The bloodbath on Wall Street continues this week as President Trump decided to wake up and choose violence against equity holders and bond bears heading […]
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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 […]
TLT Reminds Us of the Good Times
This chart presented without comment but man oh man, those were fun days… Buckle up.
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 […]