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 […]

Nothing Matters Until 13:00

Or unless the President issues another gaffefest on trade before then. So what is 13:00? For those unfamiliar with military time, it references 1 p.m. […]

The Housing Repeat of 2007-2010: People Living in Storage Units and Their Cars (Videos)

There has been a long series of discussions about the problems with housing affordability which to the politicians and financial corporations is an issue for […]

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 […]

Trump Continues the Inflation Propaganda Campaign

I must, once again, spell this out for my old readers and new ones, one more time: I really wanted President Trump to succeed. I […]

Trump to Announce a Hopefully Future Trade Deal With 12th Largest Trading Partner

They political and financial media hypesters are at it again in a desperate attempt to keep the stock market and more importantly the bond market […]

Another FOMC Nothingburger, or Is It?

The financial media is all perplexed to read today’s Federal Reserve Open Market Committee statement as their appears to be a whiff of stagflation in […]

After this Week’s Holiday Look for a Market Rollover

The United States sometimes forgets that it takes two to tango and make a deal, or for that matter, make a market. This week is […]

Something Wicked From Asia Has Hit US T-Bills

As many of my regular readers know, I maintain fairly bizarre hours as I’m usually in the office early getting things accomplished and sometimes up […]

Breaking Bad Enters the Trade War Conversation

There will be a cadre of bulls who insist that this author is insane. For the record, I am not a permanent bear as it […]

The Scariest Economic Easter Chart of them All

When I first saw a different version of the chart below posted by Torsten Slok in his “The Daily Spark” email newsletter, I immediately had […]

The Warnings on Gold Were Correct: Panic is Here

On Sunday evening, these pages warned about the following: There is a risk that further mistakes could be made which will result in gold far […]