IT’S A “MOSH PIT” FOOD FIGHT TO GRAB & CREATE THE NEXT ETP INDEX OR ETF –EXTRACTED & Condensed from CAPITAL EXPLOITS — “A Gift From the Oldies” – Global institutional pension fund assets in 22 major markets stood at US$36.4 trillion at year end 2016, amounting to 62% of global GDP. That is a […]
TRIGGER$ December 2017
THE FED HAS ANOTHER INTERNAL INFLATION INDEX FEW ARE (YET) AWARE OF
THE FED HAS ANOTHER INTERNAL INFLATION INDEX FEW ARE (YET) AWARE OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 Just Released: A Monthly Underlying Inflation Gauge Robert Rich Today marks the launch of the monthly publication of the Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG). We are reporting two UIG measures, describedrecently on Liberty Street Economics, that are constructed to provide an estimate of the […]
WEAPONS OF ECONOMIC MISDIRECTION
WEAPONS OF ECONOMIC MISDIRECTION — SOURCE: Originally published 07-27-14 by John Mauldin – ““Time to Put a New Economic Tool in the Box.” “Measurement theory shows that strong assumptions are required for certain statistics to provide meaningful information about reality. Measurement theory encourages people to think about the meaning of their data. It encourages critical […]
ILLUSION OF GROWTH: HOW ECONOMICS FAILED THE ECONOMY
ILLUSION OF GROWTH: HOW ECONOMICS FAILED THE ECONOMY The Difficult Art of Reckoning With the Human Good — SOURCE: 11-04-17 Umair Haque via Eudaimonics “How Economics Failed the Economy” — When, in the 1930s, the great economist Simon Kuznets created GDP, he deliberately left two industries out of this then novel, revolutionary idea of a “national income”: […]
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 […]
TRUMP RALLY: SETTING UP TO BE A “BUY ON THE RUMOR, SELL ON THE NEWS!” EVENT
TRUMP RALLY: SETTING UP TO BE A “BUY ON THE RUMOR, SELL ON THE NEWS!” EVENT
THE ILLUSION OF GROWTH: THE GOVERNMENT’S GAME OF “SMOKE & MIRRORS”
THE ILLUSION OF GROWTH: THE GOVERNMENT’S GAME OF “SMOKE & MIRRORS” All financial assets are nothing more than CLAIMS on real wealth. They are not themselves actually wealth. It is critically important to understand this reality of “money”. The money we possess has 1- Use and 2- Utility because you can exchange it for something […]
RUSSIA, CHINA & BRICS: A NEW PHYSICAL GOLD TRADING NETWORK
RUSSIA, CHINA & BRICS: A NEW PHYSICAL GOLD TRADING NETWORK –SOURCE: 12-02-17 BullionStar.com – “Russia, China, India Unveil New Gold Trading Network” — One of the most notable events in Russia’s precious metals market calendar is the annual “Russian Bullion Market” conference. Formerly known as the Russian Bullion Awards, this conference, now in its 10th […]
NEW PLAYERS & APPROACHES EMERGE TO SUPPLY COBALT
NEW PLAYERS & APPROACHES EMERGE TO SUPPLY COBALT STOCKS TO WATCH American Manganese Inc. Umicore British tech startups Aceleron and Powervault Ltd. Recycling techniques can draw metal from lithium-ion batteries New source could meet 10% of car industry’s metal needs — SOURCE: 12-01-17 Bloomberg – “How to Mine Cobalt Without Going to Congo” — […]