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 […]
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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 […]
11.08.24 Credit Union Failure Friday: Alliance Credit Union, Gainesville, FL
It’s been a wild week so why not top it off with a financial institution going Tango Uniform. No banks thus far, so this one […]
The Hurricanes Were NOT the Cause of the Bad NFP Report
The media, especially the financial and mainstream media, once again interjected politics to proclaim that the Boeing strike and two major hurricanes hitting the US […]
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 […]
11.01.24 Non-Farm Payrolls Guess: Pulp Fiction
The recent data series from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reads like a paperback romance novel with […]
The Bank of Japan may F.A.F.O.
There are time when central banks like the Fed think they are impervious. For the sake of the Japanese stock market, this had best not […]
10.18.24 Bank Failure Friday Returns: First National Bank of Lindsay, Lindsay, OK
No sooner than my guest on @MacroEdge Radio, Melody Wright, finishes our discussion about distressed financial institutions and bank failures, here we go again. From […]
Stock Market History Often Repeats With Great Pain
During the course of the day, I often end up in discussions on X, the old Twitter, with many individuals about the stock market, economics, […]
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 […]
October 4th Non-Farm Payroll Preview
The first Friday of the month is tomorrow which means of course the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets to release the monthly revisionfest also known […]
The Wile E. Coyote Moment
by John Galt March 20, 2008There is a time when everything in a moment of history coalesces or intersects as I have stated in the […]
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 […]
Painting the Swan
October 11, 2007 By John Galt For the uninitiated, I am a historian by training and hobby, an op-ed writer and blogger by habit. Yes, […]