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Hyperinflation and Capital Controls
The US will eventually experience hyperinflation, but “eventually” could be long after we are all dead.
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The US will eventually experience hyperinflation, but “eventually” could be long after we are all dead.
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Excerpted from this week’s edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 235: Is Gold as an Investment Finished? Before delving deeper into that question, perhaps we should see what the mainstream media thinks. In fairness to the MSM, we note there are plenty of articles on both sides of the debate. Yet there has been … Continue reading
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With little fanfare, the November budget deficit of $150.4 billion was reported, which happened to be the worst fiscal November in the history of the US, and just out of the top 10 of worst deficit months ever, including the traditionally weak seasonal months of December, April and September (indicatively, the worst deficit month was … Continue reading
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The Bank of England released its latest quarterly inflation report that shows that after a near year of temporary CPI Inflation mantra at above 3%, Mervyn King, the Bank Governor now expects CPI to spike to 3.5% during 2011 before falling back to below its 2% target and therefore implying that the real threat that … Continue reading
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The Weimar Republic is perhaps the quintessential example of hyperinflation. But the buildup took longer than one might think……
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In its September Monetary Trends letter titled “The Monetary Base and Bank Lending: You Can Lead a Horse to Water…” the St Louis Fed analyzes the phenomenon that has all monetarists up in arms, namely the surge in the monetary base and the very muted increase (and outright alleged drop in the case of the … Continue reading
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Months ago we wrote about the true causes of hyperinflation. We proceed to expand upon our views as we disagree with the views put forth by John Mauldin, Mike Shedlock and now Jim Rickards who all focus on velocity and/or bank lending as important causes of hyperinflation. The reality is that hyperinflation is first and … Continue reading
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Victor Sperandeo is an experienced and well-respected trader who has previously traded for George Soros. He sees a good chance of hyperinflation developing in America, saying “If you research history there have been 30 occasions of hyper-inflation, all the numbers that take place 100% of the time in the other 30 occasions are here.” Some … Continue reading
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Once again we see another bearish piece on Gold in the WSJ. Rather than attack the author personally, we want to illustrate how the article is another example of the lack of any quality gold commentary both in general and in mainstream publications. First, its important to note why you won’t see much quality gold-related … Continue reading
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Tell this to a baby boomer or a middle aged person and they would be quite skeptical. Their neighborhood financial advisor or planner doesn’t advocate Gold. It is too dangerous. It could drop to $500. Gold stocks? Hell no! After failing to get you out of stocks not once but twice in the last ten … Continue reading