3+ day, 25+ min ago   (972+ words) If another false flag attacks occurs in the future – blamed on barbarians – will it be called “a new 9/11” and be used to justify Trump’s use of nuclear weapons against Iran? Russia? Will we claim to be taken by complete surprise…...

3+ day, 33+ min ago   (839+ words) International Man: Investors tend to chase whatever is most fashionable at the moment. Where do you see important investment opportunities developing today that most people are overlooking because they aren’t exciting or widely discussed yet? What’s interesting this time around…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (215+ words) Peter opens by taking aim at the endless parade of economic statistics that dominate headlines and move markets, despite being unreliable at best: From there, Peter turns to Trump’s obsession with low interest rates, unpacking why the president’s nostalgia for…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (151+ words) Scott Bessent boasting “I am the house” and trying to talk down the dollar is the classic hubris of a central planner. As Martin Armstrong points out, we saw this exact political vanity with the 1985 Plaza Accord—and the market…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (790+ words) Walk through the financial districts of London, New York, or Singapore at six in the evening, and you’ll catch the last act of a performance that grows harder to maintain by the quarter. The tailored suits still stream from glass…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (768+ words) When you look at present day America 2.0, you almost have to marvel at the depth of the unfairness, injustice, and criminality all around us. As I’ve said so many times, there is nothing accidental about it. None of the randomness…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (645+ words) Though Herbert Hoover was a pioneer among presidents in getting the government to “do something” about a depression, he was no maverick. He had the support of distinguished court economists who promoted the idea that stable prices were the key…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1053+ words) Somewhere in America there’s a local ordinance that tells you which way your garage has to face. Another one dictates what your fence can be made of, and a third sets how many square feet of window your house needs....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (477+ words) The US Treasury has doubled the size of its buyback operations for longer-term government securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation after long-term yields surged to levels not seen in nearly two decades. They will call this “liquidity…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (175+ words) We’re told “inflation” is just needing more dollars to buy stuff – not that the stuff actually costs more. This is bullshit. I can prove that it is bullshit. A subject for another time. “Inflation” is often presented as something vaguely…...