NFTRH 724
WIN "Whip inflation now"... That was the saying in the 1970s. Paul Volcker's Fed then locked itself in a death struggle with inflation by raising interest rates as high as…
As we step toward a counter-cyclical macro, the fundamentals will finally improve for gold mining From a June 19th interview I did with with Jordan Roy Byrne with respect to…
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It's time for another online edition so that I can more comfortably streamline, talk a little more casually and get more done sooner on a holiday weekend. Daily market viewing…
Fed speakers hawking in unison From Powell to Williams to Mester, they are being trotted out to deliver the message in case you have not heard. The Fed really REALLY…
The stock market is very predictable in its Fed obsession A frustration of dyed in the wool gold bugs is that a debt soaked system moves forward on little more…
Jerome Powell was trotted out to the media and said exactly what anyone paying attention to market signals knew he'd say. The Fed is still in inflation fighting mode in…
"All eyes are on Powell’s widely anticipated 10 a.m. ET speech at the central bank’s annual symposium in Wyoming." Oh really, Mr. MSFM article? Really? All eyes are on Powell…
Yesterday was a reminder that Fed members can and do interfere in the markets at will. Such power to move markets should be considered disreputable at best and criminal at…
FOMC is 1.5 months away but the jawbones interfere with markets at will [edit] I actually got up on the wrong side of the bed, so I am not my…
FOMC came. FOMC laid a .75% egg. FOMC rode off into the sunset until September. Meanwhile, signs of global economic contraction continue to crop up as the Fed fights the…
Hot off the press... Recent indicators of spending and production have softened. Nonetheless, job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains…
John Hussman's July market comment Are We There Yet? I have not read ole' Doc Hussman in years but I've had him linked at this site for many years and…
Another hot CPI fails to suppress gold With FOMC on tap with an upcoming .5% rate hike, gold got hammered and bounced back with a vengeance on 'CPI' Friday. The…