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The Two Janet’s And The Perfect Storm Ahead
The Two Janet’s And The Perfect Storm Ahead The Bloomberg news crawler this morning is heralding the heart of our thesis: Namely, that “flush with cash from the tax cut”, US companies are heading for a “stock buyback binge of historic proportions”. This isn’t a “told you so” point. It’s dramatic proof that corporate America has […]
Weekly Commentary: Cracks
Weekly Commentary: Cracks After posting an inter-week high of 25,800 on Tuesday, the DJIA then dropped 1,583 points (6.1%) at the week’s Friday morning low (24,218) – before closing the session at 24,538 (down 3.0% for the week). The VIX traded as low as 15.29 Tuesday. It then closed Wednesday at 19.85, jumped as high […]
Never Mind Volatility: Systemic Risk Is Rising
Never Mind Volatility: Systemic Risk Is Rising So who’s holding the hot potato of systemic risk now? Everyone. One of the greatest con jobs of the past 9 years is the status quo’s equivalence of risk and volatility: risk = volatility: so if volatility is low, then risk is low. Wrong: volatility once reflected specific […]
The Faster America “Grows”, The Faster America Goes Bust
The Faster America “Grows”, The Faster America Goes Bust As of October 1st of 2007 (the start of the 2008 Federal Government fiscal year), federal debt stood at $9 trillion and 70 billion. In the subsequent ten years and five months, the US federal debt has grown $11 trillion and 805 billion and now stands at $20 […]
An Apocalyptic Paul Tudor Jones Warns The Fed Is About To Lose Control
An Apocalyptic Paul Tudor Jones Warns The Fed Is About To Lose Control In a striking interview with Goldman’s Allison Nathan, legendary trader Paul Tudor Jones argues that US inflation is set to accelerate sharply, making bonds a very poor investment, and that the Fed must act swiftly to tackle financial bubbles created by prolonged […]
Ron Paul: ‘The Fed Is At A Crossroads…Crisis Is Coming’
Ron Paul: ‘The Fed Is At A Crossroads…Crisis Is Coming’ The Fed has created a mountain of problems for everyone in the United States and every single solution that they come up with leads to even more problems. Ron Paul recently discussed what the Fed has done, how it tries to keep things going, and […]
The Status Quo Will Reign
The Status Quo Will Reign This month’s stock market correction is still fresh in everyone’s mind. Many have even begun to wonder if the era of dark money was truly over. How will the recent correction affect the Fed’s dark money policies? The consensus explanation for the correction was that inflation was rising and that would […]
Chart Predicts Every Market Crash in History
Chart Predicts Every Market Crash in History The Fed blows bubbles. Then it eventually pops them. Where are we in the cycle? Bill Bonner writes This Has Predicted Every Market Crash in History. I recreated the chart in Fred and added trendlines. But let’s tune in to Bill Bonner. “Buy the dip” has worked for […]
The Fed Should Be Careful What It Wishes For
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images The Fed Should Be Careful What It Wishes For Major central banks’ fixation on inflation betrays a guilty conscience for serially falling short of their targets. It also raises the risk that in fighting the last war, they will be poorly prepared for the next – the battle against too-high inflation. CAMBRIDGE […]
Fed Chair Admits “US Is Not On A Sustainable Fiscal Path”
Fed Chair Admits “US Is Not On A Sustainable Fiscal Path” Less than a week after Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan sounded the alarm over the level of debt that America’s government is projected to carry, Fed Chair Jay Powell told Congress today that “the US is not on a sustainable fiscal path.” […]
Deutsche Bank: This Does Not Make Sense
Deutsche Bank: This Does Not Make Sense Amid the growing debate whether rates will keep rising once they hit 3.00%, or they will fall as asset managers find the new level attractive enough to dip their toes and buy duration, one analyst laughs at everyone calling for lower rates from here onward. In a note […]
Turkey – Default or War?
Turkey – Default or War? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, My father was ______ the banker who commissioned you to do the Turkish lira hedging project in 1983. He passed away as you know. I found this material in his files on Turkey that you apparently published back in 1985. Some articles are saying that Turkey is […]
Here’s How Regulators Are Inadvertently Laying The Groundwork For The Next Housing Crisis
Here’s How Regulators Are Inadvertently Laying The Groundwork For The Next Housing Crisis Only a few weeks ago, we pointed out a remarkable development in the US mortgage market that has significant implications not only for mortgage borrowers, but perhaps the broader economy as a whole: Wells Fargo, formerly America’s foremost mortgage lender, had seen […]
“GDP Growth Driving Rates Higher!” – Is That True?
“GDP Growth Driving Rates Higher!” – Is That True? “Peter Cook is the author of the‘Is That True?’ series of articles, which help explain the many statements and theories circulating in the mainstream financial media often presented as “truths.” The motives and psychology of market participants, which drives the difference between truth and partial-truth, are […]
Haunted by Ghosts of the Old Eastern Bloc
Haunted by Ghosts of the Old Eastern Bloc Ridiculous Minutia Jerome Powell, the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, just completed his third week on the job. He’s hardly had enough time to learn how to operate the office coffee maker, let alone the all-in-one printer. He still doesn’t know what roach coach menu items […]
