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Yesterday, the US Federal Reserve announced it will buy up to $300 billion of US long-term Treasury securities over the next 3 months. Where will the Fed get that money? It will essentially create it out of thin air – also known as “printing money.” Shockingly the markets did not like this announcement from the […]
Tom Dyson, who also believes in the short case for long-dated US treasuries, writes in today’s DailyWealth that it may be some time before treasuries actually start to fall. But he closes the article by mentioning that the danger is much greater on the long side of this trade – and mentions a great recent […]
“If Americans ever allow banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless.” – Thomas Jefferson
My morning glance at the Futures screens revealed that, well, just about everything is down across the board. Of special note: Cotton flirting with the 60-cent handle (wow, that looks cheap) Silver getting kicked in the teeth again Oil off big again, flirting with $90 Not to mention global stock markets getting slammed across the […]
The battle between inflation and deflation continues to rage on, with deflation mounting a very impressive counterattack. Check out this chart of last Thursday’s single day sector returns, courtesy of Agora: It’s challenging, to say the least, to make money investing when EVERYTHING in EVERY market is going down. This is the classic deflationary nightmare […]
Really great info and insights here from Marc Faber on the near term and longer term economic outlook, from his vantage point. I really love how he calls the Fed a “money printing machine.” Interesting thing about his viewpoint is that, while he believes inflation will ultimately rule the day, he believe deflation will take […]
In case you were under the illusions that the US operated completely free markets, this should set you straight. Article goes on to state what we’ve talked about – that governments are between a rock and a hard place, and they will opt for inflation instead of hard landings and debt repayments. Why keep an […]
The oft quoted site www.shadowstats.com says it all on the homepage – using pre-Clinton era CPI calculation methods, inflation is running north of 8%. This probably jives a bit better with your own personal observations of food and energy prices. Suddenly a 5% savings account doesn’t seem so great. Add in the depreciating dollar (down […]
Nice, but scary, article in today’s Rude Awakening It’s frightening how much free cash the central banks are pumping into the system – M3 rose 12% year over year (yikes)! It’s hard to see this ending well.
Well, just bought my gold contracts back again. It’s open season on the dollar – everyone take your shots! For those just tuning in – the Fed cut rates another 0.25. Inflation, here we come!
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