Tag Archives: treasuries
Credit Market Killing Machine
Yields on the 10-Year Treasury Note remain below 2 percent. Interest rates this low are extraordinarily abnormal. They indicate credit markets are feeble. Moreover, despite the Feds efforts to suppress interest rates, these ultra-low yields may be hurting the economy … Continue reading
Will Iran Kill the Petrodollar?
Will Iran Kill the Petrodollar? By Marin Katusa, Casey Research The official line from the United States and the European Union is that Tehran must be punished for continuing its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. The punishment: sanctions on … Continue reading
The Stock Market, Explained
Despite an abundance of risk, the stock market continues to climb a wall of worry. Obviously, with the European debt crisis, China’s economic slowdown, and posturing from Iran, the stock market’s rise defies all logic. With all the known hazards … Continue reading
The Money Must Go Somewhere
In Friday’s issue of the Economic Prism we suggested that, despite all the financial uncertainty going on, the U.S. economy is strengthening. By the response we received, this optimism astonished many of our readers. Naturally, we thought that would be … Continue reading
