Tag: Bill Bonner’s Diary
The Extinction of the Fiscal Conservative
The Democrats were early adopters of the ‘deficits don’t matter’ flapdoodle. Once in power, Republicans found it useful, too.
Tilling the Soil in the Garden of Catastrophe
Few notice that it is not an Eden that is being prepared…but a garden of catastrophe…
How Elizabeth Warren Out-Trumps Trump
How to beat Trump at his own game? Elizabeth Warren did. The question has been gnawing at the guts of the Democratic party for the last two years.
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.
How Hot Money Put America in Hot Water
Hot money is only useful for speculators. They can use it to take leveraged positions in stocks and bonds — where they know they can unload them and get out at a moment’s notice.
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?
Stocks Have a Rendezvous with Destiny
Stocks couldn’t decide where to go yesterday. Up? Down? So, they went nowhere. Nowhere is about as good as it gets in this market.
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.
The Tide of Fear Is Approaching
The risk of a crash is impossible to calculate precisely or reliably. But for what it is worth, our indicators are flashing red.
Win-Lose World
Retail sales are headed down. GDP growth. Industrial production. Hours worked. New hires. Manufacturing new orders. Construction spending. All down…
Our Crash Alert Flag Is Still Flying
Naturally, the foreigners are learning not to trust US suppliers…and are looking for essential inputs elsewhere. Win-lose again…with little chance that the US will be a winner.
Why We’re Not on the Trump Bandwagon
Put the cronies in charge of business. Let the loyal apparatchiks control prices. Then, print money to cover your deficits. What could go wrong with that programme?!
How America Goes Full-Venezuela
We suspect a big disaster is coming later in the century…and why we suspect it will be centred in the Fake Money Capital of the World – the USA.
Ireland’s and its‘Great Crumble’
Claptrap comes in many guises and disguises. Sometimes, it is based on inconsequential error. Sometimes, it is just bad judgment.