05.23 Stock Market Roundup: The Good, The Bad, and The Put a Grocery Bag on That Ugly

There are some updates one can write that are straight off the cuff. Then the stories which require some mood music for the era in […]

Another Myth Promoted by US Financial Media: ASML and TSMC Disabling their Taiwan Factories is Irrelevant

The news today was as usual the propaganda one would expect from America’s financial media. It is written by unicorn seeking individuals who think that […]

Linchpins

The old board game of Jenga is pretty simple to understand. The simplification of the complexities of America’s financial system was explained to the masses […]

05.17 9 p.m. ET on MacroEdge Radio via X-Spaces: We Want You (Mp3 added)

Good afternoon one and all. After a week of travels and travails, data and insanity, and angry Italians (you have to tune in for that […]

Deja Vu for the NASDAQ and US 10 Year Again?

Too many people are way to young to get the humor of that headline unless they have listened to the ever famous Yogi Berra and […]

The NASDAQ Rally Today: A Penny Stock for Your Thoughts?

There are days in the markets where one thinks that these rallies are all enabled by the CNBC/BBG/FBN and internet cheerleaders who want speculative frenzies. […]

President Biden Echoes the Days of Smoot-Hawley

The one thing we can be certain of as Americans is that we will find new ways to repeat the errors of the past. This […]

Housing Revisited: Where in Cycle Again?

Instead of boring my readers with the usual plethora of charts, rants, foreclosure nightmares, and stories about the reality we are beginning to revisit from […]

The Recession of 2024: If You See Kay

There is nothing better than finally finding a way to tie an April Wine song into modern monetary theory and the state of the economy […]

Is May 9, 2024 One of the Most Dangerous Days in History?

Tomorrow is Thursday, May 9, 2024 and perhaps it will be one of the darkest days in world history. Call it a gut feeling, maybe […]

A Weaker Yen Plus a Stronger Dollar Equals More Inflation for Longer

For some strange reason, I do not think this is what Jay Powell had in mind with “higher for longer” or whatever nonsense he’s been […]

The Fed’s Tholian Web

IF one is a geek like myself, the idea of using a Star Trek analogy to the Burnsian like Federal Reserve under the management of […]

Dr. Copper and Precious Metals Display Normalcy

For once I can say the title of this article for the first time since the Great Financial Crisis and not spew my cocktail all […]

Another American Diplomatic Humiliation Courtesy of China

There are times when one questions the familiar chant issued from the Biden junta when they took power that the “adults were now in charge.” […]

The FOMC Meeting this Week: Stagflation or Crisis?

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meets this week and faces the ultimate decision regarding the creature they have unleashed on the global economy: Do […]