In about ten minutes from now, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell will present the following prepared remarks to the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House […]
Today’s Epic Fauxflation CPI Report
There's your average bedroom paperback fiction, then there are masterpieces of fiction. I offer my heartfelt congratulations to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for this masterpiece of bovine scatology they presented with a straight face this morning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. This is the quote direct from the webpage of the BLS this morning: Based on what yours truly highlighted above, the BLS used "nonsurvey" data instead of "survey" data to selectively determine the outcome. Too strong? How else can one explain the discrepancy between the data collected by the BLS via "nonsurvey" sources versus say, the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank with the month over month and annualized sticky-CPI data: So who is one to believe? These pages have…
Today’s Epic Fauxflation CPI Report
There's your average bedroom paperback fiction, then there are masterpieces…
It’s All Falling Apart: Cameroon Edition
Another African nation in the series, another nation rich in…
It’s All Falling Apart: Thailand-Cambodia War Edition
ON December 12, 2025 America's leader of the free world…
Forgive Me My Fellow Silverbugs, But I Must Sin
I'm sure that this article will have me tarred, feathered,…
Trump Now Has His Peace in Our Time Moment
Congrats, I guess? Preceding this was another “Truth” on his social media site which simply said this: In other words, this war is over because […]
Operation Nothingburger: Iran Attacks US Bases in the Middle East
If there ever was a propaganda joke of an attack, thus far Iran has conducted it to perfection. It’s almost as bad as some of […]
06.23.25 Markets Should Rally Unless…
This one innocuous looking photograph which is the headline thumbnail for this article is the key to understanding why ES is not down 100 points […]
Credit Union Failure Friday #2: Soul Community Federal Credit Union Austell, GA
We’re going back to back tonight with another failure, this time in the small town of Austell, GA. From the NCUA website tonight: Soul Community […]
Credit Union Failure Friday: Aldersgate Federal Credit Union Marion, IL
Ok, actually it was officially conserved on Wednesday, but I just caught it in my updates so the theme for Fridays must go on. From […]
The Major Problem With Iran: You Break It, You Buy It
In just hours or days from now, there is a strong possibility of American bombers, surface to surface missiles launched from US Navy vessels, and […]
OpEx Friday: Get Ready for the Pump Before the Dump
The usual suspects were on financial television this morning boasting that there really isn’t no sign of stagflation and that tariff impacts will not be […]
Gold is Money, Silver Shines So Now What?
As the summer officially begins this Friday, the reality that precious metals once again are taking the lead as the true flight to safety not […]
FOMC Statement: Please Don’t Smell This
Before I engage in my usual dissection of the bull crap session, here is the actual Federal Reserve Open Market Committee statement straight from their […]
Bessent and Trump Again: Bragging or BS?
As I’ve said since day one of his administration version 2.0, I hope he succeeds in a lot of the policies he’s attempting but some […]
Do Stocks Really Enjoy a Good War?
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for […]
Blue Horseshoe Says Go Short Oil
I don’t want to openly say that US markets and futures are manipulated, however there is a good bit of evidence from the documentary movie […]
What This Morning’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey Said Which is a Warning for the Fed
The New York Federal Reserve Bank published it’s monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey and the headlines were disturbing to the financial markets for all of […]
The Iran-Israel War: 30 Years of War Drums Reaches a Finale
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905 Before I offer a brief analysis of the […]