by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Dear Mr. Armstrong, You are writing: “Donald Trump is the symptom, not the cause” He is a unique personality. I am a structural engineer and work with micro Trumps. Maybe such people choose the profession as building contractors. The …
by John Rubino A couple of decades ago, when the post-war baby boom generation was in its prime earning and tax-paying years, governments had a chance to guarantee the survival of their financial systems. But they blew it. Instead of …
BY JARED DILLIAN I’ve said this many times. When rates go up sharply, stuff blows up because lots of people are negatively exposed to higher rates. Households, corporations, and governments are all negatively exposed to higher rates—in different degrees. Back in 1994, …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Papering over the structural imbalances in the Eurozone with endless bailouts will not resolve the fundamental asymmetries. Beneath the permanent whatever it takes “rescue” by the European Central Bank (ECB) lie fundamental asymmetries that doom the euro, the joint currency …
Source: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses movements in the U.S. dollar. There was an article written a few days back where the author vehemently denied that the U.S. dollar could go any lower and where …
It finally launched! They said it wouldn’t happen but it did. After many delays and much skepticism, the Yuan based oil futures market has launched. Will this be a DEATH BLOW to the PETRODOLLAR? Is this the end for the …
by Chris Black The idea of identity politics originates in the cultural Marxism of the 20th century and to put it very simply, it makes for a sample of collectivism (as a political ideology) in its purest form. There …
By Robert Carbery Debt-ridden Millennials just can’t handle real life. Hit with a never before seen amount of debt and facing a shifting and hollowing job market, it’s little wonder that a shocking number of Millennials say they are having …
by Robert Carbery Hillary Clinton has blamed literally everyone and everything but herself for her catastrophic loss to Donald Trump last November. She says the Russian hacks and the Comey meddling were mostly to blame. But earlier this month, she …
by Umar Farooq On Monday last week, the darling of Silicon Valley became the most valuable American car company, surpassing General Motors, the Detroit granddaddy with $10 billion in sales on nearly 10 million vehicles. Shares of Tesla, run …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Hoped-for tax reform & infrastructure spending will disappoint. Stocks have surged to new highs since the election, from already very lofty levels, on the theory that the Trump Administration and Congress would create policies that would …