US 10 Year Treasury Trades Like a MemeCoin

This is not a sign of a stable US Government bond market boys and girls. Other than badly named cryptocurrencies that trade wide and loose, […]

10.18.24 Bank Failure Friday Returns: First National Bank of Lindsay, Lindsay, OK

No sooner than my guest on @MacroEdge Radio, Melody Wright, finishes our discussion about distressed financial institutions and bank failures, here we go again. From […]

Stock Market History Often Repeats With Great Pain

During the course of the day, I often end up in discussions on X, the old Twitter, with many individuals about the stock market, economics, […]

Warning: Stocks are NOT Good Indicators of When a Recession is Coming

This morning while catching up on my podcasts and economic news I listened to one of my favorite stock commentators make a comment which made […]

October 4th Non-Farm Payroll Preview

The first Friday of the month is tomorrow which means of course the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets to release the monthly revisionfest also known […]

Welcome to October or the God of Khaos

Then out of Khaos, Ouranos and Gaia came. They gave birth to the Ourea and the Nesoi. After them was the dark Tartaros. Eros was […]

Dualing Dollars – How would a Bifurcated United States Currency Function?

by John Galt August 19, 2009 A question I get quite often in my email is “When will we see the Amero?” The other version, […]

Here Come the Squadrists

By John Galt January 19, 2009 Salve, o poplod’Eori,Salve, o Patria Immorale!Son rinati I figli tuoiCon la fe’ dell’ideale.Il valor de’tuoi guerrieri,La virtu dei pionieri,la […]

It’s the Solvency Stupid

July 8, 2008 9:12 am By John Galt There has been a lot of speculation and postulation by the Bubblevision crowd and those declaring a […]

The Wile E. Coyote Moment

by John Galt March 20, 2008There is a time when everything in a moment of history coalesces or intersects as I have stated in the […]

The Ballad of Hammerin’ Joe

By John Galt April 29, 2008 This is the storyAbout Hammerin’ Joe,Hittin’ everythingWith his hammer you know, Then one day,He made a mighty hit,And broke […]

Deflationerrory Thinking

By John Galt January 1, 2008 Sigh. There is a philosophical battle among the bears and doomers and it’s really quite frustrating as both parties […]

Painting the Swan

October 11, 2007 By John Galt For the uninitiated, I am a historian by training and hobby, an op-ed writer and blogger by habit. Yes, […]

1%

By John Galt October 24, 2007 1 percent. One out of one hundred. Ten out of one thousand. A miserably low number which neither indicates […]

Goldilocks Autopsy

by John Galt August 2, 2007 Despite the Fantasyland tickets being issued by the Bubblevisionistas, there is an extremely harsh reality sinking in to many […]