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Economic Stagnation And The Global Bubble
Economic Stagnation And The Global Bubble You’d think with all the “stimulus” from Washington over the fifteen years since the dotcom bust, American capitalism would be booming. It’s not. On the measures which count when it comes to sustainable growth and real wealth creation, the trends are slipping backwards — not leaping higher. After a […]
Our Spoiled-Brat Economy
Our Spoiled-Brat Economy By insuring spoiled brats/vested interests never face the consequences of their actions and choices, we guarantee failure of the entire system. Spoiled brats do not take kindly to being called out as spoiled brats. Since economies are aggregates of individuals, we can anticipate howls of outraged denial at our economy being identified as spoiled […]
Systemic Turmoil, Structural Reform
Systemic Turmoil, Structural Reform “The problem with the post-2007 world is that we are not in a cyclical recovery; we are in a structural depression defined as a sustained period of below-trend growth with no end in sight. The U.S. has caught the Japanese disease. Structural depressions are not amenable to monetary solutions, they […]
Capitalism Has Devolved Into Looting
Capitalism Has Devolved Into Looting In the Western World Capitalism Has Devolved Into Looting …when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that […]
Collapsing CDS Market Will Lead To Global Bond Market Margin Call
Collapsing CDS Market Will Lead To Global Bond Market Margin Call As Zero Hedge previously noted, liquidity is there when you don’t need it, and it promptly disappears once it is in demand. Consider it “cocktease capitalism.” If liquidity lasts longer than 4 hours, call the CFTC because you may be experiencing a spoof. Right now, the ultimate spoof […]
The Global Credit Market Is Now A Lit Powderkeg
The Global Credit Market Is Now A Lit Powderkeg And markets are totally unprepared The financial markets have had a bit of a tough time going anywhere this year. The S&P 500 has been caught in a 6% trading band all year, capped on the upside by a 3% gain and on the downside by […]
The Media Is Wrong About The Fed
The Media Is Wrong About The Fed Earlier this year, most of the financial stories were about how the Fed will start to raise interest rates in June. Much of this speculation was due to the lower unemployment rate, and the expectation that the U.S. economy would be in full recovery. This past Wednesday, the Fed […]
Will Seizure of Russian Assets Hasten Dollar Decline?
Will Seizure of Russian Assets Hasten Dollar Decline? While much of the world focused last week on whether or not the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates, or whether the Greek debt crisis would bring Europe to a crisis, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague awarded a $50 billion judgment to […]
The FOMC Decision – Studying the Flight of Birds and Gold
The FOMC Decision – Studying the Flight of Birds and Gold Federal Open Yawn Committee puts Kremlinologists all over the World to Sleep … The Fed’s monetary policy statement delivered on Wednesday was the non-surprise/yawn-inducer of the year. Readers can take a look at the trusty WSJ statement tracker, which reveals that apart from a few […]
“Calm Reigns” Everywhere As Greece Inches Closer To Default, China Crashes
“Calm Reigns” Everywhere As Greece Inches Closer To Default, China Crashes In what is perhaps the most glaring instance of central bank intervention yet,Reuters today captured the market mood as follows: “Calm ruled Europe’s stock and currency markets on Friday as Greece inched closer to a default later this month….the euro was down just 0.3 percent […]
Hidden In Fannie and Freddie
Hidden In Fannie and Freddie With another financial crisis fast approaching the cause of the ‘08 crash hasn’t been settled. Austrians generally line up on the side of the all-powerful Fed having lowering interest rates below what the market would produce, sending capital into malinvestments: In this case, too many subdivisions of houses and other […]
The Fed’s Fatal Flaw: A Predictable End
The Fed’s Fatal Flaw: A Predictable End So last week a very savvy investor asked me my view (h/t Simon Popple) on – When and what will break the chains on gold by those seemingly omnipotent forces that so assuredly keep its price in check? In essence, the belief is (and I expect for most honest and […]
Fed chair Yellen tells Canadian homeowners to watch out: Don Pittis
Fed chair Yellen tells Canadian homeowners to watch out: Don Pittis Your mortgage rates are going up, and U.S. Fed chair is pretty specific on how much The financial analysts think they have it figured out. After listening to U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s speech and her wily answers to questions from reporters, the consensus seems […]
Today Financial Journalism Suffered An Epic Failure
Today Financial Journalism Suffered An Epic Failure Earlier today we reported about a very sad development for the freedom of speech, or at least the illusion thereof, when one of, if not the best, critical Federal Reserve reporter in the mainstream media, WSJ’s Pedro da Costa founds he was no longer “invited” to the Fed’s quarterly press […]
Janet Yellen’s clout today is especially hefty: Don Pittis
Janet Yellen’s clout today is especially hefty: Don Pittis The sense that change is afoot lends power to the U.S. central banker’s words If you live in a cave and survive on nuts, berries and the odd roasted squirrel, what U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen says today won’t make much difference to your life. At least not right […]
