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The Global Economy Was Sinking Long Before The Coronavirus Appeared
The Global Economy Was Sinking Long Before The Coronavirus Appeared In order to determine if a geopolitical or economic threat is legitimate, I find it helps to watch how the mainstream propaganda narrative flows and changes. For example, for the past year as almost every fundamental indicator was flashing warning signs on the global economy […]
Red Gold: China’s Stealth Plan to Use Gold for World Domination
Red Gold: China’s Stealth Plan to Use Gold for World Domination Gold used to be important. During and after World War II, every major developed country amassed as much physical gold as they could. It stabilized currencies and signaled independence. But with the end of the gold standard in 1971, most countries began to sell […]
Could Central Bankers Use Coronavirus as the Scapegoat to Deflect Blame for the Next Imminent Global Economic Crisis?
Could Central Bankers Use Coronavirus as the Scapegoat to Deflect Blame for the Next Imminent Global Economic Crisis? We all know that Henry Kissinger famously stated in an interview, shortly after Barack Obama was elected President of the United States in 2009, that a crisis should be viewed as a “great opportunity” to implement massive changes that […]
Supply Chain Disruptions Impact on Global Growth
Supply Chain Disruptions Impact on Global Growth In a previous post, we mentioned that stagflation is a risk that central planners are ignoring. However, this risk is not just an isolated challenge focused on economies like Mexico, India or Argentina. Even in countries like Germany and Japan the trend of inflation, particularly in non-replicable goods, […]
The Turn?
The Turn? Did markets just hit a key wall and are ready for a much overdue turn? That’s the question we want to explore from a technical perspective following the sudden reversal action on Thursday and Friday as action at a key technical juncture may suggest a shift in character. Let me make perhaps a […]
When Bubbles Pop, Only the First Sellers Escape Being Bagholders
When Bubbles Pop, Only the First Sellers Escape Being Bagholders Hapless bagholders have two options: buy the dip and be destroyed, or hang on hoping for a reversal and be destroyed. One often overlooked characteristic of the current stock market bubble is the extremely small exit for sellers trying to avoid becoming hapless bagholders. Bubbles always […]
Kolanovic: The Tech Bubble Is Driven By Central Banks And Will Collapse; “This Time Is Not Different”
Kolanovic: The Tech Bubble Is Driven By Central Banks And Will Collapse; “This Time Is Not Different” Having been a must-read voice of contrarian originality and market structure insight especially in the arcane realm of quant finance and derivatives for much of 2013-2016, about 3 years ago something flipped and JPM’s head quant, Marko Kolanovic […]
How the Fed Created a QE “Monster” for the Markets
How the Fed Created a QE “Monster” for the Markets Like Victor Frankenstein, the Fed may have created its own monster. It’s been called many things, such as Quantitative Easing (QE), QE Lite, QE/Not QE, “Organic” Balance Sheet Growth, and more. But no matter what you choose to call it, the bottom line is this: The Fed […]
Silver Prices Likely To Go “Exponential” – Guggenheim Co-Founder
Silver Prices Likely To Go “Exponential” – Guggenheim Co-Founder ◆ Silver prices are likely to go “exponential again” according to Guggenheim Partners co-founder Scott Minerd, in an interview with Bloomberg at Davos (see silver chart and interview below) ◆ Silver is “the number one conviction trade in 2020” Minerd, who is also the Guggenheim Global […]
“Last Hurrah” for Central Bankers
“Last Hurrah” for Central Bankers We’ve all seen zombie movies where the good guys shoot the zombies but the zombies just keep coming because… they’re zombies! Market observers can’t be blamed for feeling the same way about former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. Bernanke was Fed chair from 2006–2014 before handing over the gavel to Janet […]
Central Banks Continue “Remarkable” Gold-Buying Spree
Central Banks Continue “Remarkable” Gold-Buying Spree Central banks continued their remarkable gold-buying spree in November and remain on pace to eclipse 2018’s near-record purchases. According to the latest numbers from the World Gold Council, central banks added 27.9 tons on a net-basis to official gold reserves in November. That brings the yearly total for 2018 […]
Is This “The Top”?
Is This “The Top”? Parabolic moves end when the confidence that the parabolic move can’t end becomes the consensus. The consensus seems to be that the stock market is on its way to much higher levels, and soon. The near-term targets for the S&P 500 (SPX, currently around 3,235) range from 3,500 to 4,000, with longer-term […]
Prelude to Crisis
Prelude to Crisis Simple ConceitRadical ActionsBallooning Balance SheetMerry Christmas and the Happiest New Year Ignoring problems rarely solves them. You need to deal with them—not just the effects, but the underlying causes, or else they usually get worse. The older you get, the more you know that is true in almost every area of life. […]
Dr. Fed Frankenstein Kept Alive by Zombies
Dr. Fed Frankenstein Kept Alive by Zombies Did you know Dr. Frankenstein created a monster that stays alive to this day by eating zombies? Neither did the zombies. Neither, apparently, did Dr. Frankenstein. In fact, the zombies, being braindead as zombies are, do not realize that they are also keeping alive the diabolical doctor who […]
Life Comes At Us Way Too Fast: One Banker’s Striking Explanation Why Nothing Makes Sense Any More
Life Comes At Us Way Too Fast: One Banker’s Striking Explanation Why Nothing Makes Sense Any More Deutsche Bank’s postmodern philosopher-cum-credit strategist Aleksandar Kocic, who missed his true calling and instead of writing a sequel to Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake or some other pomo stream of consciousness piece in the style of Lacan, Derrida, Deleuze (or […]
