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Why is it So Hard for the West to See Everything is Connected?
Why is it So Hard for the West to See Everything is Connected? QUESTION: Marty, you have written many times how everything is connected and how in Asian culture that is the foundation of all understanding. Why is it so hard in the West to comprehend this fundamental concept? All the best GD ANSWER: I think it […]
The US-China “Currency War”: Winners and Losers
The US-China “Currency War”: Winners and Losers American politicians aren’t congratulating the Communist Party in Beijing for its success in following the capitalist proverb “enrich yourself,” but screaming foul play: China falsifies the exchange rate of the yuan so that it can make more money off the USA than vice versa. The accusation, made by […]
China Black Swans Not So Rare Anymore as PBOC Shocks Markets
China Black Swans Not So Rare Anymore as PBOC Shocks Markets Investors should prepare for more surprises out of China after the yuan’s devaluation became the country’s latest unexpected policy move to roil global markets. That’s the advice from Fraser Howie, co-author of “Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China’s Extraordinary Rise.” He says […]
Exposing the false prophets of social transformation
Exposing the false prophets of social transformation A growing group of elite storytellers present radical solutions to global problems, but their ideas actually inhibit real change and strengthen the status quo. John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market. Credit: http://www.sustainablebrands.com. All rights reserved. The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was a shock for many people. For a […]
An economic earthquake is rumbling
An economic earthquake is rumbling While the people sleep, an economic earthquake rumbles underneath. The day that they begin to feel the quake draws near. History will record that in this decade more people will lose more money (forget about the trillions of dollars already lost) than at any time in our history, including during […]
QE is “Not on the Table,” says Joe Oliver
QE is “Not on the Table,” says Joe Oliver In a world where central banks are given free rein over the supply of money and credit, and where any examination of these secretive institutions is considered interference with their “independence,” Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s comments about QE have not gone unnoticed. The other week Oliver […]
The Canaries Continue To Drop Like Flies
The Canaries Continue To Drop Like Flies One would think as “canary” after “canary” falls silent either sickened with laryngitis, or worse – completely comatose. Those on Wall Street as well as the financial media itself would not only have seen, but heard, many of the warning calls that have been obvious for quite some time. […]
Who Runs the Fed?
Who Runs the Fed? Ben Bernanke, 2011. (Shirley Li/Medill DC via Flickr) The 2008 financial crisis challenged many orthodox assumptions in finance and economics, including the proper role and accountability of central banks. The U.S. Federal Reserve, commonly known as the Fed, is the world’s most powerful central bank. One major source of Federal Reserve […]
Gold Prices Disprove Krugman
Gold Prices Disprove Krugman Recently Krugman wrote an op ed ridiculing Ron Paul titled, “The Old Man and the CPI.”(In case you don’t get the reference, he’s alluding to Hemingway.) Ron Paul has responded in this video, but I want to focus on Krugman’s complains about gold bugs: Ron Paul has been making the same prediction year after year — […]
Cash-Strapped Saudi Arabia Hopes To Continue War Against Shale With Fed’s Blessing
Cash-Strapped Saudi Arabia Hopes To Continue War Against Shale With Fed’s Blessing Two weeks ago, Morgan Stanley made a decisively bearish call on oil, noting that if the forward curve was any indication, the recovery in prices will be “far worse than 1986” meaning “there would be little in analysable history that could be a […]
The Swiss National Bank Bought Another 500,000 AAPL Shares Just Before 10% Correction
The Swiss National Bank Bought Another 500,000 AAPL Shares Just Before 10% Correction Three months ago we were stunned to learn, and report, that the Swiss National Bank – a central bank – had been one of the biggest buyers of AAPL stock in the first quarter, when it added 3.3 million shares to its existing […]
Scotiabank Warns “The Fed Is Cornered And There Are Visible Market Stresses Everywhere”
Scotiabank Warns “The Fed Is Cornered And There Are Visible Market Stresses Everywhere” Part One, China An economic slowdown is underway in China. This is reflected in the steep drop in the commodity complex and in the currencies of emerging market countries. Large imbalances are being worked off as Beijing attempts to shift the composition of […]
FED LUNACY IS TO BLAME FOR THE COMING CRASH
FED LUNACY IS TO BLAME FOR THE COMING CRASH This week John Hussman’s pondering about the state of our markets is as clear and concise as it’s ever been. He starts off by describing the difference between an economy operating at a low level versus a high level. He’s essentially describing a 2% GDP economy […]
I Sure Am Glad There’s No Inflation
I Sure Am Glad There’s No Inflation I sure am glad there’s no inflation, because these “stable prices” the Federal Reserve keeps jaw-jacking about are putting us in a world of hurt. We are constantly bombarded with two messages about inflation: 1. Inflation is near-zero 2. This worries the Federal Reserve terribly, because stable prices […]
Fed Admits Economy Can’t Function Without Bubbles
Fed Admits Economy Can’t Function Without Bubbles In short, the dot-com bust was the last chance for the Fed to pivot and liberate the American economy from the corrosive financialization it had fostered. A determined policy of higher interest rates and renunciation of the Greenspan Put would have paved the way for a return to current […]
