Monthly Archives: December 2016
Global Recession and Other Visions for 2017
Today’s a day for considering new hopes, new dreams, and new hallucinations. The New Year is here, after all. Now is the time to turn over a new leaf and start afresh. Naturally, 2017 will be the year you get … Continue reading
Wreck the Halls
Despite the best efforts of the bulls to make history happen, they’ve been unable to ‘git-r-done.’ At the time of this writing, the DOW is facing another bout of arrested development; it has yet to notch 20,000 for the very … Continue reading
Has the Fed Turned “Hawkish?”
Stimulus, in a general sense, is something that causes an action or response. A ringing alarm clock may prompt someone to exit their slumber. Or a fist to the gut may force someone to gasp for breath. Stimulus can come … Continue reading
Smart Programs of Capital Destruction
These days everything must be smart. There are smart cities, smart grids, smart policies, smart TVs, smart cars, smartphones, smart watches, smart shoes, and smart glasses. There’s even something called smart underwear. Before long everything around us will be so … Continue reading
