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The Wreck Of The Monetary Hesperus
The Wreck Of The Monetary Hesperus For 73 months running the Fed has lashed the money markets to the gross financial anomaly of ZIRP. Never before in the history of the world has any central bank or other monetary authority decreed that overnight money shall be indefinitely free to gamblers or that liquid savers should have their […]
Could the U.S. Become the Unrivaled Superpower Again?
Could the U.S. Become the Unrivaled Superpower Again? That Grand Narratives based on short-term trends are often wrong should not surprise us. Two of the most durable and least-questioned narratives of the past 15 years are: 1. The world is becoming multipolar, meaning that rising power centers such as the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India […]
Occupied by Wall Street – The Latest TARP Taxpayer Screw-Job is Revealed
Occupied by Wall Street – The Latest TARP Taxpayer Screw-Job is Revealed The Treasury-created market has benefited a few savvy investors, while saddling taxpayers with a loss. Three private funds, which the report didn’t name, have won almost half the shares available at auction, often netting either a profit on paper or on the resale, according […]
The Lemmings of QE
The Lemmings of QE NEW HAVEN – Predictably, the European Central Bank has joined the world’s other major monetary authorities in the greatest experiment in the history of central banking. By now, the pattern is all too familiar. First, central banks take the conventional policy rate down to the dreaded “zero bound.” Facing continued economic […]
‘Two Percent Inflation’ and The Fed’s Current Mandate
‘Two Percent Inflation’ and The Fed’s Current Mandate Over the last 100 years the Fed has had many mandates and policy changes in its pursuit of becoming the chief central economic planner for the United States. Not only has it pursued this utopian dream of planning the US economy and financing every boondoggle conceivable in […]
Freedom, Where Are You? Not in America or Europe
Freedom, Where Are You? Not in America or Europe When the former Goldman Sachs executive who runs the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that he was going to print 720 billion euros annually with which to purchase bad debts from the politically connected big banks, the euro sank and the stock market and Swiss france shot […]
The Federal Reserve Has Declared the Winner in the Generational Financial War
The Federal Reserve Has Declared the Winner in the Generational Financial War The policy of safeguarding Boomer benefits with asset bubbles will lead to the destruction of the unprepared, the unwary and those who foolishly trusted our “leadership” and central bank to tell them the truth. Though it is exceedingly politically incorrect to mention it […]
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka PARIS (Reuters) – After the surprises from central banks which rocked markets at the start of the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve will be watched as closely as ever this week to see that it doesn’t stray from its own policy path. The atmosphere will already be […]
Get Ready For Negative Interest Rates In The US
Get Ready For Negative Interest Rates In The US With Fed mouthpiece Jon Hilsenrath warning – in no lesser status-quo narrative-deliverer than The Wall Street Journal – that The ECB’s actions (and pre-emptive collapse in the EUR) means the U.S. economy must deal with a rapidly strengthening dollar that will make American goods more expensive abroad, potentially slowing […]
“This Is A Race To The Bottom Where No Fiat Currency Wins”
“This Is A Race To The Bottom Where No Fiat Currency Wins” Following another frustrating year in the previous metals markets, 2015 is showing signs that change is afoot. As Santiago Capital’s Brent Johnson notes in this brief presentation, while being ‘wrong’ for the last 2 years on gold has been painful, is it any less crazy […]
How Do You Unmanipulate a Manipulated Economy?
How Do You Unmanipulate a Manipulated Economy? Breaking the stranglehold of vested interests is the essential step to rebuilding an economy that isn’t totally dependent on manipulated money and statistics. The word manipulated has the sour taste of officially sanctioned distortion in service of an Elite’s interests. At a minimum, manipulation smacks of intent to defraud. If there is no intent […]
The Fed and the Price of Oil
The Fed and the Price of Oil Given the potential for financial losses triggered by oil’s price collapse to cascade into the financial sector at large, the Fed may well be forced to intervene either directly or indirectly. An email dialog with correspondent Mark G. last month alerted me to the key role the Federal […]
Catch – 22
Catch – 22 So much of education, I think, relies on reading the right book at the right time. My first attempt atCatch-22 was in high school, and I was way too young to get much out of it. But fortunately I picked it up again in my late 20’s, after a few experiences with The […]
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release, brokerage […]
The Fed. Is Losing If Not Already Lost Control
The Fed. Is Losing If Not Already Lost Control We witnessed a few things for the start of 2015 in the financial markets that were unlike any previous. The first three days of the new year produced the worst three-day stint in the markets – ever. A meaningless, insignificant, trivial, data point? Possibly. However, when it […]
