After listening to Peter Navarro bark like a trained seal on Bloomberg Television this afternoon, I fear this brief thread is more necessary than ever. […]
Tag: INFLATION
The Populist Threat to America’s Economy
In ancient days, to avoid the wrath of a Rome, the wealthy would often offer tribute in many forms as a sign of submission and […]
An Inflation Report Courtesy of the Federal Reserve and Tariffs
While there is so much I could write about starting with last Friday’s events, and believe me, this author will, the story of this fiasco […]
Dr. Copper is On Life Support
There are great songs in American history then there are those that resonate since the 1980s forever. Unfortunately for precious and industrial metals investors, the […]
FOMC Day: Jay Powell is Cooking Up the FUTburgers
Yes, I know, I know, the title is corny and just what is a futburger? More on that at the end of this piece but […]
The Manufacturing Renaissance Myth
While there are many who celebrate all of the announcements of countries to invest and companies to reshore into the United States, there are some […]
Moo? No, That’s a MOU to You!
Only the South Park Cows and the President of the United States could say the same thing with only the cool people understanding the reference. […]
More Inflation Nonsense This Time from Hershey’s
Hershey’s today made an announcement that they will be engaging in double digit price increases and amazingly made the following statement as quoted in a […]
$40 Silver: Stay on Target
Could this be the week? The instability created by the Japanese elections, the trade war rhetoric heating up, and worse, the insane war on the […]
Maybe the Consumer Isn’t as Strong as Advertised
Sigh, I feel like the lost bear in the woods. There is an underlying economic reality that the “K” shaped economy is something new to […]
Trump’s War on Jay Powell Hits a Bessent Speed Bump
The Wall Street Journal broke some news on Saturday afternoon which appears to have created a dilemma for the get rid of Powell at any […]
Dr. Copper is Still Holding Class
The stories since the start of the trade war tend to verify what most intelligent people knew long ago(from the UK Guardian): Demand for copper […]
A Quick Precious Metals Update: Still the Same
Despite a massive attempt by the shorts in the futures markets to quash this recent rally, the reality is that nothing has changed and all […]
A Great Infographic From Yahoo Finance on Inflation
While I like to think I try to cover data like this from top to bottom, sometimes an infographic helps to explain the radical change […]
More Tariff Circus Nonsense Now with Indonesia
This morning our Emperor in Chief, Donaldo Maximus El Trump announced that he personally had struck another trade deal, this time with the President of […]