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Why we get bad diagnoses for the world’s energy-economy problems
Why we get bad diagnoses for the world’s energy-economy problems The world economy seems to be seriously ill. The problem is not overly high oil prices, but that does not rule out energy as being a major underlying problem. Two of the symptoms of the economy’s malaise are slow wage growth and increasing wage disparity. Tariffs […]
Mike Maloney: “One Hell Of A Crisis”
Mike Maloney: “One Hell Of A Crisis” Crashing stocks, bonds, real estate & currency all at once? Mike Maloney, monetary historian and founder of GoldSilver.com, has just released two new chapters of his excellent Hidden Secrets Of Money video series. In producing the series, Maloney has reviewed several thousand years of monetary history and has […]
Russia & China Invest in Infrastructure; U.S. Instead Spends on Military
Russia & China Invest in Infrastructure; U.S. Instead Spends on Military China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” is famous as an extension of their domestic infrastructure investments, but Russia is also investing heavily in infrastructure. Both countries need to do it in order to improve the future for their respective populations, and both Governments have avoided […]
The Italian people must understand that their country is at war
The Italian people must understand that their country is at war The conflict between the European Union and Italy is a full-blown financial war. Euro countries cannot print their own money and for that reason they cannot have an endless deficit. Countries within the eurozone have to live within their means or else, without the […]
Global Stocks Plunge Again And A Former Reagan Administration Official Is Warning Of A “40% Crash”
Global Stocks Plunge Again And A Former Reagan Administration Official Is Warning Of A “40% Crash” Stocks are falling again, and many believe that this new crisis is only just beginning. After a disappointing end to last week, a lot of investors were hoping for a bounce to start this week, but so far that […]
Nassim Taleb Explains How The Global Economy Is More Fragile Today Than In 2007
Nassim Taleb Explains How The Global Economy Is More Fragile Today Than In 2007 In what was incredibly appropriate timing given the ‘shocktober’ market blowup, Bloomberg News invited “Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb to its set on Halloween for a discussion about the increasingly fragile market ecosystem in which we all reside, and the mounting […]
Catabolism: Capitalism’s Frightening Future
Catabolism: Capitalism’s Frightening Future Photo Source SPACES Gallery | CC BY 2.0 “Out of the frying pan, into the fire” is an apt description of our current place in history. No matter what you think of globalization, I believe we’ll soon discover that capitalism without it is much, much worse. No one needs to convince […]
“Red October”: We Just Witnessed The Worst Month For The S&P 500 In 7 Years
“Red October”: We Just Witnessed The Worst Month For The S&P 500 In 7 Years This was an October that many of us will never forget. The month of October is typically the most volatile month of the year for stocks, and that was definitely the case in 2018. It was the worst month for […]
Debt is back but this time its corporate
Debt is back but this time its corporate On Wednesday Feb 7th 2007 HSBC issued a profit warning. It was the first in its 142 year history. The bank told its share holders it would have to take an unprecedented charge of $10.5 billion because one of its units, its sub prime lender, was in […]
Debt Alarm Ringing
Debt Alarm Ringing Addicted to Debt Lost Exorbitant Privilege Trigger Points Frankfurt, Cleveland, Golf, and Here and There Is debt good or bad? The answer is “Yes.” Debt is future spending pulled forward in time. It lets you buy something now for which you otherwise don’t have cash available yet. Whether it’s wise or not […]
Treasury Announces Record Debt Sale In Upcoming Refunding Auction
Treasury Announces Record Debt Sale In Upcoming Refunding Auction Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is about to surpass Timothy Geithner’s achievement of selling a record amount of notes and bonds as he seeks to finance America’s soaring budget deficit. According to the latest quarterly refunding statement, the US Treasury is about to sell a record amount […]
Emerging Markets Face a New Problem as Trillions in Bonds Mature – and Soon
Emerging Markets Face a New Problem as Trillions in Bonds Mature – and Soon The U.S. dollar continues being the single most important factor for the Emerging Markets. And as the dollar keeps getting stronger – it will continue crippling them. “But isn’t a strong dollar supposed to be better for Emerging Markets by making […]
China Vows More Stimulus With Economy On Verge Of Contraction
China Vows More Stimulus With Economy On Verge Of Contraction Overnight, China revealed the latest confirmation that its economy is slowing more conventional wisdom realizes when the National Bureau of Statistics reported that the manufacturing PMI fell to 50.2 in October – on the verge of a sub-50 contraction – down from 50.8 in September […]
The Corporate Debt Bubble
The Corporate Debt Bubble The largest asset bubbles occur while economic growth and inflation remain positive, but subdued, for extended periods of time. According to its dual mandate, the Federal Reserve focuses primarily on growth and price stability, and tends to ignore the creation of asset bubbles as long as economic activity is not running […]
Not Waving But Drowning–Stocks, Debt and Inflation?
NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING – STOCKS, DEBT AND INFLATION? The US stock market is close to being in a corrective phase -10% off its highs Global debt has passed $63trln – well above the levels on 2007 Interest rates are still historically low, especially given the point in the economic cycle Predictions of a bear-market […]
