‘Consume my heart away; sick with desire ‘And fastened to a dying animal ‘It knows not what it is; and gather me ‘Into the artifice of eternity.’ W.B. Yeats What is that smell? Rank. Revolting. It is as if a raccoon had gotten trapped somewhere under the floorboards and died. You can’t get rid of […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘Never in history has there been such a vivid contrast between the brilliance of so many and the utter uselessness of so few. The American experiment is still alive and kicking, but there is a cancer in Washington that is out of control and may soon threaten to kill the host — whoever wins on […]
By Bill Bonner,
Elections are sordid and preposterous affairs. But they are funny too. They seem to concentrate absurdity, mendacity, and stupidity, like the rays of the sun focused through a magnifying glass. The amusing thing is that everyone is in on it. It’s like the World Series in which everyone’s home team is in the playoffs. The […]
By Bill Bonner,
Where’s Kazan? Who cares? We didn’t know and didn’t care either. But, for those curious, it is in Tatarstan, a republic in Russia, not an independent country. It is located about five hundred miles east of Moscow, between the Volga and Kama rivers. As for the people, they are Turkic speaking descendants of the Golden […]
By Bill Bonner,
While the US is focused on an internal power struggle, a new world order is taking shape. Sonar21: ‘PUTIN Re-Shaping the World Right in Front of Us ‘It is fascinating to watch the denial in the West about the importance of this meeting of 36 nations, with 20 heads of state in attendance, and the challenge […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘Everybody’s bullish on gold.’ Analyst Mark Cudmore on Bloomberg this morning. ‘All roads lead to inflation’, says celeb investor Paul Tudor Jones. PTJ may be right. We think he is. At least, over the long run. But many are the twists, turns, blind alleys and washed-out bridges along the way. Ultimately, almost all major governments […]
By Bill Bonner,
In the never-ending press babble is news that Kamala Harris is warming up to crypto. Benzinga: ‘Kamala Harris is taking a different approach to cryptocurrency than President Joe Biden and she’s making moves. Harris isn’t just talking about being more crypto-friendly. As reported by Joseph Zeballos-Roig from Semafor, she’s already sending her aides out to […]
By Bill Bonner,
The most obvious narrative for future economic historians is probably something like this… In the early 21st century, politicians lost control of spending. Debt rose much faster than GDP. Then, inflation made it much harder for the Fed to continue ‘printing’ money. But as soon as inflation moderated, in 2024, it went back to its […]
By Bill Bonner,
Bloomberg: “The world’s $100 Trillion Fiscal Time Bomb” ‘The IMF’s Fiscal Monitor on Wednesday will feature a warning that public debt levels are set to reach $100 trillion this year, driven by China and the US. Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, in a speech on Thursday, stressed how that mountain of borrowing is weighing on the world.’ It […]
By Bill Bonner,
MarketWatch: ‘Gold futures top $2,700 an ounce, on track to settle at a record high ‘Gold futures climbed above $2,700 an ounce on Thursday, with prices based on the most-active contract poised to settle at a fresh record high. ‘“Uncertainty surrounding the U.S. economic outlook continues to drive up gold prices” and the risk of […]
By Bill Bonner,
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