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U.S. Stocks Just Had Their Best Day Ever – And Here Is Why That Is A REALLY Bad Sign…
U.S. Stocks Just Had Their Best Day Ever – And Here Is Why That Is A REALLY Bad Sign… The Dow Jones Industrial Average just posted its biggest single day point gain ever. On Wednesday, the Dow shot up 1,086 points, which shattered the old record by a staggering 150 points. It truly was a […]
The Federal Reserve Is A Suicide Bomber With A Deeper Agenda
The Federal Reserve Is A Suicide Bomber With A Deeper Agenda Central bankers are sociopathic in nature and sociopathic people tend to behave like robots. When one understands the motivations of central bankers, or at the very least what their goals are, their actions become rather predictable. The question is, what truly motivates these people? […]
Russian Central Bank buying Gold on the International market?
Russian Central Bank buying Gold on the International market? For a number of years now and even more so during 2018, the central bank of the Russian Federation, the Bank of Russia, has remained in the spotlight as one of the world’s largest gold buyers, each month adding substantial amounts of gold to its monetary […]
German Hyperinflation & the Dawes Plan
German Hyperinflation & the Dawes Plan The German Hyperinflation was by NO MEANS about inflation created by an increase in the money supply under the Quantity Theory of Money (QTM). Today, Angela Merkel has forcefully imposed Austerity upon the whole of Europe because she really does not understand what even caused the hyperinflation. It was […]
Japan Gives Up On Inflation, Now Wants Deflation (Sort Of) to Offset Tax Hikes
Japan Gives Up On Inflation, Now Wants Deflation (Sort Of) to Offset Tax Hikes Today seems straight from the Twilight Zone: First the PPT and now Abenomics in full reverse. Please consider Japan Finally Concedes Its Crazy Low Prices Can’t Be Beat. Japan has virtually given up on reaching 2% inflation after nearly six years […]
2018 Year in Review: Part 2
2018 Year in Review: Part 2 And then things got even weirder… If you’ve not yet read Part 1, click here to do so. The whole enchilada can be downloaded as a single PDF hereor viewed in parts via the hot-linked contents as follows: Contents Part 2 Human Achievement Nature Middle East Syria Nerve Gas […]
Mnuchin’s Bizarre Statement Rattles Markets
Mnuchin’s Bizarre Statement Rattles Markets If he thought it would inspire confidence in the markets, his bizarre announcement did just the opposite. Over the weekend, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin issued a statement saying that he “conducted a series of calls today with the CEOS of the nations six largest banks,” which included Bank of […]
The Biggest Emerging Market Debt Problem Is in America
Getty Images The Biggest Emerging Market Debt Problem Is in America A decade after the subprime bubble burst, a new one seems to be taking its place in the market for corporate collateralized loan obligations. A world economy geared toward increasing the supply of financial assets has hooked market participants and policymakers alike into a […]
Nikkei Tumbles, Sliding Into Bear Market
Nikkei Tumbles, Sliding Into Bear Market A few hours after the S&P tumbled over 2.7%, sliding into a bear market for the first time in a decade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 – which had been sliding gradually for the past week – dropped sharply by over 3.2% at the open… … becoming the latest index to […]
Seeds of Market Collapse in the Federal Reserve’s “Autopilot” Balance Sheet Normalization
Seeds of Market Collapse in the Federal Reserve’s “Autopilot” Balance Sheet Normalization A lot of talk last week centered around the potential for the Federal Reserve to revise their planned “normalization” of holdings on their balance sheet. In particular in the post FOMC press conference, Powell said, “I think that the runoff of the balance sheet […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Has Scheduled An Emergency Call With The President’s Working Group On Financial Markets On Christmas Eve
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Has Scheduled An Emergency Call With The President’s Working Group On Financial Markets On Christmas Eve If the financial markets are going to be just fine, then why did Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin make emergency calls to the CEOs of the six biggest banks in America on Sunday? And if we […]
Outlaw Government Pensions? The Hunt for Endless Taxes
Outlaw Government Pensions? The Hunt for Endless Taxes The commentary that has appeared in Forbes calls for the only solution is to outlaw pensions. This is actually what will happen. Because there is no resolution, the government pensions will demand to raise taxes and then there is never any reform in government so the end […]
Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, Not Even Stocks
Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, Not Even Stocks But a whole generation of investors has never been through a Nasdaq-bubble unwind, and they’re shocked. I just dug out my “Dow 20,000” hat, but I might not need it for a while because nothing goes to hell in a straight line. And I […]
2018 Year in Review
2018 Year in Review The year everything changed Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no exception. As with past years, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It’s quite longer than our usual […]
