THOMAS HOGAN: The Fed Is Bankrupt.

via aier: In the post-pandemic period, the Fed expanded the money supply significantly to support a swift economic recovery. It did so by purchasing vast amounts of US Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. While those assets seemed like good investments at …

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HYG – Reversal coming

by ElectronIII $HYG – Impressive size arrived on April 13 at the close. The 5th and 7th largest trades since inception (2007) arrived together, along with several other large lots. The last time we had size like this was on Oct …

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Hand To Mouth! 70% Of Americans Are Financially Stressed, 55% Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck As Credit Card Debt Soars And Personal Savings Dwindle As Fed Tightens (GOLD Rises Above $2,000)

by confoundedinterest17 Hand to mouth should be Biden’s Presidential re-election theme song. 70% Of Americans Are Financially Stressed, 58% Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck because America is living off their credit cards living a life they can’t actually afford as credit card debt keeps hitting …

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Fake Optimism Won’t Last Much Longer

Photo by Jayphen Simpson From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group In the mainstream corporate press like Fortune magazine and the Associated Press, the desperate attempts to milk even the faintest hints of optimism continue. Here’s a taste of what I’m talking about: The unemployment …

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The USD and bond market made simple

by okie1 Many have leveled the accusation that my previous posts were too long or convoluted, and I guess that’s kind of fair. It’s taken me a lot of concerted effort to come to the place I’m at with my albeit …

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The Fed Pause

by Chris Black The Fed will probably pause its rate hiking cycle when the Real Fed Funds Rate/FFR (Fed’s interest rate minus inflation) turns positive.  This was mentioned in a recent BlackRock paper (https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/insights/blackrock-investment-institute/weekly-commentary) which discussed terminal rate options, and …

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Musk: Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life

Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2023 He was replying to the media criticising DeSantis https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/matter-ron-desantis-florida-rcna73792?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=643730f2ddebfa00014fc214&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Katie Daviscourt: “Washington state …

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Biden Admin Goes After AI Tech

by Chris Black Biden administration is planning to regulate Artificial Intelligence so that it doesn’t engage in “hate speech” and “disinformation.” Biden may regulate AI for 'disinformation,' 'discriminatory outcomes' https://t.co/sCSKGv6uyf — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 14, 2023 The number of …

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