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Image | The Banker’s Bank Warns of Dangerous Bubbles
The Banker’s Bank Warns of Dangerous Bubbles
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Recently the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) quite bluntly stated that central banks had, once again, gone too far and blown gigantic bubbles. Of course, they used less direct language — but you don't need a secret central bank decoder ring to know what they're really saying.

We'll get to that very interesting bit of reporting shortly. First, let's look at what they're talking about.
The Banker’s Bank Warns of Dangerous Bubbles
 PREVIEW

Recently the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) quite bluntly stated that central banks had, once again, gone too far and blown gigantic bubbles. Of course, they used less direct language — but you don't need a secret central bank decoder ring to know what they're really saying.

We'll get to that very interesting bit of reporting shortly. First, let's look at what they're talking about.
Axel Merk: The Fed’s Next Move

"If you're not concerned, you're not paying attention" say Axel Merk, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Merk Funds.

Like many, he sees today's excessive high-price, low-volume, zero-volatility markets as an unnatural and dangerous result of misguided intervention by the Federal Reserve. But Axel has additional perspective than most, as the senior economic adviser to his family of funds is a former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and a former FMOC member:
Axel Merk: The Fed’s Next Move

"If you're not concerned, you're not paying attention" say Axel Merk, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Merk Funds.

Like many, he sees today's excessive high-price, low-volume, zero-volatility markets as an unnatural and dangerous result of misguided intervention by the Federal Reserve. But Axel has additional perspective than most, as the senior economic adviser to his family of funds is a former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and a former FMOC member:
Image | Off the Cuff: Anything Goes, But Nothing Matters
Off the Cuff: Anything Goes, But Nothing Matters
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and James Howard Kunstler discuss:

  • Engineered Interference
    • Prices have no bearing on real market forces right now
  • Strange Bedfellows
    • Iraq's woes are creating all sorts of unnatural alliances
  • The End of Wishful Thinking?
    • We're losing hold of our happy delusions
  • The Resilient Living Learning Curve
    • Building skills often means failing a lot on the way
Off the Cuff: Anything Goes, But Nothing Matters
 PREVIEW

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and James Howard Kunstler discuss:

  • Engineered Interference
    • Prices have no bearing on real market forces right now
  • Strange Bedfellows
    • Iraq's woes are creating all sorts of unnatural alliances
  • The End of Wishful Thinking?
    • We're losing hold of our happy delusions
  • The Resilient Living Learning Curve
    • Building skills often means failing a lot on the way
Image | Picking Up Speed
Picking Up Speed
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There's been so much happening across the world lately that it's time for a global update on a variety of subjects.

Yet, these developments stand in stark contrast to the US equity markets, where there's virtually nothing worthwhile to report on.  Our "markets" no longer resemble anything that might provide useful, actionable information.
Picking Up Speed
 PREVIEW

There's been so much happening across the world lately that it's time for a global update on a variety of subjects.

Yet, these developments stand in stark contrast to the US equity markets, where there's virtually nothing worthwhile to report on.  Our "markets" no longer resemble anything that might provide useful, actionable information.
Image | Off the Cuff: Moribund Capital
Off the Cuff: Moribund Capital
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Brian Pretti discuss:

  • Moribund Capital
    • Asset prices are rising due to money that will never hit the economy
  • Absence Of Useful Market Signals
    • No reliable benchmarks for the investor to trust
  • Dead Volatility
    • Making the market more vulnerable once it returns to life
  • Zombie Economies
    • Too many sovereign nations have become the 'financial undead'
Off the Cuff: Moribund Capital
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Brian Pretti discuss:

  • Moribund Capital
    • Asset prices are rising due to money that will never hit the economy
  • Absence Of Useful Market Signals
    • No reliable benchmarks for the investor to trust
  • Dead Volatility
    • Making the market more vulnerable once it returns to life
  • Zombie Economies
    • Too many sovereign nations have become the 'financial undead'
Image | Why The Next 20 Years Will Be Completely Unlike The Last 20
Why The Next 20 Years Will Be Completely Unlike The Last 20

The video below shines a bright light on these trends and the risks we face as a result. But it also offers hope. If we take action now, while there's still time, there's much we can do not only to reduce our personal vulnerability to these threats, but also to step into this new future with newfound optimism:
Why The Next 20 Years Will Be Completely Unlike The Last 20

The video below shines a bright light on these trends and the risks we face as a result. But it also offers hope. If we take action now, while there's still time, there's much we can do not only to reduce our personal vulnerability to these threats, but also to step into this new future with newfound optimism:
Image | Iraq Breaks Down, Oil Surges
Iraq Breaks Down, Oil Surges

The situation in Iraq is serious, and is probably going to get worse before it gets better. The potential for this recent action to morph into a regional conflict is very high. That that means that oil could go a lot higher, and if it does, we can expect the odds of a global economic recession and an attendant financial crisis to go up considerably from here.
Iraq Breaks Down, Oil Surges

The situation in Iraq is serious, and is probably going to get worse before it gets better. The potential for this recent action to morph into a regional conflict is very high. That that means that oil could go a lot higher, and if it does, we can expect the odds of a global economic recession and an attendant financial crisis to go up considerably from here.
Image | Oil at Risk
Oil at Risk
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Executive Summary Why this Iraq crisis comes at a very vulnerable time for world oil markets The three mostly likely outcomes to the current crisis, and the resulting oil price of each ISIS remains contained from here ISIS takes Bagdad and points south A more widespread Middle East conflict erupts The growing risk to the…
Oil at Risk
 PREVIEW

Executive Summary Why this Iraq crisis comes at a very vulnerable time for world oil markets The three mostly likely outcomes to the current crisis, and the resulting oil price of each ISIS remains contained from here ISIS takes Bagdad and points south A more widespread Middle East conflict erupts The growing risk to the…
Image | Off the Cuff: Slippage
Off the Cuff: Slippage
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish discuss:

  • Voter Revolt
    • Eric Cantor's loss suggests populace is getting fed up 
  • Iraq Gets Worse
    • Now a failed operation of two Presidencies
  • Manic Markets
    • Priced for 0% risk
  • Hazardous Housing Market
    • Already nosing over?
Off the Cuff: Slippage
 PREVIEW

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

  • Voter Revolt
    • Eric Cantor's loss suggests populace is getting fed up 
  • Iraq Gets Worse
    • Now a failed operation of two Presidencies
  • Manic Markets
    • Priced for 0% risk
  • Hazardous Housing Market
    • Already nosing over?
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