The problem with being a strong believer in the traditional value of gold as the safety trade is that one has to take slings and…
Posts tagged as “ECONOMICS”
Seriously. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, must initiate a new rate hiking cycle as soon as possible or the bubbles and insanity…
On Thursday, November 9, 2023, the United States Treasury department under the sterling leadership of one Janet Yellen got a taste of what a failed…
As my readers have noticed I have been quite reserved lately other than commentary with some others on the inside and in private regarding the…
And here we go gang… The FDIC Fridays are back after a Federal Reserve artificial pause so the party might get going every Friday night…
Welcome to Fed Day boys and girls. In the days of old, it was not a big event. Way way way back, when yours truly…
All is well. Remain calm. The middle class is booming. The poor are living the high life, they are only rioting because of the bad…
For the long time followers of these pages dating back to 2007, this opinion piece shall not come as a major shock or surprise. But…
This afternoon, one of my online cohorts re-X’d (?) a video from a Gen-Zer which is far more typical than people think: This video is…
For those of you not on the inside, you might not get this. However for everyone else, the truth is pretty clear and ugly as…
The media and the Fed seem to have declared victory over inflation this week. If this is your first experience with inflationary periods like this,…
The media has been hyping the consumer is still strong nonsense for many, many months now. To the point that has become nauseating propaganda which…
I don’t always get it right, but when I do, kiss my hairy, sometimes gloriously tanned arse. The markets rallied today in the face of…
The angst over the Middle East War, the irregular strength in the US economy, rumors of financial institutions having problems with bloated reserves full of…
During the past week, there were two striking television segments which caught my attention regarding the financial markets and the coming collision between higher rates…