The New York Federal Reserve Bank published it’s monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey and the headlines were disturbing to the financial markets for all of […]
Tag: INFLATION
The Iran-Israel War: 30 Years of War Drums Reaches a Finale
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905 Before I offer a brief analysis of the […]
A Quick Prediction on Today’s CPI Report
If we’re all supposed to be dorks and believe the financial pump and dump media, the BLS report on CPI at 8:30 a.m. will be […]
The Silver Breakout Indicates Much Higher Prices
At the end of 2024, I posted my annual prediction for precious metals with gold already nailing its year end target earlier than I even […]
China’s Version of the Trump-Xi Phone Call is Interesting
The following is the full government readout from China of the Trump-Xi phone call via Xinhua: Xi says dialogue, cooperation only correct choice for China, […]
06.06.25 NFP and Employment Predictions With a Touch of History
The hoopla surrounding the great Elon Musk v. Donald Trump social media conflict seems to be calming down this morning so let’s take a moment […]
Silver: It’s Happening
Finally. If silver breaks out above $35, as I’ve been saying forever, and closes with higher volumes above this level or preferably $36, then the […]
I Just Can’t, But We Will…2009 Flashbacks (Video)
If the following video is indicative of just 10% of the Gen-Z or Millennial generations, God help us as this makes 2009 look like a […]
The Tariff Ruling: A Nothingburger or Taco of Consequence?
The Court of International Trade, an Article III Constitutionally created by Congress to adjudicate trade disputes since the 18th century, dropped what at first appeared […]
The Richmond Fed Survey Screams Stagflation
I just wonder if they cleared that with old Jay before they released it. For the record, so my readers know that this author is […]
Bull Markets are Peaceful, History is Violent
In the 2014 movie “Fury” the statement from the character Wardaddy of “Ideals are peaceful, history is violent,” was truly not respected as a reflection […]
The Trade War Isn’t Over Until Trump Says It’s Over
The bloodbath on Wall Street continues this week as President Trump decided to wake up and choose violence against equity holders and bond bears heading […]
I Finally Understand the Use Function of Bitcoin
Or, how it took a dollar funding crisis in Japan for me to figure out crypto… For the life of me, I could never understand […]
TLT Reminds Us of the Good Times
This chart presented without comment but man oh man, those were fun days… Buckle up.
The Housing Repeat of 2007-2010: People Living in Storage Units and Their Cars (Videos)
There has been a long series of discussions about the problems with housing affordability which to the politicians and financial corporations is an issue for […]