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Pension Ponzi Bailout: Democrats Sponsor US Treasury Bailout Scheme
Pension Ponzi Bailout: Democrats Sponsor US Treasury Bailout Scheme Most defined benefit pension plans are nothing but Ponzi schemes. Plans are now unraveling because of demographics. An increasing number of retirees, needing untenable returns, are supported by fewer and fewer people putting money in the system. Democrats sponsored a bailout scheme. Will it pass? Pension […]
It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill To Be Introduced This Week
It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill To Be Introduced This Week Over the past year we have provided extensive coverage of what will likely be the biggest, most politically charged, and most significant financial crisis facing the aging U.S. population: a multi-trillion pension storm, which was recently dubbed “one of the most heated battles of a […]
Are You Infuriated Yet?
Are You Infuriated Yet? You should be. I certainly am… More and more, I’m encountering people who are simply infuriated with how our “leaders” are running (or to put it more accurately, ruining) things right now. And I share that fury. It’s perfectly normal human response to be infuriated when an outside agent hurts you, […]
Creditworthiness of New York and Illinois: One is Bankrupt
CREDITWORTHINESS OF NEW YORK AND ILLINOIS: ONE IS BANKRUPT Summary Unless used for capital improvements, any new Illinois State borrowing, regardless of security structure, will amount to nothing more than kicking the can further down the road. Markets remain open to uncreditworthy government borrows longer than they should. In a low interest rate environment, investors will […]
The Pension Storm Is Coming To Europe—It May Be The End Of Europe As We Know It
The Pension Storm Is Coming To Europe—It May Be The End Of Europe As We Know It I’ve written a lot about US public pension funds lately. Many of them are underfunded and will never be able to pay workers the promised benefits—at least without dumping a huge and unwelcome bill on taxpayers. And since […]
Global Retirement Reality
Global Retirement Reality Global Shortfall UK Time Bomb Swiss Cheese Retirement Pay-As-You-Go Woes Lisbon, Denver, Lugano, and Hong Kong Today we’ll continue to size up the bull market in governmental promises. As we do so, keep an old trader’s slogan in mind: “That which cannot go on forever, won’t.” Or we could say it differently: […]
Pensions and Debt Time Bomb In UK: £1 Trillion Crisis Looms
Pensions and Debt Time Bomb In UK: £1 Trillion Crisis Looms There is a £1 trillion debt time bomb hanging over the United Kingdom. We are nearing the end of the timebomb’s long fuse and it looks set to explode in the coming months. No one knows how to diffuse the £1 trillion bomb and […]
Americans Don’t Grasp The Magnitude Of The Looming Pension Tsunami That May Hit Us Within 10 Years
Americans Don’t Grasp The Magnitude Of The Looming Pension Tsunami That May Hit Us Within 10 Years Total unfunded liabilities in state and local pensions have roughly quintupled in the last decade. You read that right—not doubled, tripled, or quadrupled—quintupled. That’s nice when it happens on a slot machine, not so nice when it’s money you owe. […]
Pension Storm Warning
Pension Storm Warning This time is different are the four most dangerous words any economist or money manager can utter. We learn new things and invent new technologies. Players come and go. But in the big picture, this time is usually not fundamentally different, because fallible humans are still in charge. (Ken Rogoff and Carmen […]
The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital
Victor Moussa/Shutterstock The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital How to avoid making it Last week we presented a parade of indicators published by Grant Williams and Lance Roberts that warned of an approaching market correction as well as a coming economic recession. The key message was: When smart analysts independently find the same […]
Why you might as well paint a giant bulls-eye on your bank account
Why you might as well paint a giant bulls-eye on your bank account Vegetarians be forewarned… you won’t like what follows. We slaughtered a pig yesterday at the farm. I have two freezers full of pork now, and countless strips of bacon curing in the kitchen. I’ve written about this before– out here at the […]
Taken to the Cleaners
TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS Introduction Should regulators call the market? It has been a matter of vigorous debate in the regulatory community since the crisis. ‘Cleaners’ think you shouldn’t mess around with the market, although be prepared to clean up if markets collapse. ‘Leaners’ take the opposite view, divided between those who want to lean […]
Central Banks ARE The Crisis
Central Banks ARE The Crisis Walter Langley Never morning wore to evening but some heart did break 1894If there’s one myth -and there are many- that we should invalidate in the cross-over world of politics and economics, it‘s that central banks have saved us from a financial crisis. It’s a carefully construed myth, but it’s […]
SkyNet is sentient and will destroy your investments and pension
SKYNET IS SENTIENT AND WILL DESTROY YOUR INVESTMENTS AND PENSION SkyNet is Sentient and Will Destroy Your Investments and Pension Do you really want to know about how SkyNet controls your investments and pension via the various financial markets? I ask with all sincerity because the subject is not pleasant and may even be frightening […]
Surplus or Stimulus
Surplus or Stimulus René Magritte Le Cri du Coeur 1960 Austerity is over, proclaimed the IMF this week. And no doubt attributed that to the ‘successful’ period of ‘five years of belt tightening’ a.k.a. ‘gradual fiscal consolidation’ it has, along with its econo-religious ilk, imposed on many of the world’s people. Only, it’s not true […]
