Join Ron Paul and Danial McAdams as they discuss The "European Defense Initiative"
Jim Willie says the integration of non-dollar platforms is happening right before our very eyes. Here's where things stand today...
The financial system is preparing for an inflationary shock. The single best means of measuring inflation vs deflationary forces in the US financial system is the TIP to Long-Treasury (TLT) ratio. When this ratio rallies the system is predicting inflation. When it falls, the system is fearing deflation. Running back to 2010, we’ve been in
Its going to be bad juju (or in coming weeks) for some Treasury investors as The Fed continues its “great unwind” of their $4.4 Trillion balance sheet. As The Fed dumps their Treasury N…
As US Treasury 30Y-2Y Curve Lowest Since Sept 2007. With the exception being traders sending 2Y30Y Swaptions down to their lowest level since 2005. Not to mention sending the 2Y30Y Treasury curve down to 86 basis points, the lowest since September 2007.
“…nearly half of the survey respondents (46%) are pessimistic about equity markets for the next year, a substantial jump from 32% in 2016 and 19% in 2015.”
Yellen’s take on the national debt and the projected $1 trillion that will be added to it as a result of Trump’s proposed tax cut fails to capture the unprecedented and dangerous growth of the national debt under both Wall Street Democrat and Republican administrations.
Central bankers are gingerly trying to take away the punch bowl without interrupting the party.
We have long held that interest rates have been so low (especially real rates) that it will take some time to reach a level for them to really matter and impact markets. The 2-year yield crossing over the S&P500 divie yield this past week for the first time in the last ten years is unlikely…
Republicans plan to vote on the tax bill early in the week, leaving them little time to strike a deal with Democrats to authorize funds to keep the government running.
The term “Greenspan put” was coined after the stock market crash of 1987 & the later bailout of LongTerm Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998. The Federal Reserve (Fed), under chair Alan Greenspan, lowered interest rates when the financial system was in trouble, and life continued. The paltry 0.25 percent hike in the Federal Funds Rate […]
UPS lost a bank draft containing a Canadian family's $846,000 inheritance, and then initially tried making things right by offering to refund a mere $32 shipping fee.
“Growth concerns combined with the risk of rising inflation could swing the pendulum back in favor. Geo-risks both political & military remains elevated into 2018 and with that in mind investors are likely to maintain & potentially increase demand for safe-haven or tail-end risk protection via precious metals.”
SD Outlook: Gold & silver look strong coming out of the latest turn. Here's why...
As alarm grows that the digital currency is being used by money-launderers, drug traffickers and terrorists.
Firstly, far from just a housing bubble, Canada’s economy shows signs of being in the midst of an “everything bubble.”
It’s Friday, & another Russian bank gets taken over & most of its creditors get bailed out by the Central Bank, this time the 10th largest bank in Russia, Promsvyazbank
A wave of failures & defaults on bonds could then quickly pull the rug out from under the global economy. "It's a serious subject," said one debt specialist on condition of anonymity.
Joint training operations with South Korean forces practiced removing nuclear weapons from North Korea in the event of war.
Adam says gold is set to catapult dramatically higher. Here's why...