Tag Archives: deflation
Deflation with a Capital D
There’s a good ole fashioned market panic taking place in the Far East. Buyers of Chinese stocks have become scarcer than hen’s teeth. Even the highly visible hand of the Chinese government can’t arrest the freefall. On Monday, for example, … Continue reading
Will We Get the 1930s or 1970s?
What’s the deal with your neighbor? His car’s 12 years old. His house has minimal upgrades. He’s the only guy left on the street who still cuts his own grass. Is he a weirdo? Or is he a millionaire? Certainly, … Continue reading
Lost in Transmission
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen offered several insights into what she wants you to believe she’s doing. For starters, she wants you to think that, definitely maybe, she will raise rates soon. But not too soon. And certainly … Continue reading
One Hundred Years of Failure and Counting
Quantitative easing is set to expire this month. That’s the plan at least. The $10 billion monthly tapers will finally bring the Fed’s QE3 bond buying program down from $85 billion per month to zero. That’s not to say the … Continue reading
