MACRO ANALYTICS – 12-07-17 – The Results of Financialization – Part IV – A Fiat Currency Failure Since the US lifted anchor on the Gold Standard in August 1971 making the US Dollar a Fiat Reserve Currency, the US economy has been propelled forward, no-longer tethered to the principles of Sound Money. Unfortunately, the reality […]
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FINANCIALIZATION AND AN INEVITABLE FIAT CURRENCY COLLAPSE
FINANCIALIZATION AND AN INEVITABLE FIAT CURRENCY COLLAPSE Since the US lifted anchor on the Gold Standard in August 1971 making the US Dollar a Fiat Reserve Currency, the US economy has been propelled forward, no-longer tethered to the principles of Sound Money. Unfortunately, the reality is that this sort of political expediency is the equivalent […]
IN AN ERA OF FINANCIALIZATION, WHO REALLY OWNS THE US CORPORATION?
Over the last 10 years, S&P 500 corporations have returned more money to shareholders via share buybacks and dividends than they have earned. THE DEBT-for-EQUITY TAKEOVER Why Do Corporations Buyback their Shares? Since the advent of Quantitative Easing we have witnessed unprecedented levels of stock buybacks by US Corporations. Buyback volumes have surpassed $1 Trillion in five […]
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: IN-DEPTH – Where Financialization Will Lead Us
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: IN-DEPTH – Where Financialization Will Lead Us SLIDE 5 We have recently posted videos about Financialization of the US Economy. The first was last month’s UnderTheLens Report entitled ” Are Central Banks Caught in the First Globalization Trap?”. Though it didn’t specifically outline Financialization some of the points I would like to […]