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Albert Edwards: “At This Point You Realize Something Has Gone Very Wrong”
Albert Edwards: “At This Point You Realize Something Has Gone Very Wrong” In his latest note published last week, SocGen’s Albert Edwards – never at a loss subjects that inspire his outrage – rages on the topic of Brexit, and specifically the often repeated assertion (discussed here as well), that post-Brexit referendum UK has lost […]
Warnings of an Under Resourced IMF Point to Imminent Economic Downturn
Warnings of an Under Resourced IMF Point to Imminent Economic Downturn This week the International Monetary Fund host their annual Spring Meetings in Washington DC amidst rising uncertainty over the future relationship between Britain and the EU. Ahead of the gathering, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, Agustin Carstens, has spoken of the IMF […]
Unsolicited Advice to Fed Chair Powell
Unsolicited Advice to Fed Chair Powell American businesses over the past decade have taken a most unsettling turn. According to research from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, as of November 2018, non-financial corporate debt has grown to more than $9.1 trillion [ed note: this number refers to securitized debt and business loans, other corporate liabilities […]
The Bull(y) Rally
The Bull(y) Rally Something unnatural is going on. “A bully is always a coward.”~ Thomas Chandler Haliburton The current market rally is like a playground bully; shoving to the ground anyone in its path. But like all bullies, the braggadocio belies an underlying cowardice. Those in charge of the status quo must be absolutely terrified […]
Lacy Hunt Blasts MMT and Speaks of Hyperinflation If Implemented
Lacy Hunt Blasts MMT and Speaks of Hyperinflation If Implemented In the Hoisington First Quarter Review, Lacy Hunt blasts MMT as “self-perpetuating” inflation. Please consider the Hoisington Investment Quarterly Outlook for the first quarter of 2019. MMT Leads to Hyperinflation Under existing statutes, Fed liabilities, which they can create without limits, are not permitted to be used […]
Weekly Commentary: The Perils of Stop and Go
Weekly Commentary: The Perils of Stop and Go Please join Doug Noland and David McAlvany this coming Thursday, April 18th, at 4:00PM EST/ 2:00pm MST for the Tactical Short Q1 recap conference call, “What are Central Banks Afraid of?” Click here to register. China’s Aggregate Financing (approximately system Credit growth less government borrowings) jumped 2.860 billion […]
Imminent Recession Risk “Doubled” – 3 Signals Sounding the Alarm
Imminent Recession Risk “Doubled” – 3 Signals Sounding the Alarm It’s been more than 10 years since the last economic recession. Since the U.S. economy generally operates in cycles, it looks like the time is drawing near for another. In fact, late last year the Dow Jones took a dive, but that was likely just an appetizer […]
New money meets the cost of change: how local currencies save economies and communities, and help them flourish
New money meets the cost of change: how local currencies save economies and communities, and help them flourish In times of crisis and other upheavals, local communities have discovered that one answer to being failed by the mainstream economy is to print your own currency. Responses also range from age-old barter systems to time-banking and […]
China’s Debt Bomb Is Back: Beijing Injects Most Ever Credit For Month Of March
China’s Debt Bomb Is Back: Beijing Injects Most Ever Credit For Month Of March One month ago, we asked if that was it for China’s “Shanghai Accord 2.0”? Turns out the answer was a resounding “no.“ As we noted at the time, one month after the PBOC injected a gargantuan 4.64 trillion yuan ($685 billion) into the economy […]
What Went Wrong With Pensions — And Why The Whole World Should Be Worried
What Went Wrong With Pensions — And Why The Whole World Should Be Worried The past decade was a uniquely smooth stretch of financial highway. Pretty much every major asset class – stocks, bonds, real estate, fine art, you name it – did well, making it hard for conventional investors to lose money and easy […]
How Asset Inflation Will End–This Time
HOW ASSET INFLATION WILL END — THIS TIME Life after death for asset inflation: this is what happens when “speculative fever” remains high even after monetary inflation has paused. This may well have been the situation in global markets during 2019 so far. But history and principle suggest that life after death in this monetary […]
“Psychologically, They’re Ill-Prepared” – Canadian Chaos Looms
“Psychologically, They’re Ill-Prepared” – Canadian Chaos Looms Via Grant’s Almost Daily, I’m your huckleberry “U.S. hedge funds from time to time have appeared in this country over the last 10 years, with the same hypothesis of shorting Canadian banks, and it hasn’t worked out very well for them,” Brian Porter, CEO of the Bank of Nova […]
Golden Straws In The Wind
Golden Straws In The Wind Life in the world of gold bullion is full of mysteries. Each mystery is like a straw in the wind, which individually means little, but tempting us to speculate there’s a greater meaning behind it all. Yes, there is a far greater game in play, taking Kipling’s aphorism to a […]
Combustion
Combustion This is all going to end badly, even some ardent bulls will freely admit this, the question is the how, when and the where. Frankly it’s a tragedy that’s unfolding and discerning eyes can see it. Since the December lows markets have taken the scripted route higher salivating at the prospect of dovish central […]
