All the Hoopla over the Yen for Nothing

Last night the Japanese Yen was skyrocketing towards 160 and crossed that next round, magic level with little resistance. Then early this morning the Wall […]

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 […]

The Next Inflationary Surge is the Big One

Throughout the United States history of inflation and deflation, one thing is certain: The Federal Reserve and political elites will make it worse in either […]

A Gold Correction is Coming

Sadly, there were signs. This story from tonight’s New York Post was a siren screaming into the night: Gold shining ‘bright like a diamond,’ could […]

The Last Lone Ranger: HiYo Silver Away!!!

It’s that time. It’s almost that moment. Yeah, there are goldbugs. There are cryptobugs. Then there are us crazy ass silverbugs. Despite popular knowledge and […]

A Potentially Dangerous Friday

There are mornings when one wakes up and wonders if it would just be better to skip going to the office, the factory, or fulfilling […]

2024 1st Quarter Gold Report: Yeah Baby!

Folks, this isn’t rocket science. In periods of monetary, credit, and related political dysfunction and instability, gold still is the safest asset on earth. Before […]

The Recession of the Poors

The one question no one ever asks is the simple, most obvious, and for American society, the saddest: What if there is a recession and […]

03.15.24 Weekly Market Review: A Weather Change

For those of my readers not familiar with this time of year in Florida, it is not only spring break where traffic becomes an infernal […]

03.14.24 Market Report: Uh, oh another No No No Market

Last time I did a report like this was October 6, 2023. It got ugly, then the Fed said “everyone party now” and the market […]

“Cisvidia”

The media, the financial world, and civilization came to a stop this week. Wars were paused, children’s births delayed, and the heavens shone a light […]

Inflation is Hotter than Fried Bacon

In days of future past, I posted up a regular spreadsheet and talked about using the old Dollar Tree inflation indicator. Silly me, that was […]

The Federal Reserve’s Nightmare

This afternoon Federal Reserve Jay Powell did what he does best: Screw up markets. In the many months preceding today’s FOMC meeting, the insiders have […]

The Retail Sales Should Falter with Higher Inflation Fallacy

The financial media has decided long ago that the indicator of strong consumers and retail sales will always serve as validation for the most abhorrent […]

01.17.24 Another Asian Market Crash

The ritual of waking up at ungodly hours and scanning for information usually is quite boring outside of the half dozen wars and inept political […]