Dateline: March 2, 2012
The Fed is taxing the living daylights out of us
Ronald Reagan once famously declared that inflation is a tax, but sadly most Americans did not really grasp what he was talking about. If the American people truly understood what inflation was doing to them, they would be screaming bloody murder about monetary policy. Inflation is an especially insidious tax because it is not just a tax on your income for one year. It is a continual tax on every single dollar that you own… (Read Full Story)
Ronald Reagan once famously declared that inflation is a tax, but sadly most Americans did not really grasp what he was talking about. If the American people truly understood what inflation was doing to them, they would be screaming bloody murder about monetary policy. Inflation is an especially insidious tax because it is not just a tax on your income for one year. It is a continual tax on every single dollar that you own… (Read Full Story)
Dvorak: Rep. Hunter pushes to have REAL unemployment numbers released
Hunter points out that using the real unemployment numbers brings America’s out of work folks up to 9.9 percent, not the 8.3 percent the Obama Administration currently touts. (Read Full Story)
Hunter points out that using the real unemployment numbers brings America’s out of work folks up to 9.9 percent, not the 8.3 percent the Obama Administration currently touts. (Read Full Story)
Desperate British Government Launches Task Force Against Flea Markets
US Gov soon to come after the fleas at the Kane County Fairground in Illinois??? (Read Full Story)
Life, Liberty & All That Jazz…
Gold edges up as buyers slowly return after sell-off
Gold edged higher on Friday as buyers slowly returned to the market, lured by Wednesday’s plunge of 5%, although bullion is still heading for its worst weekly performance since December. (Read Full Story)
Silver: Rally Remains Strong As Ever Despite Wednesday’s Events
The fundamental thesis for owning silver has not changed at all in the last few days. The monetary spigots from global central banks continue to flow at full blast, with interest rate cuts and new rounds quantitative easing being announced on a regular basis in recent weeks. (Read Full Story)
The fundamental thesis for owning silver has not changed at all in the last few days. The monetary spigots from global central banks continue to flow at full blast, with interest rate cuts and new rounds quantitative easing being announced on a regular basis in recent weeks. (Read Full Story)
Time To Think Twice About Purchasing Long-Term Bonds?
the fund flows might raise a yellow flag of caution to perhaps trim back allocations to the most popular and likely highly valued asset classes and to place new money elsewhere. After all contrary to the way it may seem, the higher the price of the asset the more risky it is. (Read Full Story)
the fund flows might raise a yellow flag of caution to perhaps trim back allocations to the most popular and likely highly valued asset classes and to place new money elsewhere. After all contrary to the way it may seem, the higher the price of the asset the more risky it is. (Read Full Story)
Stocks Poised For Another Severe Decline
The stock market entered a period of long-term volatility in 2008 that continues today. Excessive debt is providing a significant impediment to renewed structural economic growth… (Read Full Story)
The stock market entered a period of long-term volatility in 2008 that continues today. Excessive debt is providing a significant impediment to renewed structural economic growth… (Read Full Story)
Central Banks Now Operating as One Global Monopoly?
Central banks’ joint efforts sustain global system … Never before have the world’s central banks sent so much money sloshing through the global financial system. From slashing interest rates and buying government debt to dangling cheap loans to banks and taking on their risky assets, central banks have taken extraordinary steps since the 2008 financial crisis to nurse the international banking system back to health. (Read Full Story)
Central banks’ joint efforts sustain global system … Never before have the world’s central banks sent so much money sloshing through the global financial system. From slashing interest rates and buying government debt to dangling cheap loans to banks and taking on their risky assets, central banks have taken extraordinary steps since the 2008 financial crisis to nurse the international banking system back to health. (Read Full Story)
Dollar Going Out With A Whimper, Not A Bang – So Far
Last year the US ran a $272 billion trade deficit with China, which means we sent the Chinese that many extra dollars in return for the clothes,… (Read Full Story)
Last year the US ran a $272 billion trade deficit with China, which means we sent the Chinese that many extra dollars in return for the clothes,… (Read Full Story)
Retiring “Up In Smoke” …in the Marijuana Industry
What does marijuana have to do with Ben Bernanke’s monetary policy? A lot, as it turns out. But it’s not what you think. (Read Full Story)
What does marijuana have to do with Ben Bernanke’s monetary policy? A lot, as it turns out. But it’s not what you think. (Read Full Story)
