Tag Archives: federal reserve

What to Buy as the Great Unraveling Gets Underway

Posted on December 16, 2014 by MN Gordon

The Federal Reserve’s open market committee meeting is taking place today and tomorrow.  Central to their discussion are the two words “considerable time.”  Have you ever heard something so nonsensical?  What gives? It all started several months ago when Janet … Continue reading →

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Watch Out Below

Posted on December 12, 2014 by MN Gordon

Six months ago a canary was sent down into the global economic coal mine.  At the time, oil was priced at over $110 a barrel.  Last month they pulled the canary retrieval line back up…the canary was dead.  The economy … Continue reading →

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Central Bankers Unite

Posted on December 2, 2014 by MN Gordon

Government planners float the economy up on a sea of credit.  Financial markets rest on an eroding base of wet sandy debt.  With all the funny money sloshing around…no solid footings remain. Here at the Economic Prism we long for … Continue reading →

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Hold On To Your Gold

Posted on November 18, 2014 by MN Gordon

Something befuddling’s going on.  It is quite the brain twister.  As night follows day and day follows night, should not price inflation follow the massive $4 trillion Fed balance sheet expansion that’s happened over the last 6-years? Simply connecting the … Continue reading →

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