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The Panama papers claim more victims. US growth slows further. Corporate earnings are still falling. Gold continues to shine, with both central banks and individuals buying it aggressively. Oil jumps,...
View ArticlePodcast: The Deeper Meaning Of Brexit
Brexit is dominating this week’s headlines, but the event itself is less important than what it signifies, which is the increasing loss of faith in governments and central banks. Voters no longer trust...
View ArticlePodcast: Dear Central Bank, Please Stop Talking
The world’s central banks clearly have no idea what they’re doing. Yet they keep on making threats, promises and predictions, most either nonsensical or contradictory, while acting in ways that make...
View ArticlePodcast: The Blow-Off Top
US equities have entered the final, blow-out stage of their bull market. As in 1999 and 2006, investors have decided that it’s different this time and are willing to buy at pretty much any price. Like...
View ArticleHow Stupid Do You Have To Be, Part 2: 100-Year Bonds
“Of course there are true copper bottomed mistakes, like spelling the word “rabbit” with three m’s, or wearing a black bra under a white blouse, or, to make a more masculine example, starting a land...
View ArticleWe Give Up! Government Spending And Deficits Soar Pretty Much Everywhere
A recurring pattern of the past few decades involves governments promising to limit their borrowing, only to discover that hardly anyone cares. So target dates slip, bonds are issued, and the debts...
View ArticleHere’s When Everyone Should Have Known That Argentina Would Implode
About a year ago, Argentina – which has inflated away and/or defaulted on its currency every few decades for the past century – issued 100-year government bonds. And the issue was oversubscribed, with...
View ArticleHousing Bubble Pathologies, Part 2: Fewer Babies And More Stressed-Out Renters
Home prices are still rising pretty much everywhere in the US, with California as usual leading the way. State-wide, the median CA home is now above $600,000, up 9% year over year. In San Francisco...
View ArticleUS Political Center Is Being Devoured From Both Right And Left
President Trump will soon nominate his second Supreme Court justice. The first, Neil Gorsuch, has so perfectly replaced the late Antonin Scalia that it’s safe to assume retiring justice Anthony...
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