Deflationerrory Thinking

By John Galt January 1, 2008 Sigh. There is a philosophical battle among the bears and doomers and it’s really quite frustrating as both parties […]

What the Fed Really Said Today

I could easily sum up the press conference and statement with a music video: Unfortunately for those who think the Federal Reserve actually has a […]

A Week of Market Instability Begins Tomorrow

There are periods where one can recall certain periods in market history and understand why events overwhelmed the economic group think. This past Thursday one […]

Today’s CPI Report Was Soviet Level Propaganda

I’ll bet Joseph Stalin was blushing in hell reading this gigantic steaming pile of nonsense. What is your esteemed author talking about? I just arrived […]

Dr. Copper Screams Banana

The history of American economics is replete with grand stories of gratuitous bad calls and then those economists who made great calls but were silenced […]

The Irrational Exuberance of Powell’s Kamalan Statement

The problem with the Federal Reserve is that sometimes the Chairman of the Fed can speak the truth without realizing what that individual said. For […]

The FOMC Mistake is Ready for Wednesday

First and foremost, I would like to apologize for the budget Photoshop job, but I couldn’t afford better quality due to the high rate of […]

The Stock Market is Going to Fill Some Much Lower Gaps

For the sake of brevity, plus having to go to an impromptu meeting with one of my customers this morning, I shall keep this posting […]

$4.00 Spam Marks the Market Top

Yes, Spam, the compressed pork product from Hormel that the Hawaii has turned into some great delicacies, like the Spam McMuffin. The classics never go […]

A Stock Market Which Reminds Me of Ye Olde Late 1990s BBS

There are times when one can not but help expose one’s age. Yes, I admit I am a boomer, no I do not admit that […]

FCOJ and Steak: Commodities Indicate Massive Pain this Autumn

For those that might partake, one might want to get it out your system by enjoying one’s favorite screwdriver libation now, before the price skyrockets […]

A Review of Some Old School Housing Measurements vs. the Media Perception

The old version of Shenandoah once updated the housing predicament in 2007 onward with a series of charts and data provided by the Census bureau […]

Meet One of the Architects of the Destruction of the Dollar

There are some quotes which one comes across in history which read like typical newspeak and are dismissed by most as “just something for that […]

A Weaker Yen Plus a Stronger Dollar Equals More Inflation for Longer

For some strange reason, I do not think this is what Jay Powell had in mind with “higher for longer” or whatever nonsense he’s been […]

The Fed’s Tholian Web

IF one is a geek like myself, the idea of using a Star Trek analogy to the Burnsian like Federal Reserve under the management of […]