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Three Examples Of How Chaos Theory Affects Financial Markets
Three Examples Of How Chaos Theory Affects Financial Markets Chaos Theory – the idea that a butterfly in Thailand could cause a US hurricane – can actually create positive outcomes as well as mayhem. Consider that European banks, German long-term bunds and the offshore yuan are essentially the butterflies making for pleasant investment conditions just […]
What Heavy Trucks Are Saying
What Heavy Trucks Are Saying “I do believe that in North America it is a cyclical downturn”: Cummins COO. Orders for heavy trucks, after the historic boom in 2018, plunged this year, but they may have finally bottomed out. In October 2019, truck makers in the US received about 22,072 orders for Class-8 trucks, according […]
Is the Global Dollar in Jeopardy?
Is the Global Dollar in Jeopardy? The US Federal Reserve is right to be concerned, if not worried, about the greenback’s dominance of international trade and finance. Fortunately for consumers, growing potential competitive pressure – call it the Libra effect – creates an incentive to make the existing system work better. WASHINGTON, DC – Since […]
Living Under the Spectre of Hyperinflation: 1923 Weimar and Today
Living Under the Spectre of Hyperinflation: 1923 Weimar and Today While world’s attention is absorbed by tectonic shifts unfolding across the Middle East, and as many Americans are brainwashed to believe the 2020 elections are driven by the need to impeach President Trump, something very ominous has appeared “off of the radar” of most onlookers. […]
The school of economics as a suicide academy?
The school of economics as a suicide academy? “Anyone who thinks that economic growth can continue for ever on a finite planet is either a madman or an economist.” Kenneth Boulding The Limits to Growth Study of 1972 In 1972 economists became embroiled in a controversy with a group of systems scientists from the Massachusetts Institute […]
Will MMT Trigger the Collapse of “Money”?
Will MMT Trigger the Collapse of “Money”? If the supply of money in an economy is $1 billion, each unit of currency buys X (the purchasing power of each unit of currency). If the money supply is doubled without any expansion in the consumers’ pool of goods and services, the purchasing power of each unit […]
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken I say these things because: Money is free for those who are creditworthy because the investors who are giving it to them are willing to get back less than they give. More specifically investors lending to those who are creditworthy will accept very low or negative […]
Our Currency, Your Problem
Our Currency, Your Problem “Major movers” such as China, Russia and the European Union have a strong “motivation to de-dollarize,” said Korin, co-director at the energy and security think tank, on Wednesday. “We don’t know what’s going to come next, but what we do know is that the current situation is unsustainable.” – Anne Korin, Institute for the Analysis […]
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market? Whose Bets are Getting Bailed Out by the Fed’s Repos & Treasury Bill Purchases?
November 4th, 2019… Back in the Real World…
November 4th, 2019… Back in the Real World… Trawling through the market headlines this morning, I’m struck by the number of comments about how much better the investment environment looks. There is less likelihood of a global recession, corporate earnings aren’t as bad as expected, and jobs are growing. I am unconvinced. I see worrying […]
Global Economy Paralyzed In Low-Growth Trap As QE Can’t Ward Off Next Crisis
Global Economy Paralyzed In Low-Growth Trap As QE Can’t Ward Off Next Crisis The global economy is paralyzed, now stuck in a low-growth trap where conventional monetary policy by global central banks is less effective than ever before. The world is on the brink of a global trade recession, week by week, economic data from Asia, Europe, […]
The Federal Reserve is a Barbarous Relic
The Federal Reserve is a Barbarous Relic The Sky is Falling The man from the good place. “As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today, Oh how I wish he’d go away!” [PT] Ptolemy I Soter, in his history of the wars of Alexander the Great, […]
The End Of Money
The End Of Money Prepare for the coming wealth transfer Today we live in a bifurcated economy: it is boom times for some and bust times for others. Your personal situation depends largely on how close you fall on the socioeconomic spectrum to the protected elite class, towards which the central banks are directing their […]
