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Weekly Commentary: Global Markets’ Plumbing Problem
Weekly Commentary: Global Markets’ Plumbing Problem “Goldilocks with a capital ‘J’,” exclaimed an enthusiastic Bloomberg Television analyst. The Dow was up 747 points in Friday trading (more than erasing Thursday’s 660-point drubbing) on the back of a stellar jobs report and market-soothing comments from Fed Chairman “Jay” Powell. December non-farm payrolls surged 312,000. The strongest […]
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth For years critics of central bank policy have been dismissed as negative nellies, but the ugly truth is staring us all in the face: Market advances remain a game of artificial liquidity and central bank jawboning and not organic growth and now the jig is up. As I’ve been saying for a […]
Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction Reaches $402 Billion
Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction Reaches $402 Billion The QE unwind has started to rattle some nerves. For the past two months, the sound of wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Fed’s QE unwind has been deafening. The Fed started the QE unwind in October 2017. As I covered it on a monthly basis, my […]
Trump Is A Pied Piper For The New World Order Agenda
Trump Is A Pied Piper For The New World Order Agenda In my last article, ‘The Fed Is A Suicide Bomber With A Deeper Agenda’, I explored and dismantled recent propaganda surrounding the Federal Reserve’s tightening actions, including the propaganda that Jerome Powell is some kind of rogue central banker who is rebalancing the system […]
Drain, drain, drain…
Drain, drain, drain… Money from thin air going back whence it came from – circling the drain of a ‘no reinvestment’ black hole strategically placed in its way by the dollar-sucking vampire bat Ptenochirus Iagori Powelli. Our friend Michael Pollaro recently provided us with an update of outstanding Fed credit as of 26 December 2018. […]
The Everything Bubble Has Met Its Needle… and It’s Named Jerome Powell
The Everything Bubble Has Met Its Needle… and It’s Named Jerome Powell In December, Jerome Powell confirmed that he is going to implement a financial reset. That reset will crash stocks. We know this because the Fed didn’t even HINT at tapering its Quantitative Tightening program at this latest Fed FOMC despite stocks staging the […]
Bear Markets, Fed Mistakes, and Quick Shots from John
Bear Markets, Fed Mistakes, and Quick Shots from John Powell Was Right but the Fed Is Wrong Time for an Emergency Fed Meeting Living on Island Time Quick Shots from the Frontline A winters day, In a deep and dark December… “Wait, it doesn’t feel like winter. It’s not deep and dark, and it’s actually […]
2019: The Beginning Of The End (Free Premium Report)
2019: The Beginning Of The End (Free Premium Report) What will happen next & what to do now Welcome to our new readers and a very Happy New Year to everyone! Now that it’s 2019, we’re going to start the new year here at Peak Prosperity by responding to the wishes of our premium subscribers […]
Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win
Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win While Congress and the president fight over funding a border wall, they continue to ignore the coming economic tsunami caused by the approximately 22 trillion dollars (and rapidly increasing) federal debt. President Trump may not be troubled by the debt’s effect on the economy because he believes […]
US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency?
US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency? So, how hot is the Chinese Renminbi? And is the euro dead yet? The US dollar’s role as global reserve currency is defined by the amounts of US dollar-denominated assets – US Treasury securities, corporate bonds, etc. – that central banks other than the Fed are holding in […]
Why the Fed, Nor Any Central Bank, Can Ever Truly “Normalize”
Why the Fed, Nor Any Central Bank, Can Ever Truly “Normalize” Last week, I highlighted that since ’00, when the Federal Reserve has ceased adding to its balance sheet or begun “normalizing” (via rolling off assets), equity markets have swooned (detailed HERE). A simple idea today…that the end of population growth (where it matters) has long been upon […]
2018 in Review: Pension Problems, Hawkish Rate Hikes, and Piles of Debt
2018 in Review: Pension Problems, Hawkish Rate Hikes, and Piles of Debt A lot happened in 2018, and while it would be a challenge to cover them all, there are three big trends that appear to have defined this year economically. And, each of them had an impact on retirees, investors, and the overall U.S. […]
Murky 2019 Could Be In Store for U.S. Economy Thanks to Fed’s Monetary Policy
Murky 2019 Could Be In Store for U.S. Economy Thanks to Fed’s Monetary Policy December 19 marks the day the Fed may have decided it’s going “all in” on the idea of a “strong U.S. economy.” The Fed locked in an increase of the Federal Funds Rate from 2.25% to 2.40%, and it will increase […]
The Recline and Flail of Western Civilization and Other 2019 Predictions
The Recline and Flail of Western Civilization and Other 2019 Predictions Darts in a Blizzard Today, as we prepare to close out the old, we offer a vast array of tidings. We bring words of doom and despair. We bring words of contemplation and reflection. And we also bring words of hope and sunshine. Famous […]
El-Erian: 1000-Point Swings In The Dow Are The “New Reality”
El-Erian: 1000-Point Swings In The Dow Are The “New Reality” While even some of the most dogged bulls are throwing in the towel on their optimistic forecasts for the US (see Goldman taking the axe to its 2019 GDP forecast noted earlier), there are those who steadfastly believe that 2019 will be a solid year […]
