Author Archives: MN Gordon

Bear Witness to the Madness

Second-rate economic data is first-rate news for Wall Street these days.  We don’t quite comprehend the logic.  But the popular reasoning goes something like this… Good economic data is bad for stocks.  For it means the Fed will begin increasing … Continue reading →

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Sell the Rally

Do you have the feeling something just ain’t right?  If so, we suggest trusting your gut on this one.  The financial system’s running head long for a bleak implosion…followed by years of economic hardship. Certainly, this is only our opinion.  … Continue reading →

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Prove You’re Not a Terrorist

Prove You’re Not a Terrorist By Jeff Thomas, International Man Recently, France decided to crack down on those people who make cash payments and withdrawals and who hold small bank accounts.  The reason given was, not surprisingly, to “fight terrorism,” … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots on Employment and Inflation

One principal conundrum of the extreme monetary policies of the last eight years is on the subject of consumer price inflation.  Expansion of the money supply is, by definition, inflation.  Yet how come, following a quadrupling of the monetary base, … Continue reading →

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