignores threat to humanity’s very survival
Reporter’s call for Trudeau to grow the economy ignores threat to humanity’s very survival Read my critical letter in reply to reporter John Ivison, of the National Post, who wrote the article. — My letter to John Ivison Dear John Ivison, Your article “How Trudeau wasted a chance to spark Canadian economic growth during the pandemic” […]
Stagflation is Here
Stagflation is Here QUESTION: When do we talk about stagflation? F ANSWER: We are already experiencing it. Normally, the standard definition of “stagflation” has been explained as slow economic growth with relatively high unemployment/or economic stagnation that takes place with rising prices. Some have also defined it as a period of inflation combined with a […]
Viewing Inflation Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Viewing Inflation Through Rose-Colored Glasses Once “we get the pandemic under control, the global economy comes back, these pressures will mitigate and I believe will go back to normal levels,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated, echoing “transitory” sentiments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell believes supply chain bottlenecks are the main culprit for inflation. Well, […]
The Future of the World Economy is Perma-Crisis
The Future of the World Economy is Perma-Crisis These Aren’t Shortages — They’re the Beginning of the Longest, Hardest Economic Collapse in History Image Credit: 7News Screenshot Sshh, don’t tell anyone. In my other life, I’m a musician. I’m lucky enough to be working with a vocalist who many of you’ve probably heard of. Her […]
Not Getting Better: Relentless Retail Inventory Squeeze amid Shortages & Supply Chain Chaos
Not Getting Better: Relentless Retail Inventory Squeeze amid Shortages & Supply Chain Chaos Holiday selling season is going to be a mess: Look not for what you want but for what the store has. The holiday selling season is approaching, and a whole litany of weird shortages is ricocheting through the economy. Stuff suddenly gets […]
We’re Living in a Chaos Economy. Here’s How to End It.
We’re Living in a Chaos Economy. Here’s How to End It. The Federal Reserve has been increasing the money supply at an explosive rate. The federal budget, deficits, and the trade deficit are record levels. Governments, both foreign and domestic, have locked down people, restricting production and consumption. How should this be viewed by an […]
After Rapid-Fire “Blame Putin” Headlines, European Commission Quietly Affirms Russia Is Not Manipulating Gas Market
After Rapid-Fire “Blame Putin” Headlines, European Commission Quietly Affirms Russia Is Not Manipulating Gas Market Putin earlier this week batted down as “utter nonsense” widespread accusations among Western media pundits that Europe’s energy crisis is due to the Kremlin using gas as a ‘geopolitical weapon’. It now appears the European Commission is quietly agreeing with him. This as […]
Three bizarre reasons why inflation is here to stay
Three bizarre reasons why inflation is here to stay When I was about five years old in the early 1980s, my dad brought home our first computer. I’ll never forget it– it was an clunky IBM with a tiny, orange, monochromatic monitor, and dual floppy disks. It had 640 kilobytes of RAM, and no hard […]
Banks Disclose Tidbits of Hidden Stock Market Leverage of “Securities-Based Lending,” as Known Stock Market Leverage Surges
Banks Disclose Tidbits of Hidden Stock Market Leverage of “Securities-Based Lending,” as Known Stock Market Leverage Surges No one knows total stock market leverage, but it’s huge and ballooning, as we see from the tidbits we’re allowed to see. No one knows how much total leverage there is in the stock market. Only fragments are […]
Are We Really Crazy Enough to Believe This Is Going to Work?
Are We Really Crazy Enough to Believe This Is Going to Work? Unbeknownst to the giddy participants, they’re not just betting on the omnipotence of the Fed Politburo, they’re also making a max-leverage bet that “the madness of crowds” will never end. Imagine an economy so dominated by its central bank that all markets hang […]
Europe’s gas price surge is about to hit you in the belly
Europe’s gas price surge is about to hit you in the belly Soaring fertilizer prices are set to push up the price of food. With the price of fertilizer increasing, food prices will follow | Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Voiced by Amazon Polly LUXEMBOURG — It’s not just your heating bill that risks going up thanks […]
Lies, Lies & More Lies from the Financial Press
Lies, Lies & More Lies from the Financial Press COMMENT: Marty; the Fed quietly published the banks it was funding in the Repo Crisis. I just wanted to say, you are always right. The press claimed it was tax time, but you said it was the crisis in European banks. Your sources are always spot on. […]
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is a Warning Sign for America
A tanker is stocked with fuel as workers walk past at the Hamble oil refinery near Southampton, southern England, on Oct. 4, 2021. (Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images) Europe’s Energy Crisis Is a Warning Sign for America An energy crisis is rocking the world, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1970s. Although headlines about […]
