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Greyerz – China Just Took Delivery Of A Massive Amount Of Gold From London & New York
Greyerz – China Just Took Delivery Of A Massive Amount Of Gold From London & New York Egon von Greyerz met with a large group of individuals from China that manage money for the elite in China. They went to Switzerland to meet with Egon and this is a small portion of what they discussed: […]
The Consequences of System Failure
The Consequences of System Failure In short, every major political institution has been increasingly discredited as Brazil has spiraled deeper and deeper into a dark void. And from the abyss emerged a former army captain and six-term congressman from Rio de Janeiro, Jair Bolsonaro, with the slogan “Brazil above everything, God above everyone,” and promises to fix […]
China’s Economic Slump Accelerated In October, Early Indicators Show
China’s Economic Slump Accelerated In October, Early Indicators Show As corporate defaults surge, forcing a desperate PBOC to reverse its deleveraging efforts and threaten more interventions to stave off a more serious retrenchment in growth in the world’s second largest economy, it seems like not a day goes by without another warning sign that China’s […]
Volcker Rebukes Bernanke and Yellen
Volcker Rebukes Bernanke and Yellen In his new book, “Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government,” by Paul Volcker (1979-1987) with Christine Harper, the former Fed Chairman delivers a sound rebuke to Chairmen Ben Bernanke (2006-2014) and Janet Yellen (2014-2018), and other Fed governors and economists, for fretting overmuch about deflation. He […]
Disaster Awaits: National Debt Will Be 6 Times The Size Of The Economy
Disaster Awaits: National Debt Will Be 6 Times The Size Of The Economy Even without changes to the current spending policy, the government’s spending is on an unsustainable path. By the time a child born in 2018 reaches retirement age, the United States national debt will be six times the size of the economy according to […]
Trump Is Right, the Fed Is Crazy
Trump Is Right, the Fed Is Crazy President Trump recently called the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes crazy. Leaving aside President Trump’s specific complaint, which is likely motivated by the belief that low rates will help him win reelection, he is right that “crazy” is a good way to describe the Federal Reserve. When not […]
Our Bonus Decade
Our Bonus Decade “The sense of security more frequently springs from habit than from conviction, and for this reason it often subsists after such a change in the conditions as might have been expected to suggest alarm. The lapse of time during which a given event has not happened, is, in this logic of habit, […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 29 Oct 2018
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 29 Oct 2018 “We are not now that strength which in old days, moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;” I’m up in Edinburgh for a few days, so Porridge might be a bit sporadic this week. Will try to keep it updated. UK will be distracted by […]
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing Will we someday look back on October 2018 as the turning point? As the month began, people were generally feeling pretty good about things, and the U.S. stock market quickly set a new all-time high. But from that point on, the wheels fell off for Wall Street. We just witnessed […]
Europe & Risk of Revolution
Europe & Risk of Revolution QUESTION: Thank you, Mr Armstrong, for your lifetime work. mindblowing as always. I picture Europe now as Greece during the Roman Republic (before its conquest). isolated, corrupted to the core. And the US as the new Roman Republic. Will it become an empire after 2032? Marius was the man of the […]
Why I think the Ugly October in Stocks Is Just a Preamble
Why I think the Ugly October in Stocks Is Just a Preamble Yet, the crybabies on Wall Street are already clamoring for the “Powell put.” Let me just say right up front: The stock market did not “collapse.” It has experienced a sell-off that made some people’s ears ring, as sell-offs normally do, and October […]
The Wolf Street Report
THE WOLF STREET REPORT When will the Fed buckle? In this podcast, I ask: Where are interest rates headed, when will the Fed buckle, and who are the new winners and losers? (10 minutes) “Everyone is worried where things are headed.” Read… Fed’s Medicine “Gradually” Pricking the Commercial Real Estate Bubble?
Paul Volcker’s Fed Criticism Hints at Potential Recession
Paul Volcker’s Fed Criticism Hints at Potential Recession From Birch Gold Group In the 1980’s, amidst out-of-control inflation, former Fed chairman Paul Volcker employed a controversial economic strategy of high interest rates to combat the issue. In that case, the economic band-aid, dubbed “The Volcker Rule”, worked. Volcker is 91 now, and as reported in […]
Russell Napier – The Solid Ground Fortnightly – The Asian Arms Race and the ‘Weaponization of Finance’ – Hard to Mistake, Harder To Take
Russell Napier – The Solid Ground Fortnightly – The Asian Arms Race and the ‘Weaponization of Finance’ – Hard to Mistake, Harder To Take An important update on market by Russell Napier ( I have highlighted some read portion) There are those in financial markets who believe that Mike Pence’ s bellicose speech at The […]
Why Oil Prices Could Still Go Lower
Why Oil Prices Could Still Go Lower Crude markets had a panic attack in August and September that sent prices soaring. Sanity is now returning. Prices have fallen but are likely to move even lower over the next few months. The panic attack was caused largely by Trump’s August 7 announcement that sanctions would be […]
