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Quantitative Easing is like “treating cancer with Aspirin”

October 27, 2014

Quantitative Easing is like “treating cancer with Aspirin”. Shortly before leaving the Fed this year, Ben Bernanke rather pompously declared that Quantitative Easing “works in practice, but it doesn’t work in theory.” There is, of course, no counter-factual. We’ll never know what might have happened if the world’s central banks had not thrown trillions of […]

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Why Gold Is Undervalued – And poised to re-price upwards from here Washington’s Blog

October 26, 2014

Why Gold Is Undervalued – And poised to re-price upwards from here Washington’s Blog. Gold has been in a bear market for three years. Technical analysts are asking themselves whether they should call an end to this slump on the basis of the “triple-bottom” recently made at $1180/oz, or if they should be wary of […]

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Something Is Dangerously Wrong at the New York Fed | Armstrong Economics

October 25, 2014

Something Is Dangerously Wrong at the New York Fed | Armstrong Economics. In a speech this week, New York Federal Reserve Board President William Dudley addressed pervasive misconduct within the financial industry, refusing to dismissively lay the blame on a few bad apples. “The problems originate from the culture of the firms, and this culture is largely shaped by the […]

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Saxobank CIO Warns “Another Shock Drop Is Coming.. And It’s Coming Soon” | Zero Hedge

October 22, 2014

Saxobank CIO Warns “Another Shock Drop Is Coming.. And It’s Coming Soon” | Zero Hedge. Saxo Bank’s Chief Economist Steen Jakobsen is predicting another ‘shock drop’ in the markets within a few weeks. With debt and low inflation continuing to create a nervous atmosphere behind most markets, Steen argues that we will hit fresh lows in mid-November. […]

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Switzerland’s Referendum on Gold |

October 20, 2014

Switzerland’s Referendum on Gold |. The Swiss National Bank (which is run by a bunch of Keynesian dunderheads – not too surprising for a central bank, but somewhat surprising for Switzerland) is trying its best to somehow thwart the upcoming referendum on gold. If the referendum is successful, at least 20% of the SNB’s assets […]

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More QE? These Charts Show the Pauperization of Workers in the UK and America since 2008 | Wolf Street

October 19, 2014

More QE? These Charts Show the Pauperization of Workers in the UK and America since 2008 | Wolf Street. Designated losers of monetary policy Since the financial crisis, the government of the UK and the Bank of England have jumped through hoops and twirled around in extraordinary gyrations to bail out one of the largest […]

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The IMF and Austrian Theory – Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada

October 18, 2014

The IMF and Austrian Theory – Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada.   Back in the early 1960s, financial journalist Henry Hazlitt warned against efforts to create an international system to help facilitate the smooth transfer of currencies. Representatives from the world’s leading governments were attempting to increase liquidity in global markets. They wanted to make sure the […]

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Kudos To Herr Weidmann For Uttering Three Truths In One Speech | David Stockman’s Contra Corner

October 18, 2014

Kudos To Herr Weidmann For Uttering Three Truths In One Speech | David Stockman’s Contra Corner. Once in a blue moon officials commit truth in public, but the intrepid leader of Germany’s central bank has delivered a speech which let’s loose of three of them in a single go. Speaking at a conference in Riga, […]

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