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Total G-3 Central Bank Control – Craig Hemke
Total G-3 Central Bank Control – Craig Hemke There’s a lot of amazement and wonder at how the “stock market” can be up today with the devastating news out of Texas and the latest North Korean missile launch. Longtime readers of TFMR know exactly how this market levitation is accomplished so this post is […]
“Armageddon Risk” Returns: North Korea Predicts “Catastrophe” As Massive U.S. War Games Begin Monday
“Armageddon Risk” Returns: North Korea Predicts “Catastrophe” As Massive U.S. War Games Begin Monday Traders barely had time to enjoy the lull from the “Armageddon trade” – the rising possibility of a nuclear exchange between the US and North Korea, which peaked over the weekend when various US officials said a nuclear war is not […]
Don’t Be Fooled – The Federal Reserve Will Continue Rate Hikes Despite Crisis
Don’t Be Fooled – The Federal Reserve Will Continue Rate Hikes Despite Crisis Though stock markets in general are meaningless and indicate nothing in terms of the health of the economy they still function as a form of hypnosis, or a kind of Pavlovian mechanism; a tool that central bankers can use to keep a […]
Greyerz – We Are Now In The Frightening Endgame
Greyerz – We Are Now In The Frightening Endgame Today the man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE, historic moves in currencies, warned King World News that we are now in the frightening endgame. Fear And Propaganda Egon von Greyerz: “Stock investors are rejoicing about stock markets making new highs in many countries, totally […]
The A.I. Economy, An Open Secret: “Why the Market Never Crashes”
The A.I. Economy, An Open Secret: “Why the Market Never Crashes” How are they keep this dying patient, the economy, together? Perhaps we are long past the point of an organic, “real” economy. Instead, autotrading and artificial intelligence appears to be auto-investing into the stock market and other parts of the economy in order to […]
Fake Risk, Fake Return?
Fake Risk, Fake Return? With seemingly everyone from the blogosphere to the Tweeter-in-chief chiming in on fake news, have investors considered their risk/return profile may also be “fake”? When it comes to investing, who or what can we trust, is the market rigged, and why does it matter? For eight years in a row now, […]
Dr. Doom’s Back: Marc Faber Warns Markets Will Fall “Like An Avalanche… Trump Can’t Stop It”
Dr. Doom’s Back: Marc Faber Warns Markets Will Fall “Like An Avalanche… Trump Can’t Stop It” “One man alone cannot make ‘America great again’. That you have to realize,” warns Marc Faber, the editor of “The Gloom, Boom, & Doom Report,” reminding the world that the US stock market is vulnerable to a seismic sell-off that won’t be […]
A Murderous Complacency
A Murderous Complacency Dark omens are circling everywhere in today’s markets murder: a flock of crows ~ Miriam-Webster dictionary Many view the appearance of crows as an omen of death because ravens and crows are scavengers and are generally associated with dead bodies, battlefields, and cemeteries, and they’re thought to circle in large numbers above sites where […]
Please Assume Crash Positions
Please Assume Crash Positions That few believe Mr. Market can possibly stumble only increases the odds of a stumble. You know how to get into crash positions, correct? Here’s your guide: Very few punters expect a real downturn here in stocks. The reasons for confidence are many: the Fed has our back, buy the dip has worked […]
Beware Central Banks’ “Illusion Of Control”; Spitznagel Warns “If The Fed Hikes, Markets Will Go Down Very, Very Hard”
Beware Central Banks’ “Illusion Of Control”; Spitznagel Warns “If The Fed Hikes, Markets Will Go Down Very, Very Hard” Central banks have created a bubble in the stock market, which will come down “very, very hard” when it finally prices in a series of Fed rate hikes, said Universa’s Mark Spitznagel, warning that “the markets are […]
Risk On/Risk Off: What Schizophrenic Markets Are Telling Us
Risk On/Risk Off: What Schizophrenic Markets Are Telling Us These trends cannot be reversed with yet another rate cut or another “whatever it takes” announcement. In the conventional investment perspective, risk-on assets (i.e. investments with higher risks and higher potential returns) such as stocks are on a see-saw with risk-off assets (investments with lower returns and lower risk, such as […]
When Government Controls All Wealth
When Government Controls All Wealth Sliding Into Absurdity BALTIMORE – Stock markets continued their rebound on Wednesday. The Dow rose 284 points… or just over 1.5%. London’s FTSE 100 Index was up 3.6%. And Europe’s equivalent of the Dow, the Euro Stoxx 50, was up 2.7%. No wonder the Dragon and his partners in crime […]
Central Bankers Around The Globle Scramble To Defend Markets: BOE Pledges $345BN; ECB, Others Promise Liquidity
Central Bankers Around The Globle Scramble To Defend Markets: BOE Pledges $345BN; ECB, Others Promise Liquidity There was a reason why we warned readers two days ago that “The World’s Central Bankers Are Gathering At The BIS’ Basel Tower Ahead Of The Brexit Result“: simply enough, it was to facilitate an immediate response when a […]
“Markets Have No Purpose Any More” Mark Spitznagel Warns “Biggest Collapse In History” Is Inevitable
“Markets Have No Purpose Any More” Mark Spitznagel Warns “Biggest Collapse In History” Is Inevitable After making over $1 billion in one day last August, and warning that “the markets are overvalued to the tune of 50%,” Mark Spitznagel knows a thing or two about managing tail risk. The outspoken practitioner of Austrian economic philosophy tells The […]
When the Game Changes
WHEN THE GAME CHANGES “In a free market, the price and quantity of an item are determined by the supply and demand for that item.” ‘The function and nature of markets’ on boundless.com. In their efforts to jam the square peg of financial theory into the round hole of human nature, economists have perpetrated some pretty stupid […]
