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The Dismemberment of the World

July 23, 2020 Opinion

The U.S. Federal Reserve serves as the great enabler. It is the engine that drives the U.S. thrust for primacy. The Fed’s ability to print apparently unlimited money; its backstopping of any amount of…

After the Fed Punts, the ECB Throws Another Hail Mary

June 21, 2020 Opinion

Last week FOMC Chair Jerome Powell and company did, essentially nothing, at their June meeting. They held interest rates at 0.25%, did not expand QE nor did they indicate any changes. This wasn’t what…

The Monetary Abyss Stares Back and Asks Who’s Next?

March 31, 2020 Opinion

We are at a critical moment in the history of politics and markets. Everyday the U.S. government stares into the fiscal and monetary abyss and chucks trillions in hoping that will be enough to finally…

The Fed, the Virus, and Inequality

March 16, 2020 Opinion

Whether you’re invested in the stock market or not, you’ve likely noticed that it’s been on a roller coaster lately. The White House and most of the D.C. Beltway crowd tend to equate the performance o…

The US Federal Reserve’s Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained

March 14, 2020 Opinion

When the World Health Organization announced on February 24th that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average d…

The Impending Credit Crunch: the Next Shoe to Drop?

March 10, 2020 Opinion

Last week’s violent gyrations in the stock market are the result of a tug-of-war between two well-represented groups of investors. One group thinks the Coronavirus will severely impact the global econ…

The Big Picture: The Empire Of Banks (III)

January 31, 2020 Opinion

Read Part II here A change of paradigm At the eve of the 20th century, something deeply changed in geopolitics, and the priorities of international bankers shifted to something more worthy than money …

Federal Reserve: Enemy of Liberty and Prosperity

November 21, 2019 Opinion

Lost in the media’s obsession with the impeachment circus last week was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony on the state of the economy before the Joint Economic Committee. In his testi…