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Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 11th 2020 – Bond Triggers Tumble
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 11th 2020 – Bond Triggers Tumble “When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious…. “ After last night’s Boris announcement on not reopening the economy, it clearly doesn’t need any further explanation.. (US Readers – complex sarcasm alert.) Over the course of the lockdown, I’ve been […]
U.S. Depression? The V-Shaped Recovery Fades Away
U.S. Depression? The V-Shaped Recovery Fades Away The recent jobless claims figures show how difficult it will be for the U.S. recovery to be as quick and strong as initially expected. 7.7 million jobs were lost in Hospitality and Leisure in April, 2.5 million in Education and Health, with 2 million in Retail and another 2 million […]
Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street’s Losses, Where is the Outrage?
Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street’s Losses, Where is the Outrage? Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Beginning on March 24 of this year, Larry Kudlow, the White House Economic Advisor, began to roll out the most deviously designed bailout of Wall Street in the history of America. After the Federal […]
The People are Rising Up – Journalists & Politicians Beware
The People are Rising Up – Journalists & Politicians Beware A former respected journalist has come out quite angry and has called for the people to overthrow the Merkel government. He states he is willing to go to prison but begs everyone for the sake of the country and their families to reject Merkel and […]
Underneath the Surface Trouble Is Brewing Once Again
Underneath the Surface Trouble Is Brewing Once Again Larry McDonald, publisher of the investment research service The Bear Traps Report, warns that this crisis is far from over. He spots growing tensions in the credit markets and thinks that large public borrowers like Italy and New York State are in need of massive bailouts. Stocks […]
We Are Witnessing Economic Carnage Like We Have Never Seen Before, And The Economy Is Going To Continue To Bleed Jobs
We Are Witnessing Economic Carnage Like We Have Never Seen Before, And The Economy Is Going To Continue To Bleed Jobs Now we are up to 33.5 million jobs lost. In just 7 weeks, the U.S. economy has been completely turned upside down, and the numbers are unlike anything that we have ever seen before. […]
It’s Only Paper
IT’S ONLY PAPER The response to the virus has added a new mechanism of capital consumption to the many we have documented over the years. Businesses are shut down, yet they continue to incur expenses. There is a popular misconception out there that this is merely a paper loss. One can almost picture a neutron bomb that somehow […]
Permaculture and Money – Part 3
Permaculture and Money – Part 3 The Practice of Being Open In part 1(1) of this series, we explored the relationship between money, psychology and violence, while in part 2(2) we looked at some ways in which the stories we tell as a culture to do with money could be seen as encouraging destructive patterns of behaviour. Looby […]
Eurozone Breakup Risk at New High
Eurozone Breakup Risk at New High The German Constitutional Court made an unexpected and significant ruling last week against the ECB and Quantitative Easing. QE Deemed Illegal In the midst of a pandemic and an important presidential election, it is very easy to miss globally significant events. Here is one that is way under the radar: […]
Oil Producers May Ditch Old FPSO Offshore Projects In This Downturn
Oil Producers May Ditch Old FPSO Offshore Projects In This Downturn The swift oil price crash caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will reduce the combined free cash flow of FPSO fields, which have produced above three quarters of their original resources at just $2.20 per barrel this year. This is a jaw-dropping decline from 2019’s […]
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q1 2020
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q1 2020 How are consumers positioned going into the crisis? Most of the first quarter was still the Good Times, but in later February and early March it hit the fan, as markets were crashing. In mid-March lockdowns started to roll across the country, and the layoffs by […]
Straight Talk
Straight Talk We live through very unique times, not only because of the shock of the coronavirus that recently hit the world unexpectedly, but also because of large complex structural issues that have been building for decades. A popular mantra says the stock market is not the economy and the economy is not the stock […]
Someday They Are Going To Write Books About This!
Someday They Are Going To Write Books About This! What is occurring today is absolutely mind-boggling. Someday they are going to write books about this! While there have been some messed up financial conundrums over the years none rival the current situation now before us. The dilemma before us is a fast-moving enigma wrapped in a gossamer […]
Top Primary Silver Miner Cost Of Production Now Breaking Even
Top Primary Silver Miner Cost Of Production Now Breaking Even One of the top primary silver mining company’s is now breaking even producing silver. Pan American Silver just released its Q1 2020 Report surprising analysts by posting a net loss of $77 million. However, if we go by the company’s “Adjusted Earnings,” Pan American Silver […]
