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 […]
Tag: INFLATION
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 […]
The Bond Market Warned Us, Nobody Listened
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s Moving Day
And for some reason, I don’t think America’s passive income gobbling investors understand just what the implications of that phrase really is. What is yours […]
A Golden Warning for the Markets
Today the equity markets completed an intraday reversal, albeit on relatively light volume and terrible breadth, to finish the month and quarter with a so-called […]