Big news this week that one of the best performing hedge fund managers of the past few decades has taken a very large position in gold. In fact it is 20% of his fund size. Read on to see who it was and why he did it… This “Pig” Just Made a Massive Bet on […]
Tag Archives: federal reserve
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Dec
Dec
On the back of recent comments by Alan Greenspan, Dennis Miller gives his thoughts on dealing with responses from others when discussing the possibility of “unexpected” market downturns… Mastering the Art of Financial Backtalk By Dennis Miller Alan Greenspan has popped back into the limelight and confirmed some of my worst fears (not that they needed […]
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Dec
Dec
Back at the start of November we commented on the possibility of Greenspan being a “good guy” on the back of some public statements he had made about gold among other things. A theory long professed by Bix Weir. The following article summarises nicely just what Greenspan had to say and what we should pay attention… Run Away […]
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Jul
Jul
04/17 Prof. A. Fekete: The Ignored Anniversary This is the forth video (just 5 minutes long) from Professor Fekete in a series of 17 short videos. (Here is the link to the 1st video: Prof. Antal Fekete: The Banking System – Episode 01/17 and 2nd video: Prof. Antal Fekete: Money creation – Episode 03/17) We’ve learnt a great […]
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Jul
Jul
03/17 Prof. A. Fekete: Money creation This is the third video (just under 7 minutes long) from Professor Fekete in a series of 17 short videos. We left the 2nd video out as was mainly about the early years of the Professor growing up in Hungary. (Here is the link to the 1st video: Prof. Antal […]
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Jun
Jun
In our newsletter last week we discussed how the Fed tapering” may not really be a taper at all.” This piece from Bud Conrad looks at how the Fed might actually be stealthily withdrawing liquidity in other ways. This was one of the most interesting things we’ve read this week and not something we’e seen discussed anywhere else […]
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May
May
Here’s some interesting alternative numbers and reporting in the state of housing in the USA. Seems it might not be as rosy as some would have us believe… Yellen’s Wand Is Running Low on Magic By Doug French, Contributing Editor How important is housing to the American economy? If a 2011 SMU paper entitled “Housing’s […]
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Apr
Apr
Darryl Schoon gives his take on what the Fed has really been aiming for in its money printing programme. It’s not unemployment or financial stability or even inflation targeting. He also looks at where things might be heading and there’s a couple of shortish videos towards the end that are worth a look too, particularly […]
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Apr
Apr
Here’s an interesting look at how the world has been desensitised to money printing and so now expects everything to just continue as it has done so far. However, you’ll see the problems the central planners still have to face and overcome, and it offers an opportunity to see what the consequences of economic mismanagement can […]
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Oct
Oct
Hear directly from an ex-Federal Reserve economist just what the problems are with current Fed policies and what the near term outlook is as a result of these… Federal Reserve Policy Failures Are Mounting By Lacy H. Hunt, Ph.D., Economist The Fed’s capabilities to engineer changes in economic growth and inflation are asymmetric. It has […]