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Markets Next “Minsky Moment”
Technically Speaking: The Markets Next “Minsky Moment” In this past weekend’s newsletter, I discussed the issue of the markets next “Minsky Moment.” Today, I want to expand on that analysis to discuss how the Fed’s drive to create “stability” eventually creates “instability.” In 2007, I was at a conference where Paul McCulley, who was with PIMCO at the time, discussed the idea […]
Weekly Commentary: Dangerous Addiction
Weekly Commentary: Dangerous Addiction July 20 – Reuters (Karen Pierog): “Risk-off sentiment that drove Monday’s sell-off on Wall Street and rally in U.S. Treasuries widened credit spreads on corporate bonds to multi-month highs. The spread on the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index, a commonly used benchmark for the junk bond market, spiked from 318 […]
Governments to Control What You Are Allowed to Buy
Governments to Control What You Are Allowed to Buy People are unaware that this drive of central banks to replace paper money with cryptocurrency is far more than they will ever comprehend as an end goal. Aside from the fact that governments could then impose a negative interest rate effectively confiscating money from your account […]
Huge carbon capture pipeline network proposed: Industry’s ‘delay-and-fail strategy’ rises again
Huge carbon capture pipeline network proposed: Industry’s ‘delay-and-fail strategy’ rises again An astute journalist I know once described carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a “delay-and-fail strategy” devised by the fossil fuel industry. The industry’s ploy was utterly obvious to him: Promise to perfect and deploy CCS at some vague point in the future. By […]
Our World Is Dying Because We Don’t Value Un-Making Things
Our World Is Dying Because We Don’t Value Un-Making Things Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ I talk a lot about how we’re destroying our environment with a global system where human behavior is driven by the pursuit of profit, how the power structure which dominates that system does so by violence, exploitation, oppression, and the threat […]
Market Volatility Is Troubling, But This Is the Real Problem
Market Volatility Is Troubling, But This Is the Real Problem Photo by Rémi Boudousquié If you were awake at all this week, you caught glimpses of the stock market drama. Maybe you tuned it out? Here’s a quick recap: Monday. Huge sell-off, the worst one-day decline since October 2020. Tuesday: Big rebound recaptured 80% of Monday’s […]
The Grand Illusion
The Grand Illusion One of the things that is so pervasive in today’s society is the constant flow of hype, advertising, marketing, and propaganda, and many people fail to see through it. Steve Bull came out with this article explaining the same scenario. They are led to believe that everything is a problem and that technology or […]
“This Is The Biggest Bubble I’ve Seen In My Career” – Dems’ Infrastructure Spending Could Lead To Devastating Crash, Druck Warns
“This Is The Biggest Bubble I’ve Seen In My Career” – Dems’ Infrastructure Spending Could Lead To Devastating Crash, Druck Warns This isn’t the first time billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller has warned that US markets are caught up in a “raging mania” fostered by the trillions of dollars in government spending. Druck, an acolyte of George Soros […]
Lacy Hunt On Debt and Friedman’s Famous Quote Regarding Inflation and Money
Lacy Hunt On Debt and Friedman’s Famous Quote Regarding Inflation and Money Lacy Hunt takes on the widespread belief that sustained inflation is on the way in his latest quarterly review. Hoisington Quarterly Review and Outlook 2nd Quarter 2021 Here are some snips to the latest at Hoisington Management Quarterly Review (Emphasis Mine). Too Much Debt In highly […]
Reset Means Crash of Epic Proportions – David Stockman (Revised)
Reset Means Crash of Epic Proportions – David Stockman (Revised) Reagan White House Budget Director and best-selling author David Stockman says, “This is not the time to be invested in the markets . . . . A reset is just a pleasant name or a clinical name for a crash of epic proportions, which we […]
Grocery Prices Could Rise 10 to 14 Percent By October, Grocery Chain CEO Warns
Grocery Prices Could Rise 10 to 14 Percent By October, Grocery Chain CEO Warns This warning offers a painful reminder of how price inflation hurts everyday Americans. American families are already struggling amid mounting price inflation that’s eating away at their budgets, with higher costs for housing, vehicles, and more. Yet a top CEO is warning that […]
Defund the Canadian Military
Defund the Canadian Military Progressives should be pushing to defund or abolish the Canadian military. But, first we need to stop bolstering its capacity to kill in US and NATO lead wars. Wednesday the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace released a public letter opposing Canada’s plan “to spend tens […]
Review: Austrian Economics–An Introduction By Steven Horwitz
REVIEW: AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS – AN INTRODUCTION BY STEVEN HORWITZ June 27 saw the passing of economist Steven Horwitz at the age of 57. His loss will be felt by all who value not just human freedom and dignity, but also good economics, communicated well. Horwitz was heavily influenced by the ‘Austrian School’ of economics. What […]
Weekly Commentary: Under Fire
Weekly Commentary: Under Fire The week had an ominous feel. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped another seven bps to 1.29% – completely disregarding much stronger-than-expected reports on consumer and producer prices, along with inflation expectations. German bund yields fell another six bps to a three-month low negative 0.35%. Equities were down for the week in Europe, […]
