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How to Turn a Corporate Credit Crisis into a Currency Crisis
The mechanics of persistently falling yields (as yields move inversely to price) over several decades have also acted to inflate a massive bond bubble. The demand for corporate bonds come from a variety of sources. These mainly include foreign investors, investment funds (i.e. mutual funds, ETFs, and closed end funds), life insurance companies, and pension funds. Continue reading
Posted in Government Debt, MN Gordon
Tagged collapse, corporate bonds, corporate debt, currency, federal reserve
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What You Will Find When You Follow the Money
It has been a rough go for California Governor Gavin Newsom. Late last week it was revealed that the state Department of Public Health had tickled the poodle on its COVID-19 record keeping. Somehow the bureaucrats in Sacramento undercounted new coronavirus cases by as many as 300,000. Continue reading
Game Over Spending
Second quarter 2020 came and went like a California wildfire. The economic devastation caused by the government lockdowns was swift, the destruction immense, and the damage lasting. But, nonetheless, in Q2, the major U.S. stock market indices rallied at a record pace. Continue reading
Posted in Government Debt, MN Gordon
Tagged currency, debt, dollar, federal reserve, gold, treasury
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Suffering the Profanity of Plentiful Cheap Money
What if the savings in your bank account lost 55 percent of its value over the last 12 months? Would you be somewhat peeved? Would you transfer some of your savings to another currency? Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, MN Gordon
Tagged argentina, currency, debasement, default, jonathan swift, mauricio macri
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