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Cash Banned, Freedom Gone
Cash Banned, Freedom Gone Some politicians want to ban cash, arguing that cash is helping criminals. The first steps in that direction are the withdrawal of big denomination notes and the limits imposed on cash payments. Proponents of a ban on cash claim that this will help fight criminal transactions — involved in money laundering, terrorism, and […]
This week on “It’s Our Money”: Stephen Lendman and Going Cashless
This week on “It’s Our Money”: Stephen Lendman and Going Cashless Kiss your cash goodbye! The word is that things would be more convenient, crooks would be confounded and diseases might be thwarted if we’d just get rid of filthy currency as the most essential form of personal financial liquidity. Currently circulating in the corridors of […]
We Need the Pain that Comes with More Saving
We Need the Pain that Comes with More Saving The endgame of monetary side manipulations is upon us. Since 2008, central banks have done what they thought was needed to bring the markets back from the pain they experienced during the crash. The problem, of course, is that these Keynesians and Monetarists placed the high […]
The Collapse Of Italy’s Banks Threatens To Plunge The European Financial System Into Chaos
The Collapse Of Italy’s Banks Threatens To Plunge The European Financial System Into Chaos The Italian banking system is a “leaning tower” that truly could completely collapse at literally any moment. And as Italy’s banks begin to go down like dominoes, it is going to set off financial panic all over Europe unlike anything we […]
A Blended Fundamental and Technical Perspective on Where We Go From Here
A Blended Fundamental and Technical Perspective on Where We Go From Here So I’m currently teaching applied financial modelling at Marquette University in the beautiful blue collar town of Milwaukee, WI; home of the Harley, the (Miller) High-Life and SummerFest. It’s a great town and a great school. A few years ago the business college […]
Three Reasons to Be Worried About the Economy
Three Reasons to Be Worried About the Economy On January 12, America’s central planner-in-chief gave his State of the Union address. The president promised nothing less than to feed the hungry, create jobs, shape the earth’s climate, and make everyone a college graduate. There’s nothing new here, though. We’ve heard variations of this silly song […]
The Continuing Demonization of Cash
The Continuing Demonization of Cash The insidious nature of the war on cash derives not just from the hurdles governments place in the way of those who use cash, but also from the aura of suspicion that has begun to pervade private cash transactions. In a normal market economy, businesses would welcome taking cash. After all, what […]
Rewardless Risk
Rewardless Risk Faramir: Then farewell! But if I should return, think better of me. Denethor: That depends on the manner of your return. – J.R.R. Tolkien “The Lord of the Rings” (1954) I’m going full-nerd with the “Lord of the Rings” introduction to today’s Epsilon Theory note, but I think this scene — where Denethor, the […]
The Fed Passes the Buck: Blame Oil and China
The Fed Passes the Buck: Blame Oil and China There are a handful of themes out there on recent market action that are either totally wrong or otherwise highly misleading. For instance, regarding the recent calamity in the capital markets, one especially apparent dichotomy has presented itself as offering two choices as to what, exactly, […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 2
We Know How This Ends, Part 2 In March 1969, while Buba was busy in the quicksand of its swaps and forward dollar interventions, Netherlands Bank (the Dutch central bank) had instructed commercial banks in Holland to pull back funds from the eurodollar market in order to bring up their liquidity positions which had dwindled […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 1
We Know How This Ends, Part 1 The finance ministers and representatives of central banks from the world’s ten largest “capitalist” economies gathered in Bonn, West Germany on November 20, 1968. The global financial system was then enthralled by a third major currency crisis of the past year or so and there was great angst […]
Are We Headed for Another Bust?
Are We Headed for Another Bust? On Wednesday December 16, 2015, Federal Reserve Bank policymakers raised the federal funds rate target by 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent for the first time since December 2008. There is the possibility that the target could be lifted gradually to 1.25 percent by December next year. Fed policymakers have […]
Opinion: The banking system faces an existential threat — and it’s not bitcoin
Opinion: The banking system faces an existential threat — and it’s not bitcoin A movement in Europe would require banks to fully back deposits John Michael WrightIn 1666, King Charles II put control of the money supply into private hands. The privatization of the money-creation process gave birth to the system we use today. Christmas did […]
The Catastrophic Threat of Bail-Ins
The Catastrophic Threat of Bail-Ins It has now been more than two and a half years since the Cyprus Steal , the first “bail-in” perpetrated in the Western world, occurred. Before reviewing the history of this newest financial atrocity, it is necessary to define the terms. The term “bail-in” describes a scenario in which a bank confiscates private property […]
