Archive - 2013 - Blog entry

Once Gold was no longer pegged to world currencies there was only a single period in which stocks outperformed the precious metal. That period was from 1997-2000 during the height of the Tech Bubble (the single biggest stock market bubble in over 100 years).

An overview of the near-term US dollar outlook.  Not thinking it is crashing and burning next week simply because it is not backed by gold or because the Fed is engaged in QE.  

The Shocking Reasons that Americans Are Right to Be More Afraid of Bad Government Policy than Terrorism

Since the Financial Crisis erupted in 2007, the US Federal Reserve has engaged in dozens of interventions/ bailouts to try and prop up the financial system. Now, I realize that everyone knows the Fed is “printing money.” However, when you look at the list of bailouts/ money pumps it’s absolutely staggering how much money the Fed has thrown around.

The math just shot craps.

It's NOT Just the SEC ... And It's NOT Just Passively Watching ...

And yet gold still seems to be stuck in a downtrend. This week's sell off may have been due to trading shenanigans on the COMEX and many, including the UK Financial Regulator are asking questions as to whether gold price rigging is taking place.

OK all you Zero Hedge Tin Cats, it's November 22, 2013!

So what does the data show when there are an extreme low number of Investor Intelligence bears?

France’s General de Gaulle once said that the only thing that would unite Europe would be China. At the time he was probably visionary in the knowledge that the Europeans would never unite.

"The Senate was established to make sure that minorities are protected."
-Senator Harry Reid 12/8/06 
......scratch that...... 
This gridlock [filibusters] has consequences. Terrible consequences. It is not only bad for President Obama and bad for the United States Senate; it’s bad for our country.  -Senator Reid, 11/ 21/13

Outsourcing the NSA’s Dirty Deeds In An Attempt to Create Plausible Deniability

Do not click on this post unless you have taken all necessary food and beverage precautions...

However, the reality of higher inflation won’t show up in China’s inflation data (which clocks in at an absurdly low 3%). However, you can see clear signs of this in China’s civil unrest: you don’t get wage and labor strikes for nothing. 

A dispassionate analysis of Bitcoins, their function and implications.