The Problem with Record-Low Interest Rates
Interest rates in developed countries have been falling for years as governments prop up economies with easy credit. This comes at the expense of…
Continue readingInterest rates in developed countries have been falling for years as governments prop up economies with easy credit. This comes at the expense of…
Continue readingAnother vaccine, another rally. Easy money is here to stay no matter what happens with COVID…
Continue readingEven those in the nonfinancial media have noticed the skyrocketing price of gold this year. Some partially identify, but don’t quite understand, some of…
Continue readingThe same time as we see the largest support plan since WWII, we are witnessing two dangerous collateral effects: the rise of zombie companies and the collapse of…
Continue readingPodcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS
Charles Hugh Smith joins us today to discuss the economic reality on Main Street that’s totally disconnected from Wall Street. From the abrupt loss of jobs, to a consumer that’s […]
Continue readingSince superfluous demand was the core driver of most consumer spending, and that demand is in free-fall, what’s the upside of re-opening?
Continue readingThey’re not kicking a can down the road; they’re kicking a ticking time bomb of social unrest & civil disobedience directly into the laps of their children…
Continue readingThe money printing continues, which will result in short-term deflation followed by stagflation or hyperinflation. Here’s what it means for gold & silver…
Continue readingThere has been long and virulent asset inflation in which financial engineers have…
Continue readingWouldn’t that mean that Fisher himself helped create that dependency?
Continue readingPodcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS
Central Banks and Governments are trapped…
Continue readingInvestors should be aware that the dovish U-turn among the central banks may boost risky assets in the short-term, however…
Continue readingSD Friday Wrap: It is all too clear that President Trump & the Fed are losing their control over the economy & the markets…
Continue readingSD Outlook: Get ready for MSM hit pieces on gold & silver, but the anti-gold propaganda might just truly be trumped by Trump’s bullying…
Continue readingHaving destroyed discipline, central banks have no way out of the corner they’ve painted us into…
Continue readingThe Fed’s easing efforts can be described as “too little, too late”?
Continue readingEasy monetary policy should lower real interest rates even further, and gold should become…
Continue readingThe continuation of the easing policies seems as inevitable as it is bound to be catastrophic…
Continue readingApparently J.C. Penny didn’t get Trump’s “Consumers are in the best shape ever” memo…
Continue readingThe knee-jerk reaction is a lot of “selling”, but what effects will today’s jobs report have on the markets, gold & silver?
Continue reading