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The Myth Of ‘Morning In America’—–How The Public Debt Went From $1 Trillion to $35 Trillion in Four Decades, Part 1
The Myth Of ‘Morning In America’—–How The Public Debt Went From $1 Trillion to $35 Trillion in Four Decades, Part 1 I have finished my book on the upheaval represented by the Trump candidacy and movement. It will be published soon, and is an exploration of how 30 years of Bubble Finance policies at the Fed, feckless […]
Gold Sector Correction – What Happens Next?
Gold Sector Correction – What Happens Next? The Long Awaited Correction is Underway The gathering of central planners at Jackson Hole was widely expected to bring some clarity regarding the Fed’s policy intentions. This is of course a ridiculous assumption, since these people have not the foggiest idea what they are doing or what they […]
Helicopter Money——The Biggest Fed Power Grab Yet
Helicopter Money——The Biggest Fed Power Grab Yet The Cleveland Fed’s Loretta Mester is a clueless apparatchik and Fed lifer, who joined the system in 1985 fresh out of Barnard and Princeton and has imbibed in its Keynesian groupthink and institutional arrogance ever since. So it’s not surprising that she was out flogging—-albeit downunder in Australia—- the next step in the Fed’s rolling coup […]
Alan “Bubbles” Greenspan Returns to Gold
Alan “Bubbles” Greenspan Returns to Gold Under a gold standard, the amount of credit that an economy can support is determined by the economy’s tangible assets, since every credit instrument is ultimately a claim on some tangible asset. […] The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the […]
Planet Debt
Planet Debt Low Interest Rate Persons She is a low-interest-rate person. She has always been a low-interest-rate person. And I must be honest. I am a low-interest-rate person. If we raise interest rates, and if the dollar starts getting too strong, we’re going to have some very major problems. — Donald Trump Two low interest rate persons! The Trumpsumptive president […]
Greenspan: “This Is The Worst Period I Recall; There’s Nothing Like It”
Greenspan: “This Is The Worst Period I Recall; There’s Nothing Like It” During a CNBC inteview today, when discussing the historic Brexit vote outcome, Alan Greenspan unleashed a fiery sermon that could have been prepared just by reading a random selection of posts from this website, the former Fed chairman told his shocked hosts that the current […]
3 Things: Value Of Cash, 3rd Mandate, Yellen Channels Bernanke
3 Things: Value Of Cash, 3rd Mandate, Yellen Channels Bernanke El-Erian – The Value Of Cash My friend, Anora Mahmudova, recently wrote for MarketWatch about Mohamed El-Erian’s discussion on the importance of “cash” for investors. “At a breakfast meeting with reporters on Monday, the former Pacific Investment Management Company chief executive said central bank asset purchases have […]
Negative interest rates are coming to America
Negative interest rates are coming to America Well, that didn’t take long! Negative Interest Rate Policy appears to be a gift that keeps on giving. Just a little while ago I wrote that, in essence, if the Federal Reserve wants to keep the financial party going a little bit longer, it will have to continue […]
The Fed’s Doomsday Device
The Fed’s Doomsday Device Bezzle BALTIMORE – Barron’s, in a lather, says the market is facing the “Two Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” Huh? Only two? There were four last time! Supposedly, the so-called Brexit – the vote in Britain this Thursday on whether to leave or remain in the European Union (EU) – and uncertainty […]
Janet Yellen’s $200-Trillion Debt Problem
Janet Yellen’s $200-Trillion Debt Problem Blame “Brexit” BALTIMORE – The U.S. stock market broke its losing streak on Thursday [and even more so on Monday, ed.]. After five straight losing sessions, the Dow eked out a 92-point gain. The financial media didn’t know what to say about it. So, we ended up with the typical […]
Jeff Gundlach: “Things Are Going To Get Pretty Scary”
Jeff Gundlach: “Things Are Going To Get Pretty Scary” One day before the Fed’s June statement, Jeff Gundlach once again accurately predicted the somber mood that would ensue as a result of Yellen’s Wednesday decision and press conference when he correctly said that “Central Banks Are Losing Control.” Today, in the aftermath of James Bullard stunning […]
The Fed Has Lost Its “Myth Magic”
The Fed Has Lost Its “Myth Magic” Myths Are Worth Wondering About Wondering is what we do, here at the Diary, especially wondering about myths. “Myths” are not necessarily untrue. They just can’t be known or proven in the way, say, that Archimedes could prove that the king’s crown was made of gold. Antiquity’s most famous […]
Bernanke Blew It Big-Time: He Should Have Raised Rates Three Years Ago
Bernanke Blew It Big-Time: He Should Have Raised Rates Three Years Ago Bernanke blew it big-time, letting the “recovery” run seven years without any significant increase in rates. It is now painfully obvious that Ben Bernanke blew it big-time by not raising rates three years ago when the economy and markets enjoyed tailwinds. The former Federal […]
Grinding In Harms’ Way——The Fed’s Sick Wall Street Puppies Will Self-Destruct
Grinding In Harms’ Way——The Fed’s Sick Wall Street Puppies Will Self-Destruct Whatever is going on in the daily stock market, you can’t call it “price discovery” or even remotely rational. In fact, it amounts to grinding in harms’ way, and measures the degree to which the Fed and other central banks have turned the Wall […]
The Power Elite: Bumbling Incompetents
The Power Elite: Bumbling Incompetents Geniuses in Charge BALTIMORE, Maryland – Is there any smarter group of homo sapiens on the planet? Or in all of history? We’re talking about Fed economists, of course. Not only did they avoid another Great Depression by bold absurdity…giving the economy more of the one thing of which it clearly had […]
