These pages just predicted that gold will finish 2025 strong, however, historically during post-election periods, there are some interesting tendencies which impact the gold market […]
Tag: INFLATION
JohnGaltFLA’s 2025 Drunken Predictions
Now that we’ve digested and expelled the hellish year of 2024, one has to ask just how much more fun can we have in 2025? […]
12/18 FOMC Results: The Great Stagflation of 2025 has Begun
The majority of financial media is in need of two paddles and a shock to their chests as the “bull market forever” and end of […]
12/18 FOMC Preview: A Hawkish 1980 Rate Cut
Here we go again boys and girls. It’s that time where our monetary overlords step down from the mountaintops and bequeath upon us their rulings […]
Inflation? What Inflation? Shut up Knaves!
In one of Mel Brooks most definitive works, a scene where he is playing King Louis the XVI and the “piss boy” summarizes pretty much […]
America’s 80/20 Recession
The “Pareto Principle” or 80/20 Rule is a well established theory which can be applied many obvious sciences, or as in the case of economics, […]
Exiting the Eye of the Storm
For those long time residents of Florida who have endured hurricanes and readers of these pages, the headline for this brief piece is perfectly logical […]
The Untested Equities
There is an ongoing theory that Wall Street and it’s financial media lapdogs promote every time a major bull market rolls around: “It’s different this […]
It’s Never a Crisis Until Yesterday
Today the bond market resumed its violent move with higher yields which shocked the world after President Donald Trump’s resounding victory. So why is this […]
The Election is Over, so What’s Next?
The resounding victory of President Donald Trump over Vice-President Kamala Harris has opened up the biggest economic question of the modern era: Now what? The […]
Treasuries Bust a MOVE
In the midst of the false equity market euphoria around 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, the realization that the smart money, aka, the bond […]
Inflation is Under Control, Unless You Eat, Drink, Need a Doctor, or Drive a Car
The unfortunate part of enjoying a self-enforced news blackout during a hurricane is that one misses the big picture economic news events which keeps us […]
Warning: Stocks are NOT Good Indicators of When a Recession is Coming
This morning while catching up on my podcasts and economic news I listened to one of my favorite stock commentators make a comment which made […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Martinique Edition
The usually peaceful French Caribbean colony of Martinique has erupted into flames over the past several weeks. Before a review of the news and video […]
Gold Does Not Move Higher Now Without Cause
The message that inflation has not been defeated and the world is in for more instability could not be any clearer than the signal that […]