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The Only Existential Threat To Russia Is Neoliberal Economics
The Only Existential Threat To Russia Is Neoliberal Economics This week I was interviewed on Russian TV about the possible new anti-Russian sanctions that Washington is considering that would prohibit anyone in the entirety of the world from holding Russian government bonds. Think about this for a moment. Washington thinks that Washington has the right […]
All Is Not Well In Financial Markets
All Is Not Well In Financial Markets It seems to be a hard time for those expressing concern about the build-up of risks in the economic and financial system: the major economies in the world are expanding at a decent clip, credit default concerns are very low, and stock and housing prices keep going up, […]
“That’s a Super Dangerous Place to Be”: CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management
“That’s a Super Dangerous Place to Be”: CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management When central banks distort the markets, risk disappears from view. “You could have a bunch of walking-zombie companies and you don’t even know it,” explained Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management, on Wednesday at the Delivering Alpha Conference in New York. […]
Central Banks Are Using The Trade War To Hide Their Direct Influence On Stocks
Central Banks Are Using The Trade War To Hide Their Direct Influence On Stocks There has been a lot of confusion lately in the mainstream economic media as well as in independent media circles as to the behavior of stock markets in the wake of the recently initiated global trade war. In particular, stocks suffered […]
How A Central Bank Caused One of History’s Biggest Cons
How A Central Bank Caused One of History’s Biggest Cons In the summer of 1821, a roguish Scotsman named Gregor MacGregor arrived by boat in London, and initiated arguably the most audacious confidence scam in history. MacGregor had spent much of the previous decade fighting as a soldier of fortune in the Venezuelan War of […]
NIRP Did It: I’m in Awe of How Central-Bank Policies Blind Investors to Risks
NIRP Did It: I’m in Awe of How Central-Bank Policies Blind Investors to Risks “Reverse-Yankee” Junk Bond Issuance Hits Record. It’s paradise for US companies looking for cheap money. They range from sparkly investment-grade companies, such as Apple with its pristine balance sheet, to “junk” rated companies, such as Netflix with its cash-burn machine. They […]
We Are All Hostages of Corporate Profits
We Are All Hostages of Corporate Profits We’re in the endgame of financialization and globalization, and it won’t be pretty for all the hostages of corporate profits. Though you won’t read about it in the mainstream corporate media, the nation is now hostage to outsized corporate profits. The economy and society at large are now […]
Eric Peters: “People Assume That Stocks Always Rise Over Time. They’re Wrong”
Eric Peters: “People Assume That Stocks Always Rise Over Time. They’re Wrong” This week on the MacroVoices podcast, host Erik Townsend welcomed Eric Peters, the CEO and CIO of One River Asset Management, for a discussion about the long-term future of the US economy, and how demographics, the expanding US debt, and the waning influence […]
US Dollar Hegemony Tripped Up by Chinese Renminbi?
US Dollar Hegemony Tripped Up by Chinese Renminbi? Um, no. Central banks not enthusiastic about the renminbi. Global central banks are not dumping US-dollar-denominated assets from their foreign exchange reserves. They’re not dumping euro-denominated assets either. And they remain leery of the Chinese renminbi – despite China’s place as the second largest economy in the […]
Emerging Market Crisis Spreads To The Core, Central Banks Face Catch-22
Emerging Market Crisis Spreads To The Core, Central Banks Face Catch-22 One of the things giving “data-driven” central banks wiggle room on their pledge to tighten monetary policy is the fact that there are several definitions of inflation. In the US the thing most people think of as inflation is the consumer price index, or […]
Make Capital Cheap and Labor Costly, and Guess What Happens?
Make Capital Cheap and Labor Costly, and Guess What Happens? Employment expands in the Protected cartel-dominated sectors, and declines in every sector exposed to globalization, domestic competition and cheap capital. If you want to understand why the global economy is failing the many while enriching the few, start with the basics: capital, labor and resources. […]
The Growing Pool of Real Savings Permits the Illusion That Central Bank Can Cause Economic Growth
THE GROWING POOL OF REAL SAVINGS PERMITS THE ILLUSION THAT CENTRAL BANK CAN CAUSE ECONOMIC GROWTH Many commentators are of the view that the US central bank should pursue policies that will prevent the possible decline of the economy into a liquidity trap hole. What is this all about? In the popular framework of thinking […]
Weekly Commentary: Performance Chase
Weekly Commentary: Performance Chase The Nasdaq Composite, Nasdaq 100, small cap Russell 2000, Value Line Arithmetic and the NYSE Arca Biotechnology were among U.S. indices trading to all-time highs during Wednesday’s session. In the real world, there is escalating risk of a destabilizing global trade war. The Shanghai Composite sank 4.4% this week to two-year […]
The End of Growth
The End of Growth Either it ends, or we do. More and more, I hear that folks are feeling frustrated and betrayed, combined with a sense of loss and despair. I feel this way, too. As I’ve written recently, I observe this is due more than anything else to a widespread demoralization society is suffering […]
Ike was right!
Ike was right! POITOU, FRANCE – We wait for the world to fall apart. The Dow is still more than 1,000 points below its high; so we presume the primary trend is down. Treasury yields – on the 10-year note – are near 3%… twice what they were two years ago. So we presume the […]
