What is it About Early September Financial Markets

September 3, 1929. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches an all time high. And not too long after that, everything else became history in a […]

September 1st Gold Report: Time to Sort Out the Posers

While many might say I’m a skeptic, jaded, or just a bitter old goldbug, the reality is everything we’re seeing in the markets now has […]

Fed Chair Warsh Shocks the World

Sometimes one has to stand out from the crowd and predict the least likely case to become the most shocking outcome. The groupthink presented by […]

There’s Something Wrong in Philadelphia

And I think it will knock your $SOX off. What is your windbag radio host and often overly historical and somewhat dry esteemed web author […]

2008, If America is Lucky

Why does this grizzled, bitter, old historian pray for a 1973 outcome where a bear market that wiped out 45% of the market and created […]

FOMC Statement: Talk like Greenspan, Perform Like a Powell Pillow Fight

Weirdly enough, this author gets lumped into the nutty conspiracy theory group when talking about the Fed. First and foremost, I have no official history […]

7/29 Most Critical FOMC Meeting Ever Preview; Sort Of

As the world turns, these are the days of our lives. Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve’s FOMC will release their latest decision and dogs will sleep […]

Hoovernomics and Tariffs Ride Again

I am squarely for a protective tariff. The proposals of our opponents would place our farmers and workers in competition with peasant and sweated labor […]

10,000% Higher Just Isn’t As Impressive These Days

AS us older folks like to enjoy when the war is basically at intermission time, there really isn’t any point in paying attention to the […]

Now that Q2 2026 is Over, Prepare for the Crash

Twenty years. It’s been twenty years since I’ve read a BIS (Bank of International Settlements) report which actually has created some level of concern for […]

The Precious Metals Panic Continues

The headlines and stories continue to reflect the panic gold and silverbugs, at least the newbies, are feeling from the rapid rollover and decline in […]

American Housing Questions the Media Never Asks

If the National Association of Realtors asks the following question: Then why did Progressive Insurance start offering “first time buyer’s assistance” to buy a new […]

Today’s Equity Warsh Out

As the world turns, or is it as these pages warned? Way, way, way back in ancient history on May 25th of this very year […]

The BLS Lyin Eyes CPI Strikes Again

You can’t hide your lyin’ eyesAnd your smile is a thin disguiseI thought by now you’d realizeThere ain’t no way to hide your lyin’ eye […]

Driving With Only a Rear View Mirror

America has a massive problem that everyone is denying and refuses to admit. The financial community, especially the online and broadcast media prefers to drive […]