Fed tightening just doubled to the fastest rate of tightening in history by far. That’s why it has suddenly gotten very rough in the marketplace. This is a massive flow of money the size of the Niagara River..
We permabears should be careful what we wish for, however, since deep hardship affecting the broad middle class, the poor and even the very affluent could persist for a long time -- perhaps a decade or more...
The notorious gold-futures speculators just struck again, selling aggressively and pummeling gold sharply lower. Another red-hot inflation report goaded them into puking out more contracts, which is supremely irrational...
The two industry leaders discuss the coordinated efforts behind the dollar devaluation, growing paper vs physical divergence, and the potential bullish scenario for gold that might unravel by the end of this year.
Pension funds have an enormous responsibility. They actually receive only a fraction of what they eventually pay out. If returns aren’t sufficient they may not be able to pay benefits as committed without...
If this is finally THE post-bubble contraction the Fed is going to have to invent some new form of manipulation or else it’s going to be a long (and long overdue) economic and financial market contraction...
