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Investing In The Age Of Anomalies
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by Brian Pretti

Executive Summary Will global capital continue to push US stocks higher, despite their stretched valuations? Global capital is becoming more cautious S&P outperforming as capital seeks the safety of "blue chip" companies Investing in the age of anomalies If you have not yet read Part 1: Time To Toss The Playbook available free to all…
Investing In The Age Of Anomalies
 PREVIEW by Brian Pretti

Executive Summary Will global capital continue to push US stocks higher, despite their stretched valuations? Global capital is becoming more cautious S&P outperforming as capital seeks the safety of "blue chip" companies Investing in the age of anomalies If you have not yet read Part 1: Time To Toss The Playbook available free to all…
Image | Our ‘Truman Show’ Markets
Our ‘Truman Show’ Markets
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by Chris Martenson

The financial “markets” of the US, Europe and Japan have become Truman Show creations. Markets is in quotes to denote the fact that they are more simulation than reality. In a world where the continuance of the programming depends on the virtual reality bubble being maintained, nothing is left to chance.
Our ‘Truman Show’ Markets
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

The financial “markets” of the US, Europe and Japan have become Truman Show creations. Markets is in quotes to denote the fact that they are more simulation than reality. In a world where the continuance of the programming depends on the virtual reality bubble being maintained, nothing is left to chance.
Image | David Stockman: The Global Economy Has Entered The Crack-Up Phase
David Stockman: The Global Economy Has Entered The Crack-Up Phase
by Chris Martenson

Few people understand the global economy and its (mis)management better than David Stockman — former director of the OMB under President Reagan, former US Representative, best-selling author of The Great Deformation, and veteran financier.

David is now loudly warning that events have entered the crack-up phase, which he predicts will be defined by the following 4 developments:

David Stockman: The Global Economy Has Entered The Crack-Up Phase
 by Chris Martenson

Few people understand the global economy and its (mis)management better than David Stockman — former director of the OMB under President Reagan, former US Representative, best-selling author of The Great Deformation, and veteran financier.

David is now loudly warning that events have entered the crack-up phase, which he predicts will be defined by the following 4 developments:

Image | We Live In An Era Of Dangerous Imbalances
We Live In An Era Of Dangerous Imbalances
by Chris Martenson

The intervention by the world's central banks has resulted in today's bizarro financial markets, where "bad news is good" because it may lead to more (sorry, moar) thin-air stimulus to goose asset prices even higher.

The result is a world addicted to debt and the phony stimulus now essential to sustaining it. In the process, a tremendous wealth gap has been created, one still expanding at an exponential rate.
We Live In An Era Of Dangerous Imbalances
 by Chris Martenson

The intervention by the world's central banks has resulted in today's bizarro financial markets, where "bad news is good" because it may lead to more (sorry, moar) thin-air stimulus to goose asset prices even higher.

The result is a world addicted to debt and the phony stimulus now essential to sustaining it. In the process, a tremendous wealth gap has been created, one still expanding at an exponential rate.
Image | A Quick Sanity Check
A Quick Sanity Check
by Chris Martenson

Sometimes it pays to step way back and look at things from a high level.

In response to the 2008 crisis, the world's major central banks pumped an unprecedented amount of monetary stimulus into the system — all in the name of kick starting enough economic growth to pull the planet out of its fundamental sinkhole of Too Much Debt.

More than six years and over $4 trillion later, what exactly can we say it did for us?

Not enough, as the following short video summarizes.
A Quick Sanity Check
 by Chris Martenson

Sometimes it pays to step way back and look at things from a high level.

In response to the 2008 crisis, the world's major central banks pumped an unprecedented amount of monetary stimulus into the system — all in the name of kick starting enough economic growth to pull the planet out of its fundamental sinkhole of Too Much Debt.

More than six years and over $4 trillion later, what exactly can we say it did for us?

Not enough, as the following short video summarizes.
Image | Off The Cuff: Today’s Low Oil Price Is A Massive Head-Fake
Off The Cuff: Today’s Low Oil Price Is A Massive Head-Fake
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by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • The Carnage Wreaked By The Oil Price Collapse
    • Setting us up for whopping future price spike
  • The Geo-Political Chessboard
    • The stakes of the game are rising quickly
  • Forecasting the Fed in 2015
    • Will it (can it) continue to bail out everything & everybody?
  • Calling BS on Today's Market Prices
    • They assume a perfection that cannot exist
Off The Cuff: Today’s Low Oil Price Is A Massive Head-Fake
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • The Carnage Wreaked By The Oil Price Collapse
    • Setting us up for whopping future price spike
  • The Geo-Political Chessboard
    • The stakes of the game are rising quickly
  • Forecasting the Fed in 2015
    • Will it (can it) continue to bail out everything & everybody?
  • Calling BS on Today's Market Prices
    • They assume a perfection that cannot exist
Image | Stay Focused
Stay Focused
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by Chris Martenson

There is so much happening across the world right now — politically, economically, environmentally and especially in the field of oil (energy) — that it is very hard to stay focused on what really matters.

Compounding the difficulties is the fact that the media, either through sheer ignorance or gross mendacity, is perpetuating obvious political talking points and/or overt propaganda in favor of fact-based reporting.
Stay Focused
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

There is so much happening across the world right now — politically, economically, environmentally and especially in the field of oil (energy) — that it is very hard to stay focused on what really matters.

Compounding the difficulties is the fact that the media, either through sheer ignorance or gross mendacity, is perpetuating obvious political talking points and/or overt propaganda in favor of fact-based reporting.
Image | 2014 Year in Review
2014 Year in Review
by David Collum

I have not seen a year in which so many risks—some truly existential—piled up so quickly. Each risk has its own, often unknown, probability of morphing into a destructive force. Groping for a metaphor—I love metaphors and similes—I feel like we’re in the final throes of a geopolitical Game of Tetris as financial and political authorities race to place the pieces correctly. But the acceleration is palpable. The proximate trigger for pain and ultimately a collapse can be small, as anyone who’s ever stepped barefoot on a Lego knows.
2014 Year in Review
 by David Collum

I have not seen a year in which so many risks—some truly existential—piled up so quickly. Each risk has its own, often unknown, probability of morphing into a destructive force. Groping for a metaphor—I love metaphors and similes—I feel like we’re in the final throes of a geopolitical Game of Tetris as financial and political authorities race to place the pieces correctly. But the acceleration is palpable. The proximate trigger for pain and ultimately a collapse can be small, as anyone who’s ever stepped barefoot on a Lego knows.
Image | Off the Cuff: The Shift From Paper Assets To Real Ones Is On
Off the Cuff: The Shift From Paper Assets To Real Ones Is On
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by Chris Martenson

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

  • Mass-delusional Markets
    • Investors are mistaking the destruction of our fiat system as prosperity
  • The Shift From Paper To Real Assets Is On
    • At least, among the top 1%
  • Generational War
    • Coming to a stagnating economy near you
  • It All Comes Back To Energy
    • And there's still no magic bullet in sight
Off the Cuff: The Shift From Paper Assets To Real Ones Is On
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

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

  • Mass-delusional Markets
    • Investors are mistaking the destruction of our fiat system as prosperity
  • The Shift From Paper To Real Assets Is On
    • At least, among the top 1%
  • Generational War
    • Coming to a stagnating economy near you
  • It All Comes Back To Energy
    • And there's still no magic bullet in sight
Image | John Hussman: The Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%
John Hussman: The Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%
by Chris Martenson

John Hussman is highly respected for his prodigious use of data and adherence to what it tells him about the state of the financial markets. His regular weekly market commentary is widely regarded as one of the best-researched, best-articulated publications available to money managers.

John's public appearances are rare, so we're especially grateful he made time to speak with us yesterday about the precarious state in which he sees global markets. Based on historical norms and averages, he calculates that the ZIRP and QE policies of the Fed and other world central banks have led to an overvaluation in the stock market where prices are 2 times higher than they should be.

John Hussman: The Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%
 by Chris Martenson

John Hussman is highly respected for his prodigious use of data and adherence to what it tells him about the state of the financial markets. His regular weekly market commentary is widely regarded as one of the best-researched, best-articulated publications available to money managers.

John's public appearances are rare, so we're especially grateful he made time to speak with us yesterday about the precarious state in which he sees global markets. Based on historical norms and averages, he calculates that the ZIRP and QE policies of the Fed and other world central banks have led to an overvaluation in the stock market where prices are 2 times higher than they should be.

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