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Rabobank: “We’re Toast”
Rabobank: “We’re Toast” I have made this reference before, but looking at euphoric markets I am again reminded of comedian Caroline Aherne as fake TV chat-show host Mrs Merton asking glamorous blonde Debbie McGee of her very short, plain, hair-piece wearing husband: “So what attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?” Indeed, “So what attracted you to […]
“It’s Nuts” – The Fed Has Created A “Monstrous Beast Of Over-Inflated Valuation”
“It’s Nuts” – The Fed Has Created A “Monstrous Beast Of Over-Inflated Valuation” “Own risk assets…everywhere… everywhere” says Embark Group’s CIO Peter Toogood, exclaiming that “this is nothing to do with fundamentals anymore, fill your boots, why not?” After The Fed entirely flip-flopped from last year, the clearly frustrated manager notes the facts behind the so-called market, “flooding […]
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Not Done Cutting Until It Gets to Zero
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Not Done Cutting Until It Gets to Zero Peter Schiff recently appeared on Kitco news with Daniela Cambone to talk politics, the economy and the Fed. He said that no matter what Jerome Powell is saying, the Fed central bank isn’t finished with rate cuts. Lisa started out the interview […]
OK Boomer, OK Fed
OK Boomer, OK Fed Eventually the younger generations will connect all the economic injustices implicit in ‘OK Boomer’ with the Fed. Much of the cluelessness and economic inequality behind the OK Boomer meme is the result of Federal Reserve policies that have favored those who already own the assets (Boomers) that the Fed has relentlessly pumped higher, to […]
Trump Urges Fed To Cut Rates, Launch QE To Counter “Strong” Dollar
Trump Urges Fed To Cut Rates, Launch QE To Counter “Strong” Dollar President Trump took to Twitter this morning to admonish Fed Chair Powell (something he hasn’t done for a little while). Trump said “Would be sooo great if the Fed would further lower interest rates and quantitative ease.” Why? The economy is doing great right? […]
Peter Schiff: Jerome Powell Is Resurrecting the Inflation Monster Paul Volcker Slayed
Peter Schiff: Jerome Powell Is Resurrecting the Inflation Monster Paul Volcker Slayed Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker passed away last week. Volker was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, but served most of his term under President Ronald Reagan. Volker was best-known for fighting inflation with interest rate hikes. At the peak, Volker pushed rates […]
George Selgin on Frozen Money Markets & Competing With the Fed in Payments
George Selgin on Frozen Money Markets & Competing With the Fed in Payments New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a timely conversation with Dr. George Selgin, senior fellow and director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and Professor Emeritus of Economics at […]
Fed’s Emergency Repo Operation Oversubscribed As Repo Rates Spike To December High
Fed’s Emergency Repo Operation Oversubscribed As Repo Rates Spike To December High Ahead of today’s massive liquidity drain, which according to some calculations will be as much as $100 billion between $54BN in coupon settlements from last week’s Treasury auctions and an additional $50 billion or so in corporate income tax payments to the Treasury… … which […]
A “Market” That Needs $1 Trillion in Panic-Money-Printing by the Fed to Stave Off Implosion Is Not a Market
A “Market” That Needs $1 Trillion in Panic-Money-Printing by the Fed to Stave Off Implosion Is Not a Market It was all fun and games enriching the super-wealthy but now the karmic cost of the Fed’s manipulation and propaganda is about to come due. A “market” that needs $1 trillion in panic-money-printing by the Fed […]
The State of the Canadian Debt Slaves, How They Compare to American Debt Slaves, and the Bank of Canada’s Response
The State of the Canadian Debt Slaves, How They Compare to American Debt Slaves, and the Bank of Canada’s Response “The high household debt load is the most important risk facing the financial system”: Bank of Canada Governor Poloz, another central banker that bemoans the effects of this handiwork. Canadian households, rated near the top […]
Hyperinflation, Money Demand, and the Crack-up Boom
Hyperinflation, Money Demand, and the Crack-up Boom In the early 1920s, Ludwig von Mises became a witness to hyperinflation in Austria and Germany — monetary developments that caused irreparable and (in the German case) cataclysmic damage to civilization. Mises’s policy advice was instrumental in helping to stop hyperinflation in Austria in 1922. In his Memoirs, however, […]
A History of Inflationary Money: From 1844 to Nixon
A History of Inflationary Money: From 1844 to Nixon So that we can understand the financial and banking challenges ahead of us, this article provides an historical and technical background. But we must first get an important definition right, and that is the cause of the periodic cycle of boom and bust. The cycle of […]
Quantum leap for banks as ABN AMRO questions gold price discovery
Quantum leap for banks as ABN AMRO questions gold price discovery Earlier this week, an interesting article appeared on the website of the major Dutch bank ABN Amro, written by the bank’s currency and precious metals strategist, Georgette Boele. The article, titled “A world with two gold prices?”, questions how, if gold is a safe haven […]
Really Bad Ideas, Part 8: Yield Curve Control And Mega-Stimulus
Really Bad Ideas, Part 8: Yield Curve Control And Mega-Stimulus It’s been obvious for a while that the next phase of global monetary madness would be both spectacular and very different from the previous phase. The question was whether the difference would be in degree or kind. Now the answer is looking like “both.” Let’s […]
Bubbles Are Brutal
Bubbles Are Brutal Nothing makes sense in their late stages Asset bubbles are brutal. The most difficult time to remain centered and focused is during their last stages as everyone around you is going nuts. Logic has been tossed out the window, sentiment is manic, and every narrative – the stories we hear and use […]
