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US Economy – Slip-Sliding Away
US Economy – Slip-Sliding Away Economic Conditions Continue to Worsen It must be China. Or the weather, which is usually either too cold or to warm – somehow the weather is just neverright for economic growth. Surely it cannot be another Fed policy-induced boom that is on the verge of going bust? Sorry, we completely forgot […]
What If There Is No “Fed Put” – Paul Brodsky Thinks Yellen Will Not Bailout Markets This Time
What If There Is No “Fed Put” – Paul Brodsky Thinks Yellen Will Not Bailout Markets This Time Earlier today, Art Cashin summarized most (very desperate) traders’ thoughts when he said that as a result of today’s market crash, “the Fed will try anything” to prop up the wealth effect it had so carefully engineered with seven […]
You Can Either Surf, or You Can Fight
You Can Either Surf, or You Can Fight Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that? Lance: What? Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. – “Apocalypse Now” (1979) Hello, hello, hello, how low? [x3] – Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991) Outside the bus the smell of sulfur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a […]
The Chart That Explains Everything
The Chart That Explains Everything Why is the economy barely growing after seven years of zero rates and easy money? Why are wages and incomes sagging when stock and bond prices have gone through the roof? Why are stocks experiencing such extreme volatility when the Fed increased rates by a mere quarter of a percent? […]
What Does The Federal Reserve Have to Hide?
What Does The Federal Reserve Have to Hide? Over the years, dissidents in Congress (notably including former US Representative Ron Paul and current Republican and Democratic presidential contenders Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders) have periodically proposed legislation to audit the Federal Reserve. The legislation is always rejected and, when it gets any significant attention at […]
Gold – No Time Left for Conspiracy Theories
Gold – No Time Left for Conspiracy Theories To some, this is a religious battle. To others, it is just a time to rip off a lot of people by selling fantasies and sophistry. I have stated this many times, so here it goes again: Gold rises when people lose confidence in government. It has nothing to do […]
Billary Buddy Marc Lasry’s Last Rodeo——The Jig Is Up On 25 Years Of Bottom Fisher Bailouts
Billary Buddy Marc Lasry’s Last Rodeo——The Jig Is Up On 25 Years Of Bottom Fisher Bailouts As the Fed’s third and last bubble of this century heads for its splatter spot, the stench of desperate crony capitalism fills the air. You can count hedge fund mogul and Billary Buddy, Marc Lasry, among the upchucking financiers. […]
Banksters Win Again – “Audit the Fed” Bill Fails in the Senate
Banksters Win Again – “Audit the Fed” Bill Fails in the Senate When it comes to the Fed, Congress is mired in hypocrisy. The anti-regulation, de-regulation crowd on Capitol Hill shuts its mouth when it comes to the most powerful regulators of all – you and the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, Congress goes along with the […]
What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a Struggling Economy?
What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a Struggling Economy? Much has been written and broadcast over the past few weeks in the financial media and the business pages of general-interest newspapers debating the wisdom of the decision in December by Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve Board to raise […]
Sen. Rand Paul: The Fed Is Crippling America
Sen. Rand Paul: The Fed Is Crippling America Anadolu Agency—Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, 2014. Rand Paul is a U.S. senator from Kentucky and a Republican presidential candidate. Mark Spitznagel is the chief investment officer of Universa Investments and senior economic adviser to the Paul campaign. The country deserves […]
Fed Official Confesses Fed Rigged Stock Market — Crash Certain
Fed Official Confesses Fed Rigged Stock Market — Crash Certain In a dynamite interview, Richard Fisher, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gave what may be the biggest confession you’ll ever see and hear from a Federal Reserve insider: the Federal Reserveknowingly “front ran” the US stock market recovery (i.e., manipulated […]
Fork the Economy
Fork the Economy I’ve given up on fixing the economy. The economy is not broken. It’s simply unjust. There’s a difference. We have to stop looking at our economy as a broken system, but one that is working absolutely true to its original design. It’s time to be progressive — and this means initiating systemic […]
US Economy – on the Verge of Recession?
US Economy – on the Verge of Recession? US Manufacturing Sector Weakens Further – Alea Iacta Est? On the first trading day of the year, China’s stock market crumbled, seemingly waylaid by yet another weak manufacturing PMI report and a further slide in the yuan. On the same day, a few Fed members came out affirming […]
The Big Short is a Great Movie, But…
The Big Short is a Great Movie, But… Paris — Michael Lewis is the chronicler of Wall Street. He takes the complexity behind which the inhabitants of the financial world hide and weaves a tale that is both understandable and compelling. Starting with the classic “Liars Poker” (1989), Lewis has produced a number of books about […]
Are We Headed for Another Bust?
Are We Headed for Another Bust? On Wednesday December 16, 2015, Federal Reserve Bank policymakers raised the federal funds rate target by 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent for the first time since December 2008. There is the possibility that the target could be lifted gradually to 1.25 percent by December next year. Fed policymakers have […]
