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This Is How It Ends: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
This Is How It Ends: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air While the Federal Reserve and the Billionaire Class push the stock market to new highs to promote a false facade of prosperity, everyday life will fall apart. How will the status quo collapse? An open conflict–a civil war, an insurrection, a coup–appeals to our […]
Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why
Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging. In a 2018 paper published after he was awarded the prize, Nordhaus claimed that 3°C of warming would reduce global […]
Have You Noticed How Push-Back Against Powell-Fed’s Actions Is Getting Louder in the Mainstream Media, from NPR to CNBC?
Have You Noticed How Push-Back Against Powell-Fed’s Actions Is Getting Louder in the Mainstream Media, from NPR to CNBC? Still a lot of fawning coverage, but big dissenters are now given prominent spots, and loaded questions are used to politely hammer Powell into telling obvious nonsense. This is an interesting turn of events, in a […]
“It’s Happening Again” – Traders Store Oil At Sea As Recovery Falters
“It’s Happening Again” – Traders Store Oil At Sea As Recovery Falters Crude prices slid Thursday as the stalled global economic recovery from the virus pandemic triggers a “second wave” of demand fears and sparks renewed interest in floating storage as the oil market flips bearish. Reuters said a “fresh build-up of global oil supplies, pushing traders including Trafigura […]
“Prolonged Period of Risk to Institutional and Retail Investors of Further – Possibly Significant – Market Corrections”
“Prolonged Period of Risk to Institutional and Retail Investors of Further – Possibly Significant – Market Corrections” European Market Regulator flags big issues, including the “decoupling of financial market performance and underlying economic activity.” The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned of a “prolonged period of risk to institutional and retail investors of further […]
Weekly Commentary: Summer of 2020
Weekly Commentary: Summer of 2020 QE fundamentally changed finance. What commenced at the Federal Reserve with a post-mortgage finance Bubble, $1 TN Treasury buying operation morphed into open-ended purchases of Treasuries, MBS, corporate bonds and even corporate ETFs holding high-yield “junk” bonds. Markets assume it’s only a matter of time before the Federal Reserve adds […]
Book Review: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy
BOOK REVIEW: THE DEFICIT MYTH: MODERN MONETARY THEORY AND THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE’S ECONOMY In January, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic outlook for 2020 to 2030. It is horrific reading. Federal budget deficits are projected to rise from $1.0 trillion this year to $1.3 trillion over the next 10 […]
Belarusian President Claims IMF & World Bank Offered him a Bribe to Impose COVID Restrictions
Belarusian President Claims IMF & World Bank Offered him a Bribe to Impose COVID Restrictions Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said last month via Belarusian Telegraph Agency, BelTA., that World Bank and IMF offered him a bribe of $940 million USD in the form of “Covid Relief Aid.” In exchange for $940 million USD, the World […]
France Again Being Forced To Stimulate Is Bad News
France Again Being Forced To Stimulate Is Bad News France Holds Title Of World’s Most Visited Nation On Thursday the French government rolled out a new stimulus plan The fact France is again forced to stimulate its economy should be viewed as bad news. The move reflects the reality that all is not well and […]
An Unlikely Sector Leads the Way in Surge of Corporate Leveraged Loan Defaults
An Unlikely Sector Leads the Way in Surge of Corporate Leveraged Loan Defaults From Birch Gold Group The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent Fed monetary policy continue to reveal themselves. The latest “reveal” that’s taking center stage is risky corporate leveraged loans, with defaults soaring to their highest levels since 2010 by issuer count, and since 2015 by rate. […]
The Economy Continues To Unravel Despite All Stimulus Measures
The Economy Continues To Unravel Despite All Stimulus Measures Since the pandemic lockdowns were first implemented in the US I have been more concerned with the government and central bank response than the virus itself. As I have noted in past articles, the pandemic restrictions and subsequent economic and social crisis events they help to create […]
China’s Rapidly Expanding Credit Affects Global Markets
China’s Rapidly Expanding Credit Affects Global Markets We again are seeing how rapidly expanding credit in China is spilling over into the global market. In reaction to its economy being slammed by covid-19, China like many countries has unleashed several massive stimulus programs to start things moving. Unfortunately for the Chinese people, they have also […]
Market Update: The Fed’s Big Lie
Market Update: The Fed’s Big Lie Ignore Powell’s happy talk. The Fed is desperate and merely playing for time. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced on Thursday that the Fed will now shift its focus from hitting inflation targets and instead […]
North Dakota blues: The legacy of fracking
North Dakota blues: The legacy of fracking When oil drillers descended on North Dakota en masse a decade ago, state officials and residents generally welcomed them with open arms. A new form of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for short, would allow an estimated 3 to 4 billion barrels of so-called shale oil to be extracted […]
