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 […]
Tag: ECONOMY
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 […]
No Mention of a Trade Deal From the Chinese Government Yet
With all of the wild news and rumors flying around for years now, color these pages those of the eternal skeptic, willing to dig into […]
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 […]
Gold: Now All of you Can Worry
There is a weird situation that only happens at the precipice of a major financial crisis. I’ve lived through several of them now and as […]
5 Big Reasons Trump Capitulated on Tariffs
And no boys and girls, it was not the million plus donated to the “inauguration fund” by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The past 24 hours […]
The Original Anti-Inflation Movie was Falling Down
Change my mind. On a more serious note, the reality of inflation, stress on the middle class, and people being addicted to mind numbing drugs […]
The Absurdity of US Trade War Strategy in One Story
The listeners to the MacroEdge Radio show via X-Spaces might come to the conclusion that this author is pro-globalism and anti-tariffs. That is the furthest […]