Rising Consumer Price Inflation is not Going Away

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by Chris Black Why don’t any of you economics guys ever mention the obscene profit margins of publicly traded retailers? Is it because it might be attacking your precious stock value? Is it that you actually believe the margin stated on earnings reports? Is it that you have absolutely no clue how production, wholesale, and … Read more

Antifa is Officially a Terrorist Organization

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by Chris Black Antifa published a call for comrades to kill politicians in the AfD, a right-wing party in the German parliament. The communiqué posted on an extremist far-left site listed the politicians’ home addresses & provided instructions on how to make bombs. FOCUS-Exklusiv: „Töten wir die Schweine!“: Linksextreme veröffentlichen Mordaufruf gegen AfD-Politiker https://t.co/kJACnTnLTb via … Read more

Feminism is Destroying the Western World

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by Chris Black 1 in 3 Spanish men use hookers because Spanish women are by and large insufferable feminists. This is a sad state of affairs.  Spanish women will drag the Iberian race to its grave. I reckon the same stats apply everywhere. 'One of the cruellest aspects of the feminisation of poverty and one … Read more

Korean yields going bonkers. Aussie 10yr looks set for its next leg towards 2.40%. Yields are going to cause havoc.

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Korean yields going bonkers while clueless retail investors are FOMOing today pic.twitter.com/0xeDvRAp42 — Kimchi Premium (@kimchipump) October 18, 2021 The Aussie 3 year just called, it says if the next Aussie CPI print is hot, low fixed rate mortgages are on their way out. pic.twitter.com/1YZEz2pR2j — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) October 17, … Read more

Eye In The Sky: Amid Tension, India using Heron Drones To Track The Chinese Along Arunachal Border

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The Indian Army is keeping a close eye on Chinese activities along the LAC through its advanced-tech Heron drones. The Indian Army’s aviation base is using drones in the highly sensitive Arunachal border. The Israeli-made Heron drones are also known as the backbone of surveillance. The Indian Army base in Assam has also showcased a … Read more

With Few Cars to Sell, What Do Car Salespeople Do All Day? No Parts: Autos Stuck at Garages for WEEKS…

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The global chip shortage has slashed vehicle inventories and left dealers with few cars to sell. It has also left car salesmen and women with less to do on the dealership lot. Dealerships laid off thousands of salespeople at the start of the pandemic. While some have been rehired, about 70,000 people who worked at … Read more

Democrats Make It Impossible To Have Empathy

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Empathy is an important human emotion, but sometimes people keep repeating the same stupid mistakes that make it nearly impossible to continue to give a damn about them. Someone suffering severe headaches, for example, can cause a serious empathetic response from people, but that goes away quickly, and likely forever, if you discover that person … Read more

How can we justify a 10-year Treasury yield of 1.5% with inflation running well over 5%?

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How can we justify a 10-year Treasury yield of 1.5% with inflation running well over 5%? The answer: producer inflation running even hotter. When producers can't pass inflation to consumers, deflation is coming. That's the bet Mr. Bond Market is making. pic.twitter.com/YC3Nx40OqL — Ross Hendricks (@Ross__Hendricks) October 17, 2021 Probly notin pic.twitter.com/2WgUgQ9MrY — The Market … Read more

The Fed started cutting rates in mid-2007 to buffer the housing collapse. Which is why by Sept. 2008 they were more worried about inflation than the collapsing bubble.

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The Fed started cutting rates in mid-2007 to buffer the housing collapse. Which is why by Sept. 2008 they were more worried about inflation than the collapsing bubble. They were fooled by their own policy. The same thing is happening now:https://t.co/eQss4Y8bid pic.twitter.com/ca8GzlMi10 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) October 17, 2021 #recession … #GFC2 US #Housing #Bubble 2.0 … Read more

Defund the Feds

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via Kurt Schlichter There is a giant commodities shortage in America right now thanks to the incompetence of our leadership class (including a Secretary of Transportation taking paternity leave for a baby he didn’t have), but one thing that has been in really short supply for a while is good apples. The shelves are bare; the … Read more

Secret Warning? Zillow Pauses Home Purchases as Snags Hit Tech-Powered Flipping (Fed Flippers??)

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by confoundedinterest17 They call them flippers, faster than lightning. At least until now. Zillow Group Inc. shares fell as much as 6.8% in premarket trading Monday after the online real estate firm said it would stop buying new homes and work to clear a backlog of properties it already has. The Seattle-based company, which acquired more … Read more

Investors Starting To Realize “Stagflation” Is A Problem.

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By Lance Roberts Investors are slowly waking up to the realization that “stagflation” is a problem. For years, the term “stagflation” has been thrown around and dismissed like a sighting of “Bigfoot.” However, rising inflationary pressures are now colliding with slowing economic growth. This collision presents a challenge for Central Bankers and their monetary policy experiments. Let’s start with a definition … Read more