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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
 PREVIEW

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.
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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
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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…
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?
Image | No Solar Roadways Anytime Soon
No Solar Roadways Anytime Soon

Recently, the idea of creating 'solar roadways' s is sweeping across the social media universe. A lot of emails are hitting my inbox as people want to know what I think of this marvelous idea.

Sadly, the concept as pitched is awful.
No Solar Roadways Anytime Soon

Recently, the idea of creating 'solar roadways' s is sweeping across the social media universe. A lot of emails are hitting my inbox as people want to know what I think of this marvelous idea.

Sadly, the concept as pitched is awful.
Image | The Trouble with Numbers
The Trouble with Numbers
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According to the ever-strident popular press, the world is in recovery. The stock market says so, the bond market says so, and the politicians and monetary bureaucrats all say so.

The only trouble is the central banks continue to flood the world with liquidity, something they shouldn't need to be doing if a true recovery were really upon us.
The Trouble with Numbers
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According to the ever-strident popular press, the world is in recovery. The stock market says so, the bond market says so, and the politicians and monetary bureaucrats all say so.

The only trouble is the central banks continue to flood the world with liquidity, something they shouldn't need to be doing if a true recovery were really upon us.
Image | Alasdair Macleod: All You Need To Know About Negative Interest Rates
Alasdair Macleod: All You Need To Know About Negative Interest Rates

On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) took the historically unprecedented step of lowering certain of its interest rates below 0%. In a report to our premium subscribers immediately following the announcement, Chris likened the move to the policy equivalent of dropping a neutron bomb.

In the days following, despite the ECB attempting to clarify its stance further, many questions still linger; most notably: What exactly will the implications of this negative interest rate (NIRP) policy be?

 

Alasdair Macleod: All You Need To Know About Negative Interest Rates

On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) took the historically unprecedented step of lowering certain of its interest rates below 0%. In a report to our premium subscribers immediately following the announcement, Chris likened the move to the policy equivalent of dropping a neutron bomb.

In the days following, despite the ECB attempting to clarify its stance further, many questions still linger; most notably: What exactly will the implications of this negative interest rate (NIRP) policy be?

 

Image | Off the Cuff: Boring, Frustrating Markets
Off the Cuff: Boring, Frustrating Markets
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Adam discuss:

  • Investing In Farmland
    • There are attractive alternatives to Wall Street
  • Boring, Frustrating Markets
    • No volume, no volatility, no sense
  • Downside Risk
    • We're closer to the correction than we've been over the past 5 years
Off the Cuff: Boring, Frustrating Markets
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In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Adam discuss:

  • Investing In Farmland
    • There are attractive alternatives to Wall Street
  • Boring, Frustrating Markets
    • No volume, no volatility, no sense
  • Downside Risk
    • We're closer to the correction than we've been over the past 5 years
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