The War Comes Home to America’s Economy

No, there are not nuclear weapons exploding in New York, nor bombers overflying Washington, D.C. (yet). But the Russia-Ukraine War has come home to America […]

03.02.22 A Quick Market Note

This is the Reader’s Digest condensed market story of the three bears. Baby bear said “hi” and no one heard her squeaky voice and bought […]

03.01.22 Russia-Ukraine War: Did Putin Go Full Metal Stalingrad?

In 1942, another dictator made fateful decisions which in the end destroyed his leadership and in the end, his nation. Adolf Hitler could have won […]

02.28.22 07:30 ET BREAKING NEWS: US Bans Almost All Transactions with Russian Central Bank

At 07:30 ET the United States Government banned all transactions with the Russian Central Bank except for a few minor exceptions for energy related sales. […]

This is Normal; IF the Date is October 2008

H-o-l-y smokes. I never, ever, ever, thought it was possible to repeat stupidity of this magnitude twice in 20 years, but by God our Western […]

The Plunge Protection Team Goes to War

What, what, what????? America’s Banksters went to war over the Russian invasion of Ukraine? First, let’s identify who went into battle today, with the PPT […]

02.24.22 Gold, Oil, Commodities Indicate that Inflation is About to Skyrocket Higher

The average America is pretty much ignorant about where or what Odessa is, the Donbas, or if Kiev is anything but a meal made with […]

02.15.22 Peace In Our Time Market Rally Edition

Meanwhile, Vlad obviously had some SPY 440 calls. In reality today was just another dead bull bounce where the bulls mounted a valiant effort from […]

02.15.22 “Peace in Our Time” Rally Underway in World Markets and US Futures

As Neville Chamberlain once stated that he achieved “peace in our time” the markets apparently took all of today’s breaking news as the same and […]

02.14.22 Market Preview: Putin’s Shorts vs. Powell’s Put

Sven Henirch over at Northman Trading has the Tweet of the day summing it up at 5:15 a.m. ET this morning: Roses are red.Markets are […]

02.14.22 Deflation Desperation: Japanese Central Bank Announces Unlimited Bond Buying at Fixed Prices

Coming soon to a Federal Reserve press conference near you. From Forex Live: BoJ will conduct an unlimited bond buying operation today Why one may […]

This is Not Going to End Well Part 2: “Big Game” Edition

Today is the day for the “big game” as one is legally required to call it so the wrath of the NFL lawyers and ambulance […]

02.13.22 Market Week in Review: Blame Putin

The media did not take long to blame everything on Vladimir Putin last week: -The Stock Market reversal -Foot fungus -Tom Brady’s retirement -Senile Joe […]

02.13.22 Middle East Markets: Following Wall Street Down

In a not so shocking move, Middle East equity markets followed Wall Street’s Friday action down as there is little indication that the war drums […]

02.11.22 BREAKING NEWS: Federal Reserve to have Sudden Interest Rate Meeting on Monday February 14, 2022

With echoes of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre still ringing through history, it would appear that the insane MMT believing printing like a fiend Jay […]