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Impaled On Its Own Petard——The Fed’s Folly Festers Further
Impaled On Its Own Petard——The Fed’s Folly Festers Further Listening to even a small portion of Simple Janet’s incoherent babble makes very clear that the nation’s central bank is well and truly impaled on its own petard. According to the dictionary, the latter term refers to….. …….. a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching […]
The Monetary Base, Buybacks and the Stock Market
The Monetary Base, Buybacks and the Stock Market A Useful Leading Indicator? We often see charts comparing the S&P 500 to the growth in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, or more specifically, to assets held by the Fed. There is undeniably a close correlation between the two, but it has struck us as not very […]
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 […]
Economics Is Like A Religion – Just Faith In Theory
Economics Is Like A Religion – Just Faith In Theory Everyone is missing the serious problem that ultra-low interest rates have created for retirees. Pension funds are still assuming that future returns will be in the 7½–8% range. And as people get older and have no practical way to go back to work, pension funds […]
Growth Is the Answer to Everything
Growth Is the Answer to Everything The Solution to Every Problem Little Changes Add Up Restoring Growth From Carrot to Stick Newport Beach, New York, and an SIC Conference Update “Growth is never by mere chance. It is the result of forces working together.” – James Cash Penney In this business we spend a lot […]
This Chart Shows the First Big Crash Is Likely Just Ahead
This Chart Shows the First Big Crash Is Likely Just Ahead The story on Wall Street and CNBC continues to be that we’re in a correction and this is a buying opportunity. Even Warren Buffett joins the chorus of stock market cheerleaders for the skeptical public. Well, I agree with the skeptical public, not the […]
Ryan McMaken: The European Central Bank Finally Throws in the Kitchen Sink
RYAN MCMAKEN: THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK FINALLY THROWS IN THE KITCHEN SINK Back in January, ECB President Mario Draghi doubled down on his earlier commitment to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the European economy with easy money.” “There are no limits to how far we’re willing to deploy our instruments,” Draghi swore in January. He […]
The Central Bankers Are Crazy & Public is Out Of Its Mind – Where’s the Beef?
The Central Bankers Are Crazy & Public is Out Of Its Mind – Where’s the Beef? The central bankers are simply crazy, not evil. They are trying to steer the economy by utilizing this simpleton theory that if you make something cheaper, someone will buy it. Japanese and German cars managed to get a major […]
Central Bank Economists: Bad Central Bank Policy Is INCREASING Inequality
Central Bank Economists: Bad Central Bank Policy Is INCREASING Inequality While the leaders of the Fed and other central banks claim that their extraordinary monetary policies haven’t significantly increased inequality, economists with the world’s most prestigious financial agency, the Bank of International Settlements – known as “the Central Banks’ Central Bank” – just released a report showing otherwise. BIS notes: Our simulation suggests that […]
David Stockman: Thanks for the Corporate Bond Bubble, Fed
DAVID STOCKMAN: THANKS FOR THE CORPORATE BOND BUBBLE, FED Once upon a time businesses borrowed long term money—-if they borrowed at all—-in order to fund plant, equipment and other long-lived productive assets. That kind of debt was self-liquidating in the sense that it usually generated a stream of income and cash flow that was sufficient to […]
Secret Monetary Group Warns a Catastrophe Is Coming
Secret Monetary Group Warns a Catastrophe Is Coming This is just the tip of the iceberg. The Bank for International Settlements is nothing if not obscure. As the central bankers’ bank, it seems little-more than a back-door, private club for monetary elites to rub shoulders. And it’s located in Switzerland which has always carried a […]
Eugen Bohm Von Bawerk: Greenspan, The Sheepherder
EUGEN BÖHM VON BAWERK: GREENSPAN, THE SHEEPHERDER It is common knowledge by now that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan oversaw, enabled and approved of, a major transition in the US economy. His infamous “Greenspan-put” in which his actions at the central bank would be driven, if not dictated, by the whims of financial markets, clearly […]
Cheap Oil, the U.S. Dollar and the Deep State
Cheap Oil, the U.S. Dollar and the Deep State March 9, 2016 All this is to suggest that those expecting a major weakening in the USD to push oil higher shouldn’t hold their breath awaiting this outcome. That oil fell off a cliff once the U.S. dollar (USD) began its liftoff in mid-2014 is, well, […]
The Price Isn’t Right——-How Central Banks Are Fixing To Ambush The Casino
The Price Isn’t Right——-How Central Banks Are Fixing To Ambush The Casino The casino is incorrigible. After a monumental short squeeze that has lifted the averages right into the jaws of danger, Goldman Sachs has the temerity to print the following: “Our model suggests SPX calls are more attractive than at any time over the past 20 years”. […]
