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Fedflationary fabrications

Alex — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:18:17 +0000

These press conferences with Federal Reserve Chairman Dr. Bernanke are becoming more amusing as of late: “We, the Federal Reserve, have spent 30 years building up credibility for low and stable inflation [..]” – Ben. S Bernanke Really? On what …

Why fixed income investing is on life support

Alex — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:05:58 +0000

The current financial paradigm is crumbling beneath us. This is not a temporary disruption, it is a meltdown. All of the mechanisms that drive paper markets are being eroded, and more and more market participants are being, quite literally, robbed …

Silver’s scary sell-off

Alex — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:21:05 +0000

Silver and silver-related assets were smashed across the board on Friday as the World Bank and IMF met in Washington, DC to discuss the worsening global crisis. Other commodities saw sharp declines as well. More silver was traded that day …

An exercise in reckless monetary policy

Alex — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:05:02 +0000

The Swiss National Bank intervened in the foreign exchange markets today, effectively devaluing the Franc by over 8% in a single day. Through a combination of an aggressive monetary policy statement and direct foreign exchange purchases of other currencies (namely …

Is the rally topping out or just starting?

Alex — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:19:37 +0000

We've seen a significant gain since the bottom in March of 2009, up about 80% since those 666 lows. Now the market is facing significant resistance, even after the massive $600 billion QE2 plan to inject even more liquidity.

It’s time for a new and improved uptick rule

Alex — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:32:43 +0000

Since the SEC eliminated the uptick rule on July 6th, 2007 there has been a marked increase in volatility. Of course other factors significantly contributed, but the fact remains that with the uptick rule in place, selling would have been more controlled and orderly.

Significant headwinds ahead for US economy

Alex — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:58:36 +0000

I feel we are facing significant headwinds moving forward because of the loose monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, the refusal to address the core problems in our financial system and the incredibly opaque derivatives market that has yet to be regulated or even cleared on open exchanges.

The worst is yet to come in our economic crisis

Alex — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:54:12 +0000

Karl Denninger is an extremely gifted investor, businessman and technologist. When he speaks about the economy I listen. His latest video issues a dire warning to Americans. I believe everything he has said is correct and aligns with projects I've made in the past. Please give his video a view and consider the implications of this irresponsible monetary policy.

A few thoughts on the market

Alex — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:27:36 +0000

Now that the equity markets around the world have rallied about 50% or more it seems that interest rates have heightened around the world as well. In the US 10 year bonds were as low as 2% in March and now have neared 4%.

Potential risk reversal in global markets

Alex — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:53:49 +0000

It looks like safe haven assets like bonds, yen and dollars are becoming more attractive vs. risky assets like commodity currencies, commodities, equities and emerging markets in general.