Category: Interest Rates
The Financial World’s Most Popular Delusion
Short-term finance is great for short-term speculators. But it is bad for business. You can’t build a real, prosperous economy with overnight money.
False Teeth of the Ageing Economy Start to Bite
The grey tsunami will only grow bigger. Low interest-rate life support will continue. If you’re not in stocks now, you might miss out on continued gains.
The Fed Prepares for Mistake #3
Setting artificially low interest rates made the downtrend worse. Growth slowed further. The Swamp deepened. The empire grew bigger and more corrupt.
The American Bolsheviks Are Coming…
Politics is the enemy of civilisation. It is the enemy, too, of economic progress. Most important, it is the enemy of dignity and clear thinking.
The Real Source of Wealth Inequality…
Buying stocks or houses may have been a good plan for 1982. And maybe even 2002. But for 2019? Is the pattern of the last 30 years likely to continue?
The Kiwi Gold Rush Is Over
Today we are living in the tail end of what could be called the greatest gold rush of all time. But instead of gold, our prosperity is riding on the backs of technological and industrial innovation.
How $30 Trillion Disappears…
Wall Street and Main Street haven’t seen eye to eye for a long time. Now, they practically no longer talk to each other. Here’s why.
What the Mainstream Isn’t Telling You…
In investment, there is a tendency to think that the future is linear, that things won’t change. But, as the saying goes, the only thing constant in life is change. And change is coming.
What Comes from Disrespecting Mr Market
How does Fed policy really connect to the real world of time, money, work, profits, innovation, forbearance, and all the other things that produce real wealth?
The Most Important Ratio in All of Investing
If Mr Trump is right, Americans no longer want free trade; they want protection from it. And if the Democrats are right, they want protection from free enterprise, too.
When Interest Rates Stop Working
A waning Japan. Overvalued tech. Tesla’s decade-long history of losses. All of this is only possible because of irresponsible money creation.
The Only Real Way to ‘Fix’ Capitalism
Capitalists are conscious. They always try to get the outcomes they want…and they don’t mind cheating — when they can get away with it.
Did Adrian Orr Just Predict a Crash in New Zealand?
When the Great Financial Crisis hit in 2008, the RBNZ dropped the OCR by 6%. If something happened today, they only have 1.5% to work with.
What You Need to Know About the RBNZ’s OCR Cut
A jittery response just now from the RBNZ. I’m surprised. I thought we were further from the cliff; on more solid ground.
How the Feds Will Cover Up Their Next Larceny
If you’re at the tail end of a credit-fuelled bubble…with an overpriced stock market…a trillion-dollar federal deficit…and $72 trillion of debt…What are you going to do?