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Central Banks Ready To Panic — Again
Central Banks Ready To Panic — Again Less than a decade after a housing/derivatives bubble nearly wiped out the global financial system, a new and much bigger commodities/derivatives bubble is threatening to finish the job. Raw materials are tanking as capital pours out of the most heavily-impacted countries and into anything that looks like a […]
The Big Bad Bear Case
The Big Bad Bear Case My aim with this article is to outline, with facts, large global structural issues that I believe everyone, bulls and bears alike, should be fully aware of. While some of this discussion may rattle the cage a bit you will hopefully find this article well researched and informative. Recently I’ve outlined […]
Deflation Is Winning – Beware!
Deflation Is Winning – Beware! Expect the ride to get even rougher Deflation is back on the front burner and it’s going to destroy all of the careful central planning and related market manipulation of the past 6 years. Clear signs from the periphery indicate that a destructive deflationary pulse has been unleashed. Tanking commodity […]
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: When Authorities Buy Assets to Prop Up Markets
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: When Authorities Buy Assets to Prop Up Markets The Central Planners who thought that buying shares to prop up the stock bubble was an excellent fix are about to find out the true meaning of toil and trouble. The actual line from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn, and […]
Aussie Dollar Tests Long-Term Trendline As China Contagion Spreads
Aussie Dollar Tests Long-Term Trendline As China Contagion Spreads Last week, we asked “Is Australia the next Greece?” It appears, judging bu the collapse in the Aussie Dollar, that some – if not all – are starting to believe it’s possible after last night’s 15-month low in China Manufacturing PMI. As UBS previously noted, China’s real GDP growth cycles have […]
Copper, China And World Trade Are All Screaming That The Next Economic Crisis Is Here
Copper, China And World Trade Are All Screaming That The Next Economic Crisis Is Here If you are looking for a “canary in a coal mine” type of warning for the entire global economy, you have a whole bunch to pick from right now. “Dr. Copper” just hit a six year low, Morgan Stanley is […]
The Chilling Thing China’s Electricity Consumption Just Said about the Economy
The Chilling Thing China’s Electricity Consumption Just Said about the Economy China has been building what is by now the largest high-speed rail system in the world. Subway systems are growing faster than anyone can imagine anywhere else. Ridership is soaring. High-rise buildings are sprouting up like mushrooms, to be occupied by businesses and consumers […]
China Electricity Consumption Grows At Slowest Pace In 30 Years
China Electricity Consumption Grows At Slowest Pace In 30 Years Chinese Electricity Consumption year-to-date grew at 1.3% year-over-year in June. As China People’s Daily reports, this is the slowest pace for mid-year in 30 years according to China Electricity Council. As China People’s Daily reports, China Electricity Council released “A Brief on 2015 Jan.-Jun. Electricity Industry” on July 21,reporting a declined […]
Central Banks Have Shot Their Wad——-Why The Casino Is In For A Rude Awakening, Part I
Central Banks Have Shot Their Wad——-Why The Casino Is In For A Rude Awakening, Part I There has been a lot of chatter in recent days about the plunge in commodity prices—–capped off by this week’s slide of the Bloomberg commodity index to levels not seen since 2002. That epochal development is captured in the chart below, but […]
World Trade Drops Most Since Financial Crisis
World Trade Drops Most Since Financial Crisis Maybe we shouldn’t take our daily corporate samples too seriously. Maybe they don’t adequately represent the global economy. So IBM’s revenues last quarter plunged 13% from a year ago. It blamed China and the dollar, among other culprits. But IBM’s revenues have dropped for 13 quarters in a […]
This Is Why The U.S May Actually Not Be The No.1 Oil Producer
This Is Why The U.S May Actually Not Be The No.1 Oil Producer According to the recently-released BP (NYSE: BP) Statistical Review of World Energy 2014, the U.S. was the world’s largest and most diverse energy producer in 2014. The Statistical Review ranked the U.S.: #1 in oil production #1 in natural gas production #1 in nuclear power […]
The Terrorism Pretext: Mass Surveillance is About Money and Power
The Terrorism Pretext: Mass Surveillance is About Money and Power “We are under pressure from the Treasury to justify our budget, and commercial espionage is one way of making a direct contribution to the nation’s balance of payments” -Sir Colin McColl, former MI6 Chief For years public figures have condemned cyber espionage committed against the […]
