Posts Tagged ‘money printing’
Declining Empires, Diminishing Returns and Economic Inertia
Read the Friday Afternoon Wrap-up for 4/19/2013 and the Monday Morning Commentary for 4/22/2013 In the below article, Zero Hedge published one of the most alarming – and damning – charts imaginable, regarding the outlook for the dying American “empire”… The Great Unrotation in US GDP Specifically, it plots the U.S. 10-year [...]
Don’t Fight the Fed (Revisited)
The old saying goes "Don't fight the Fed." In other words, when you invest you should ride their coat tails and let their policy "help" your performance. This strategy didn't work out so well last decade as both stocks and real estate were slaughtered throughout 2008-09 as the Fed pumped furiously to reflate a system that was crashing. As [...]
Fight the Fed!
Read the Tuesday Afternoon Wrap-UP for 3/19/2013 and the Wednesday Morning Commentary for 3/20/2013 Being in the “BUSINESS OF TRUTH,” I am besieged by the MSM’s pabulum as much as Washington, Wall Street, and the gold Cartel’s LIES. You know, drivel like “gold is a barbarous relic.” GATA’s Moron of the Year, or MOTY award, [...]
The Irrational Maestro
Read the Friday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 3/15/2013, Weekend Thoughts, and the Monday Morning Commentary for 3/18/2013 There are a handful of events one remembers like they “just happened yesterday.” 9/11 is tops on the list – as I was there; as well as the Reagan assassination attempt, Magic Johnson announcing he had the HIV virus, and the [...]
Fantastic Article by J.S. Kim
Read the Wednesday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 3/13/2013 and the Thursday Morning Commentary for 3/14/2013 J.S. Kim of SmartKnowledgeU has written some fine pieces in the past; but the piece below just may be his finest… Governments Worldwide are Implementing Orwellian Gold Confiscation Today. You Just Haven’t Realized it Yet I have never [...]
Who’s Gonna Pay?
5+ years into the Greatest Financial Crisis and what has changed? I could go into how balance sheets have blown out to ridiculous levels, money has been printed to cover up the financial sinkholes and accounting practices exist only at the pleasure of the banks who own the underwater assets. I won't do that today. Zero Hedge put a piece out [...]
How Goes It on the Inflation Front?
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER If you ask John Williams, he will reply… Lately, the big question affecting the price of gold is will the Fed continue QE or will they cut back, fearful of inflation? Inflation, by their definition is running around 2%. But, as you can see in the graph above, inflation is really running over 9%. Which [...]
Bill Gross goes rogue? Welcome to the club!
Money for Nothin’ Writing Checks for Free Has Pimco's Bill Gross lost his mind? He put the above link out a couple of days ago where he lampooned The Fed, The Bank of England and even alluded to "the vault" being empty. This is a guy who manages some $2 trillion of assets under management. These are PAPER assets under management, ALL of [...]
Rollover!
1981 Movie Rollover Predicts Today's News Do you remember the movie titled "Rollover" which came out way back in 1981? How fantastic and "scary" it was to see such a calamity portrayed? At the time it was focused on the Arabs pulling Dollar deposits which could (would have) crashed the banking system. It portrayed (and is still true to this [...]
The problem faced by the Fed in trying to support the dollar
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER Be sure and read the quotes, above – especially the first Sinclair quote. Trust what he has to say. I do. Yes, I believe that gold is headed to $4000 or higher during the 2015-2017 period, and the dollar is in danger of a massive devaluation. Sinclair, as usual, tells it like it is and pulls no punches. Be [...]
