The meetings have concluded between the American and Chinese trade delegations this Sunday evening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and yes, it does look like another […]
Tag: BESSENT
Trump’s Nixonization of the US Economy
The absurdity of today’s behavior by the Trump administration was put on full display by United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and US […]
Trump’s War on Jay Powell Hits a Bessent Speed Bump
The Wall Street Journal broke some news on Saturday afternoon which appears to have created a dilemma for the get rid of Powell at any […]
More Tariff Circus Nonsense Now with Indonesia
This morning our Emperor in Chief, Donaldo Maximus El Trump announced that he personally had struck another trade deal, this time with the President of […]
Will Trump’s War on the Fed Crash the Markets?
“There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.” – Andrew Mellon, August 1929 The President of the United States once […]
IF You’re Complaining About the Quarter End Silver Slam Please Read This Article
Another quarter ends, another silver slam begins and ends. The panic which ensued with the newbie silver bulls is not shocking, in fact, for those […]
The Trump Team Forgot to Bring the Power to the Trade War
IN the early days of the 1970’s, a famous commercial aired about Calgon water softening products with the catch phrase “Ancient Chinese Secret” which was […]
I Finally Understand the Use Function of Bitcoin
Or, how it took a dollar funding crisis in Japan for me to figure out crypto… For the life of me, I could never understand […]
Mr. Bond Market Reminds Everyone to Say “Sir”
As these pages warned almost twelve hours ago in a little article titled: Nothing Matters Until 13:00 this author said the following: Equity markets will […]
The Bond Market Warned Us, Nobody Listened
In early April, shortly after “Liberation Day,” the US bond vigilantes interrupted their month long vacation of what is normally a dull month just long […]
The TLT says “Hi Dear”
I apologize to my non-social media followers nor those without my twisted sense of humor (not really) but the great Flappr on Twitter/X always cracks […]
No Mention of a Trade Deal From the Chinese Government Yet
With all of the wild news and rumors flying around for years now, color these pages those of the eternal skeptic, willing to dig into […]
5 Big Reasons Trump Capitulated on Tariffs
And no boys and girls, it was not the million plus donated to the “inauguration fund” by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The past 24 hours […]
A Golden Warning for the Markets
Today the equity markets completed an intraday reversal, albeit on relatively light volume and terrible breadth, to finish the month and quarter with a so-called […]
Speculation Inflation
There are times in American history where inflation is a structurally obvious measure of monetary and price appreciation and the government logically reports the data […]