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War On the Horizon 27 Aug 2013 | 02:20 am
After two years of winding down the U.S. military’s presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rumblings of war are being felt in Syria. Calls for American intervention in Syria’s civil war have been incre...
Greece Highlights Germany's EU Dilemma 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
On August 11th, German media got hold of and published an internal Bundesbank report which maintained that Greece would likely need further relaxation of the terms of its rescue bailouts. Read More...
Market's Assumption of Easy Money May Be Flawed 27 Aug 2013 | 01:39 am
In the words of the always bubbly Marc Faber, "Ben Bernanke is a money printer". We share Mr. Faber's view on "Helicopter Ben", but the winds of change may be blowing due to anti-bubble campaigns from...
Gold: Oversold Bounce or New Bull Market? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
This week's Chart of the Week video looks at gold and asks the question: oversold bounce or new bull market? So let's get technical. Read More...
Being There 26 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Still as poignant as ever in capturing the essence of an increasingly debased reality of life in an unbridled (fiat currency) economy, we have Being There, Jerzy Kosinski’s masterpiece, first publishe...
Will the Last Person to Exit the Treasury Market Please Turn Out the Lights 26 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
When the Fed stops buying Treasuries, foreign and domestic investors will do so as well. This means for a period of time there won't be any one left to buy Treasuries unless prices first plunge. The e...
Macro Markets Shrug Off Policy Makers, Ready for a Pivot 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Once again we present the Treasury 'TICs' data for China and Japan, most recently available through June. It can be argued that these two countries are the T-bond market, when considering the volume i...
Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World - Part 3 26 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
The core elements of this Crisis have been discernible for decades. The accumulation of private and public debt; the civic, moral, and intellectual decay of our society; the growing power of the corru...
Physical Gold and the Financial Market 26 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Could gold go higher, and at least not stay at even lower prices for months? There are strong supply arguments for it. The supply argument tells us that there are cost cushions against further falls a...
Income Inequality Explained: Why Wages Don't, Won't, and Can't Keep Up With Productivity 26 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
By now, everyone is well aware that real wages have not kept up worker productivity. But why is that? The Fed, government bureaucrats, and economists are puzzled by the phenomenon as well as what to d...
