Gold’s 2023 Performance Brings Doubts into 2024

The recent rally in gold has demonstrated that it is the preferred life preserver for central banks and investors during stormy times but it has […]

Gold’s Dangerous Rally to New All Time Highs

The long time followers of this blog know that for this author to present the title above, something very bad might just be in the […]

Another Suspect Rally in Gold or the Real Deal?

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 […]

Jay Powell Must Begin a New Rate Hike Cycle Immediately

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 […]

The 30 Year US Treasury Bond Auction Failure that Wasn’t But Was

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 […]

A Very Quick Market Update: Still no, No bull, No Bare, Nowhere Man’s Land

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 […]

Bank Failure Friday Returns (again): Citizens Bank of Iowa

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 […]

On November 1st, the Federal Reserve Chooses Stagflation

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 […]

The US Economy: Here’s Your Sign (Video)

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 […]

The Faith in Models Will be America’s Undoing

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 […]

Gen Z and the Millennials Are About to Get a Rude Awakening (Video)

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 […]

10.18.23 Stock Market Report: It was a Ranch Party

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 Cumulative Inflation Dilemma

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 Consumer is Toast

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 […]

10.09.23 Marketwatch: Yeah, I’m Gloating

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 […]