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Ukraine and the Next Wave of Inflation, Part I

March 11, 2022

Ukraine and the Next Wave of Inflation, Part I Inflation from Useless Ingredients The cause of rising prices is not always monetary. Before Covid, we wrote a lot about mandatory useless ingredients. This is when regulators and taxinators force producers to add things to their products, which buyers do not care about (and often do not know […]

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Inflation and Gold: What Gives?

December 23, 2021

Inflation and Gold: What Gives? In the last Supply and Demand update, we discussed some different theories which attempt to explain what causes the gold and silver prices to move. We mentioned the: “…attempt to hold up a famous buyer of metal, while ignoring the thousands of not-famous sellers who sold the metal to said famous buyer.” […]

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Perversity: Thy Name is Dollar

November 17, 2021

Perversity: Thy Name is Dollar If you ask most people, “what is money?” they will answer that money is the generally accepted medium of exchange. If you ask Google Images, it will show you many pictures of green pieces of paper. Virtually everyone agrees that money means the dollar. Image credit: Cildo Meireles Breaking Down the Dollar Monetary […]

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India’s Experiments with COVID-19

April 4, 2021

India’s Experiments with COVID-19 Shooting from the Hip Reminiscent of his demonetization effort in 2016, on 24th March 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appeared on TV and declared an immediate nationwide curfew. No one was to be allowed to leave wherever he or she happened to be. All flights, trains (after 167 years of […]

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“In America Money Does Grow on Trees”

October 5, 2020

“In America Money Does Grow on Trees” Full Commitment This week provided additional confirmation that America is fully committed to a program of currency destruction.  Decades of terminal intelligence have gotten us to this special place.  We will have more on this in a moment.  But first some words on being fully committed. Say hello […]

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Central Planners At Work

August 25, 2020

Central Planners At Work Consumption without Production “Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer”, observed 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.  “He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who inter alia opined on consumers and the need to not only consume, but also […]

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The Dollar Is Dying

August 10, 2020

The Dollar Is Dying Insulting the Captive Audience This week, while perusing the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet figures, we came across a rather curious note.  We don’t know how long the Fed’s had this note posted to its website.  But we can’t recall ever seeing it.  The note reads as follows: “The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet […]

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Silver “Scarcifies” – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

July 31, 2020

Silver “Scarcifies” – Precious Metals Supply and Demand On Monday, Silver got Scarcer – and Simpler On 23 July, we said: “Well, it’s complicated.” The action on 27 July was not. Silver spot price vs. September basis Notice the big drop in the basis starting around midnight (London time). It falls from over 7% to under 2%. […]

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US Money Supply – The Pandemic Moonshot

June 15, 2020

US Money Supply – The Pandemic Moonshot Printing Until the Cows Come Home… It started out with Jay Powell planting a happy little money tree in 2019 to keep the repo market from suffering a terminal seizure. This essentially led to a restoration of the status quo ante “QT” (the mythical beast known as “quantitative […]

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In Gold We Trust, 2020 – The Dawning of a Golden Decade

June 4, 2020

In Gold We Trust, 2020 – The Dawning of a Golden Decade The New In Gold We Trust Report is Here! The In Gold We Trust 2020 report by our good friends Ronald Stoeferle and Mark Valek was released last week. It is the biggest and most comprehensive gold research report in the world. As always it contains […]

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In Gold We Trust, 2020 – The Dawning of a Golden Decade

June 2, 2020

In Gold We Trust, 2020 – The Dawning of a Golden Decade The New In Gold We Trust Report is Here! The In Gold We Trust 2020 report by our good friends Ronald Stoeferle and Mark Valek was released last week. It is the biggest and most comprehensive gold research report in the world. As always it contains […]

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