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The End Is Nigh for the Fed’s “Bubble Epoch”
The End Is Nigh for the Fed’s “Bubble Epoch” Market Mythology LONDON – Twice in the last 15 years, markets have tried to correct the mistakes and excesses of the Bubble Epoch. Each time, the Fed came back with even more mistakes and excesses. Trillions in new credit… lower lending rates… easier terms… ZIRP… QE… […]
December 16, 2015—–When The End Of The Bubble Begins
December 16, 2015—–When The End Of The Bubble Begins They are going to layer their post-meeting statement with a steaming pile of if, ands & buts. It will exude an abundance of caution and a dearth of clarity. Having judged that a 25 bps pinprick is warranted, the FOMC will then plant itself firmly in front of the great flickering dashboard in the […]
The Bubble Finance Cycle——What Our Keynesian School Marm Doesn’t Get
The Bubble Finance Cycle——What Our Keynesian School Marm Doesn’t Get The world of Bubble Finance economies created by the Fed and other central banks is fundamentally different than that prevailing under the “Lite Touch” monetary policies which preceded the Greenspan era. Those essentially reactive and minimally invasive central bank intrusions into the money and capital markets prevailed from the time of the Fed’s […]
The Latest (and Dumbest) Central Bank Fraud
The Latest (and Dumbest) Central Bank Fraud A Financial Reckoning You go for a nice picnic on the slopes of Vesuvius… You spread out your tablecloth. You open your picnic hamper. You prepare for a relaxing afternoon in the warm October sun. And then someone comes running down the mountain, warning that the volcano is […]
Fed Admits Economy Can’t Function Without Bubbles
Fed Admits Economy Can’t Function Without Bubbles In short, the dot-com bust was the last chance for the Fed to pivot and liberate the American economy from the corrosive financialization it had fostered. A determined policy of higher interest rates and renunciation of the Greenspan Put would have paved the way for a return to current […]
Pop goes the Bubble
Pop goes the Bubble Running a fundraiser (which, by the way, has been a great success—thank you all very much!) has prompted me to think about money more deeply than I normally do. I am no financial expert, and I certainly can’t give you investment advice, but when I figure something out for myself, it […]
Something Smells Fishy
SOMETHING SMELLS FISHY It’s always interesting to see a long term chart that reflects your real life experiences. I bought my first home in 1990. It was a small townhouse and I paid $100k, put 10% down, and obtained a 9.875% mortgage. I was thrilled to get under 10%. Those were different times, when you […]
Why wobbly world markets are more worrying than oil: Don Pittis
Why wobbly world markets are more worrying than oil: Don Pittis Central bankers are out of bullets if 1929-level markets go bust again Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the “wobble” in the Canadian economy caused by the shocking fall in the price of oil is just about over. But according to some analysts, a more […]
BIS Slams The Fed: The Solution To Bubbles Is Not More Bubbles, It Is Avoiding Bubbles In The First Place
BIS Slams The Fed: The Solution To Bubbles Is Not More Bubbles, It Is Avoiding Bubbles In The First Place On one hand there are hard-core Keynesians who will wave the flag of inflation as the only cure to a world drowning in debt, even after the mushroom cloud results of their policies going off […]
Oil and Real Estate Bubbles in Canada: What Goes up Won’t so Smoothly Come Down
Oil and Real Estate Bubbles in Canada: What Goes up Won’t so Smoothly Come Down Five years ago, I noted how unsustainable Canadian economic growth is fuelled by debt, which is leveraged to increase the prices–and ‘profitability’–of assets like oil holdings and real estate. It might as well be called “phantom growth,” because it’s bound to disappear […]
The Truth About The Monetary Stimulus Illusion
The Truth About The Monetary Stimulus Illusion Perhaps economic policymakers, including Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and the Bank for International Settlements, should take a closer look at Japan, China, and yes, the United States, when debating the limits of monetary stimulus and the dangerous nature of financial bubbles. The discussion is happening too late to […]
Bubbles Always Pop—–And This One Will Be A Doozy
Bubbles Always Pop—–And This One Will Be A Doozy Pumping All Out The Dow rose 323 points on Thursday, or 1.8%. People come to think what they must think when they must think it. But what do they think now? Why do they think stocks are so valuable? Apparently, they believe that Janet Yellen, Mario […]
11 Predictions Of Economic Disaster In 2015 From Top Experts All Over The Globe
11 Predictions Of Economic Disaster In 2015 From Top Experts All Over The Globe Will 2015 be a year of financial crashes, economic chaos and the start of the next great worldwide depression? Over the past couple of years, we have all watched as global financial bubbles have gotten larger and larger. Despite predictions that […]
