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The Central Bank War – Nobody Notices
The Central Bank War – Nobody Notices QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong: I have watched in amazement how you connect all these elements. Everyone I spoke to agreed this was your best WEC ever. You have said the Fed needed to raise rates because of the pension crisis and it would have nothing to do with inflation but […]
America Has a “Neo-feudal” System
America Has a “Neo-feudal” System The conventional definition of a Bear is someone who expects stocks to decline. For those of us who are bearish on fake fixes, that definition doesn’t apply: we aren’t making guesses about future market gyrations (rip-your-face-off rallies, dizziness-inducing drops, boring melt-ups, etc.). No, we’re focused on the impossibility of reforming […]
The Empire’s Sea of Woes
The Empire’s Sea of Woes The noose cinches. Second-rate George H.W. Bush got a first-rate Washington send-off. For one day it interrupted the downtrend in equity markets. It may mark the US apotheosis of inflated grandiosity. Across the Atlantic, Emmanuel Macron, pretentious popinjay of Gallic grandiosity, has gotten a deserved comeuppance. Brexit, Trump’s election, and […]
Ron Paul: The Market Correction Could Make Things ‘Worse Than 1929’
Ron Paul: The Market Correction Could Make Things ‘Worse Than 1929’ Former presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul says that the current market conditions are ripe for a correction of 50% and Wall Street is vulnerable to depression-like conditions in the next year. “It could be worse than 1929,” Dr. Paul said recently in an interview. Paul […]
The Bubble’s Losing Air. Get Ready for a Crisis
The Bubble’s Losing Air. Get Ready for a Crisis Investors need to focus on their response to financial stresses in an era in which policymakers will be constrained. Not much to do once it pops. Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Satyajit Das is a former banker, whom Bloomberg named one of the world’s 50 most influential financial […]
“Something Is Wrong Here”: U.S. Stocks Plunge Again And Are Having Their Worst Quarter In 7 Years
“Something Is Wrong Here”: U.S. Stocks Plunge Again And Are Having Their Worst Quarter In 7 Years The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted another 496 points on Friday as panicked investors continue to pull billions of dollars out of the stock market. With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, the markets are not […]
How Faux Capitalism Works in America
How Faux Capitalism Works in America Stars in the Night Sky The U.S. stock market’s recent zigs and zags have provoked much squawking and screeching. Wall Street pros, private money managers, and Millennial index fund enthusiasts all find themselves on the wrong side of the market’s swift movements. Even the best and brightest can’t escape […]
“It Tells People: Don’t Worry” – Saudi Stock Market Plunge Protection Team Exposed
“It Tells People: Don’t Worry” – Saudi Stock Market Plunge Protection Team Exposed In politics, “when it gets serious, you have to lie.” In the increasingly intermingled worlds of geopolitics and financials markets, when it get serious, you have to rescue your nation’s stocks… America’s Plunge Protection Team has been a long-standing feature behind the […]
Why Another 50% Correction Is Possible
Why Another 50% Correction Is Possible All of sudden….volatility. Well, that is what it seems like anyway after several years of a steady grind higher in the markets. However, despite the pickup in volatility, the breaks of previous bullish trends, and a reversal in Central Bank policy, it is still widely believed that bear markets […]
The Singularity is already here – it is the market
The Singularity is already here – it is the market The market economy exhibits most of the traits of the much hyped – and feared – singularity, where an artificial intelligence takes over the show and humans are enslaved. We have all heard the stories of the powerful algorithms. They control our choices and they […]
Empty Words Are Failing. A Timeline For What Comes Next
Empty Words Are Failing. A Timeline For What Comes Next A quick recap of the past couple of months: Stocks plunge. The politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who depend on artificially-elevated financial asset prices start to panic. The Fed announces that maybe it won’t have to raise interest rates any more, and the president announces a temporary […]
