The big news — the rate cut expected from the Fed — will come to light in a few hours. But what a circus. Here’s the Financial Times: ‘Wall Street has raised its wager on the Federal Reserve making an aggressive half-point cut to US interest rates when it meets this week, with traders now […]
By Bill Bonner,
The biggest problem in the US: too much (fake) money. It distorts prices. Perverts federal policies. Makes some people rich, while making most people poorer. The excess money favours Wall Street with trillions in fees and capital growth. But it destroys Main Street with inflation and a lack of real capital investment. It shrinks savings, […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘One day pours out its song to another… ‘And one night unfolds knowledge to another’ Psalm 19 ‘I hear you people eat cats’, said the friendly border guard in Dublin. ‘Only in Ohio’, we replied. What a summer! At least, our ex-president made the world laugh. Our current president revealed himself as a mental defective, […]
By Bill Bonner,
Yesterday brought news that the stock market had gone up… a little. A photo showed a happy face on Wall Street, and a smile on the face of the newscaster. Rising stock prices are always accompanied by smiles. The back of our envelope tells us that investors are about $250 billion richer today than they […]
By Bill Bonner,
Let us take a minute to review. After the Harris-Trump debate on Tuesday night, the odds of a Harris victory probably increased. But that has no effect on the underlying financial situation. Neither candidate has any intention of squaring off against the big spending, parasite elites. Neither will balance the budget. Neither will challenge the […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘They’re eating our pets.’ Donald Trump last night, talking about immigrants It’s an election year…when brightly-coloured campaign promises fall to the ground like autumn leaves…and rot. We didn’t get much out of the Harris-Trump debate. One candidate seemed like a big, old, angry, tired dummy. The other… younger… more conniving… appeared as a smooth, but […]
By Bill Bonner,
Here’s the latest. Bloomberg: ‘Trump now threatening 100% tariffs… unless you use the dollar that he is determined to depreciate.’ ‘Donald Trump pledged on Saturday to make it too costly for countries to shift away from using the US dollar, adding a new pillar to his tariff platform. “You leave the dollar and you’re not […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘At a minimum, rate cuts will… entice individuals and businesses to borrow money and spend it on things that would otherwise be too expensive. Individuals may see a dip in mortgage rates and take on a mega home loan. Businesses with little growth prospects may borrow money to buy back their own shares.’ MN Gordon […]
By Bill Bonner,
The secret, dear reader, is the money itself. Real money comes from output, not from the feds’ printing presses. As we keep saying, when the money goes, everything goes. So today we wonder why…. Federal debt was 32% of GDP under Jimmy Carter. Now it is 125% of GDP. So what? The total value of the […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah ‘Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah ‘Why do fools fall in love? ‘Why do birds sing so gay ‘And lovers await the break of day? ‘Why do they fall in love? ‘Why does the rain fall from up above? ‘Why do fools fall in love? ‘Why do they fall in love?’ Frankie Lyman and the […]
By Bill Bonner,
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