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This Is How Sentiment Shifts And Markets Crash
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Executive Summary The Facebook legions rip the Fed to pieces The WSJ joins in the attack?? The 'smoking gun' showing how the Fed's only priority is to serve its banking masters Why a revolt against the Fed is necessary, inevitable and just If you have not yet read Part 1: Sorry Losers!, available free to…
This Is How Sentiment Shifts And Markets Crash
 PREVIEW

Executive Summary The Facebook legions rip the Fed to pieces The WSJ joins in the attack?? The 'smoking gun' showing how the Fed's only priority is to serve its banking masters Why a revolt against the Fed is necessary, inevitable and just If you have not yet read Part 1: Sorry Losers!, available free to…
Image | Off The Cuff: Should The Central Banks Just Buy Everything?
Off The Cuff: Should The Central Banks Just Buy Everything?
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss:

  • Should The Central Banks Just Buy Everything?
    • Is that the plan? What would happen?
  • Turning Japanese
    • Japan is leading the way by monetizing all its assets
  • Putting The Fed On Trial
    • Chris fantasizes about holding up the mirror of truth to power
  • The Next Interest Rate Move
    • Up or down?

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Off The Cuff: Should The Central Banks Just Buy Everything?
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss:

  • Should The Central Banks Just Buy Everything?
    • Is that the plan? What would happen?
  • Turning Japanese
    • Japan is leading the way by monetizing all its assets
  • Putting The Fed On Trial
    • Chris fantasizes about holding up the mirror of truth to power
  • The Next Interest Rate Move
    • Up or down?

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The Pension Time Bomb
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Among the many losers picked by the Fed (in favor of rewarding a very tiny and wealthy minority), perhaps the greatest victims are pensions.

Pensions have to make a couple of key assumptions.  One is how long you expect your cohort of pensioners to live. The second is the rate of return on the funds.  On both counts, pensions have been wrong, and wrong again.

People keep living longer and pension fund returns keep underperforming. 
The Pension Time Bomb
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Among the many losers picked by the Fed (in favor of rewarding a very tiny and wealthy minority), perhaps the greatest victims are pensions.

Pensions have to make a couple of key assumptions.  One is how long you expect your cohort of pensioners to live. The second is the rate of return on the funds.  On both counts, pensions have been wrong, and wrong again.

People keep living longer and pension fund returns keep underperforming. 
Image | Mike Maloney: This Is The Peak
Mike Maloney: This Is The Peak

Precious metals dealer and monetary historian Mike Maloney is quite confident the liquidity-driven 'recovery' created by the world's central banks is now over. In his estimation, the path ahead is one of accelerating descent into inevitable currency destruction.

Mike Maloney: This Is The Peak

Precious metals dealer and monetary historian Mike Maloney is quite confident the liquidity-driven 'recovery' created by the world's central banks is now over. In his estimation, the path ahead is one of accelerating descent into inevitable currency destruction.

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Off The Cuff: There Is No ‘Market’ Anymore, Only Manipulation
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss:

  • There Is No 'Market' Anymore
    • Prices are fully manipulated these days
  • Missing Alpha
    • Since it's only liquidity that matters, portfolio managers are feeling the pressure
  • Malinvestment
    • What you get with too much cheap money
  • The Feds Facebook Fiasco
    • The public is waking up to the ills of central banking

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Off The Cuff: There Is No ‘Market’ Anymore, Only Manipulation
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss:

  • There Is No 'Market' Anymore
    • Prices are fully manipulated these days
  • Missing Alpha
    • Since it's only liquidity that matters, portfolio managers are feeling the pressure
  • Malinvestment
    • What you get with too much cheap money
  • The Feds Facebook Fiasco
    • The public is waking up to the ills of central banking

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Off The Cuff: The Limits Of Financial Gimmickry
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • From Flowers To Floods
    • How climate variability is impacting all of us
  • Not All Crises Are Equal
    • Some have fixes, some don't
  • Resilience Is Key To National Security
    • Regenerative regimes will win out over extractive ones
  • Incentives Matter
    • Without the right incentives, failure is inevitable

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Off The Cuff: The Limits Of Financial Gimmickry
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • From Flowers To Floods
    • How climate variability is impacting all of us
  • Not All Crises Are Equal
    • Some have fixes, some don't
  • Resilience Is Key To National Security
    • Regenerative regimes will win out over extractive ones
  • Incentives Matter
    • Without the right incentives, failure is inevitable

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Image | Alice Friedemann: When The Trucks Stop Running
Alice Friedemann: When The Trucks Stop Running

Alice Friedemann is a transportation expert sounding the alarm on the unsustainable nature of our modern trucking system, which is critical for delivering goods where they need to be, when they need to be, in our just-in-time economy.

The world's trucking fleet is remarkably dependent on petroleum and, for a number of reasons she outlines in this interview, is not feasibly able to shift over to electricity or other alternative fuels.
Alice Friedemann: When The Trucks Stop Running

Alice Friedemann is a transportation expert sounding the alarm on the unsustainable nature of our modern trucking system, which is critical for delivering goods where they need to be, when they need to be, in our just-in-time economy.

The world's trucking fleet is remarkably dependent on petroleum and, for a number of reasons she outlines in this interview, is not feasibly able to shift over to electricity or other alternative fuels.
Image | The Marginal Buyer Holds The Pin That Pops Every Asset Bubble
The Marginal Buyer Holds The Pin That Pops Every Asset Bubble

Those of you who took an Economics class in college may remember the saying that prices are set "at the margin". That's a fancy way to say that prices are set by the person (or people) willing to pay the most.

This person willing to pay top dollar is called the "marginal buyer". Most of us don't really think about him, but he (or she) is very, very important.

Why? Because the marginal buyer not only determines price levels, but also their stability and degree of volatility. The behavior of the marginal buyer, as well as the degree of competition for his/her "top dog" spot, sets the prices of nearly every asset class held by today's investors.
The Marginal Buyer Holds The Pin That Pops Every Asset Bubble

Those of you who took an Economics class in college may remember the saying that prices are set "at the margin". That's a fancy way to say that prices are set by the person (or people) willing to pay the most.

This person willing to pay top dollar is called the "marginal buyer". Most of us don't really think about him, but he (or she) is very, very important.

Why? Because the marginal buyer not only determines price levels, but also their stability and degree of volatility. The behavior of the marginal buyer, as well as the degree of competition for his/her "top dog" spot, sets the prices of nearly every asset class held by today's investors.
Image | James Howard Kunstler: Racketeering Is Ruining Us
James Howard Kunstler: Racketeering Is Ruining Us

If you don't understand what's causing a particular problem, then it's pretty difficult to come up with an effective solution.

Author, commentator and longtime friend-of-the-site James Howard Kunstler returns to our podcast this week to discuss the importance of accurate diagnosis — in this case, of the scourge he sees as accelerating America's downslide into economic and social decline: Racketeering.
James Howard Kunstler: Racketeering Is Ruining Us

If you don't understand what's causing a particular problem, then it's pretty difficult to come up with an effective solution.

Author, commentator and longtime friend-of-the-site James Howard Kunstler returns to our podcast this week to discuss the importance of accurate diagnosis — in this case, of the scourge he sees as accelerating America's downslide into economic and social decline: Racketeering.
Image | Off The Cuff: The World’s Banking System Is On The Precipice
Off The Cuff: The World’s Banking System Is On The Precipice
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In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss:

  • The World's Baking System Is On The Precipice
    • It's as vulnerable (or more) as during 2008
  • Stocks & Bonds Hit All-Time Highs
    • We're in a chimera market right now
  • Central Control Is Tightening
    • Dissent is being squashed wherever possible
  • Real Wages Are Declining
    • Good luck squashing that dissent when folks can't feed their families…

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Off The Cuff: The World’s Banking System Is On The Precipice
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss:

  • The World's Baking System Is On The Precipice
    • It's as vulnerable (or more) as during 2008
  • Stocks & Bonds Hit All-Time Highs
    • We're in a chimera market right now
  • Central Control Is Tightening
    • Dissent is being squashed wherever possible
  • Real Wages Are Declining
    • Good luck squashing that dissent when folks can't feed their families…

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