Japan vs. USA: Same Depression with a Lag

Charts speak more eloquently than I can and they speak a brutal truth. Perhaps it is my scientific background or perhaps I appreciate the art that can be found in price charts. In either case, I prefer the message...

Surf Warning: Tsunami to Lift Gold

  The entire world struggles to determine the fallout effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, along with the ensuing problems. The effects are so pervasive, so profound, so critical, that it is no wonder the news networks focus...

Why Japan Feels the Need to Print Money

The feds called out all available hands. Over in Japan, they injected another 21 trillion yen into their economy. You understand why, of course. You don’t? Well, let us explain it.

US & Japan Warned by IMF, rating agencies on Debt

Standard & Poors cut Japan’s debt rating while Moody’s warned that the USA’s triple-A rating was at risk. The IMF had harsh words for both nations. The report is from Canada.com: “In advanced economies where fiscal sustainability has not...

Permanent 0% on Road to Ruin

Japan has proved without confusion that 0% is a permanent stuck position......

Trees Meet the Forest

Many people like to look at Japan as instructive relative to the current situation facing the United States (and most of Europe). The current strong up move in stocks has been relentless. It has been no fun and of...

Gold: Keep Your Eyes on the Golden Prize

Gold’s bull market is starting to get warmed up again. The gains ahead in Gold are going to be greater than what we have seen since the secular bull market began at the turn of the century. Gold will...

How Japan Could Precipitate a Global Funding Crisis

Remember that Japan is about 10 years ahead of the US, in terms of its economic crisis. The deflationary forces that have plagued Japan are now plaguing the US. Because of its domestic savings......

2010: GIANT GATHERING STORM CLOUDS

2010: GIANT GATHERING STORM CLOUDS by Jim Willie CB home: Golden Jackass website subscribe: Hat Trick Letter Jim Willie CB, editor of the “HAT TRICK LETTER” Use the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include...

The Best Argument for Gold

The US cannot finance its ever growing obligations from existing savings or foreign borrowing. The solution is number three: monetization.