EU countries suffer electricity and natural gas bills for households that are more than double those of the US, and that’s just one of the many issues…
What happens when politicians see that their monster stimuli have not delivered? They bring the next rabbit out of a hat. They need a new name and a new magic solution to make citizens believe in the magic of demand-side policies despite the constant failure of those same plans.
The Eurozone Example
A huge stimulus in 2008 in a “growth and employ...
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With the Dow surging 372 points, the dollar tumbling and gold holding above $1,300, here is a quick look at Paul Tudor Jones, gold, silver, miners and more.
All Problems SolvedBy Bill Fleckenstein President Of Fleckenstein CapitalFebruary 12 (King World News) – The stock market party continued, as the indices popped for a percent in the first hour. Today’s raison d’etre appeared to be a combination of optimism regarding the Chinese trade talks, and cheering that the government won’t be shut down... 
The stock market may be on a sharp post-Christmas rally, but the real economy reflects a much different reality. Dave Kranzler has the details…
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics
I get a kick out of these billionaires and centimillionaires, like Kyle Bass yesterday, who appear on financial television to look the viewer in the eye and tell them that economy is booming. Kyle Bass doesn’t expect a mild recession until mid-2020. Hmmm – explain that rationale to the 78%+ households who... 
Is the global economy in more trouble than we’re being told? What about the US dollar? Because what the “smart money” is doing is significant…
by Jason Hamlin via Gold Stock Bull
There has been a fundamental shift in central banks’ behavior with respect to gold over the past decade. The 2008 financial crisis led central banks to re-evaluate the relevance and importance of gold on their balance sheets. Check out the sudden change in sentiment that occurred in 2009, as central banks shifted from b... 
The cost to rent an ocean-going cargo container ship is plunging, and while the trade wars are somewhat to blame, there are broader forces at work…
by John Rubino of Dollar Collapse
The Baltic Dry Index represents the cost of renting an ocean-going container ship to move goods from, say, Chinese factories to the Port of Los Angeles. The more stuff being made and sold, the higher the demand for such ships, and thus the higher the price to rent one. And vice versa.
This is definitely one of the vi... 
It’s the first filing season under Trump’s signature legislation, and millions of people are about to get angry when they file their taxes. Here’s why…
from Zero Hedge
When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a/k/a Trump’s tax code overhaul in early 2017, the big expectation for tax season 2018 – the first tax-filing season under the new tax law – was that virtually all Americans would end up receiving a bigger refund. And yet, as numerous analysts have noted, as many as tens of mi... 
One of the greats discusses why he remains a bear on the US dollar with the price of gold continuing to trade above $1,300.
Gold And Why I Remain A Bear On The US DollarFebruary 12 (King World News) – Here is a portion of what Peter Boockvar wrote today as the world awaits the next round of monetary madness: The US dollar is approaching a big level as another .50 rally in this euro heavy index would place it at the highest level since mid 2017 (see chart below).
I’ve listened to a bunch of ea... 
“…we likely have a period of strong dollar and strong gold ahead of us. It remains to be seen if silver will be included with gold.”
by Keith Weiner of Monetary-Metals
What They Don’t Want You to Know about Prices, Report 10 Feb
Last week, in part I of this essay, we discussed why a central planner cannot know the right interest rate. Central planner’s macroeconomic aggregate measures like GDP are blind to the problem of capital consumption, including especially capital consumption caused by th...