With its $700 billion bond-buying expansion in response to the COVID crisis, the Federal Reserve has thrust itself into the limelight. Like a sixteen-year-old with a credit card, the Fed is salivating over what money-printing powers it shall seize ne
On February 10 the stock markets were at all-time highs, with the Dow 30 at almost 30,000. The unemployment rate was at an all-time low and interest rates around most of the world were at all-time lows.
A hedge fund manager recently said banks could be coronavirus "heroes," but the pandemic merely lit up the powder keg that the banks had already packed.
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"In 1998, Wall Street came together to bail out a hedge fund. In 2008, the Federal Reserve stepped forward to bail out Wall Street. Each crisis was worse than the one before. In the next crisis, who will bail out the Fed?"
As scary as it is for some to admit even at this stage of the game, the current financial system sits precariously on the edge of a meltdown beyond anything ever recorded in human history.
n this episode, special guest, researcher, and author Etienne de la Boutie 2 weighs in with Tim on the days economic and MSM events including:
* Stimulus
The news cycle moves so quickly these days writing analysis on current events becomes difficult; the moment you publish an examination of the situation people have already moved on to the next disaster.
The New York Times points out that many of America's largest department stores might disappear forever as a result of the massive lockdown of America's economy during the coronavirus crisis.
The Fed's fake economy has burst. The stock market, even if it rises, cannot hide the damage that has been done. The virus, now known to be less deadly than the seasonal flu, cannot act as a legitimate excuse either. The un-American ideas of governme
The jumbo loan market is facing a classic liquidity crunch. A perfect storm is brewing as millions of homeowners are seeking forbearances as the economy crashes into depression from coronavirus lockdowns, and firms who usually bundle up jumbo loans h
Over the past month, the economic shutdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic - which as we hear every day was "nobody's fault" just to make sure there are no unpleasant mentions of moral hazard during the biggest bailout in history...
If you want to see how leftist economic thinking has contributed to the financial and economic morass into which our nation has plunged, read an essay entitled "The Washington Post's Debt Cult" by a man named Dean Baker, who is founder and pres
While nobody knows when the US economy will fully recover from the coronacrisis pandemic, what the economy will look like, or where the S&P will be one year from now, we do know how much money the current bailout has cost.
Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar introduced a bill last week calling for the cancellation of rent and mortgage payments through the end of the coronavirus pandemic. The legislation would establish a fund for landlords and mortgage holders to cover
Let's talk about what conditions will be like and about how you can get through the Greater Depression confidently, comfortably, and profitably. It's not going to be easy or fun, but it's possible.
Back in April 2011, just before gold exploded to a record above $1,900 following the US credit rating downgrade, we first said - and Kyle Bass echoed - that the main reason behind our long-running, bullish view on gold is that the Fed can't print gol
The coronavirus lockdown has caused most US department stores to shut, threatening their survival. But even without the impact of virus, many retailers would still eventually have collapsed, a former Fed insider believes.
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes dropped in March by the most since November 2015, representing weaker demand that likely is going to get much worse in coming months as the pandemic bears down on the economy.