ThegatedliquiditiesthatFEDcreatedaresittinginthebankvaults,waitingtowashmorebaddebtsontheirbalancesheet.OBMispromisingthatanotherrescurepackegeinthe2009.Thissaysthatgovernmentcannottoleratedeflationofassetbubbletheyhavecreatedoverthelast2decades.
Anyfurtherdeflationwillcausereducedtaxreceiptsonpersonalincome,propertytax,unablementtopayforthemunibond'sprincipleandinterestsandthetotalbankruptcyo...[
阅读全文]
Topic:Unemployment-WhyunemploymentwillhavedifferenteffectsinChinaandUS
ThepunditsinWXChavealwaysarguethatUS'srecession/depressionwillcreatehugeproblemsforChina.Sure,inthisinterlinkedglobaleconomy,Chinacannotescapethefateofrecessionorevendepression.ButstayintheUSwithoutsurveyingandanalyzingtheactualenvironmentbutsayingChinaisgoingtosuffermoreisabsurd.
Hereisthecounterargument:
IntheUS,t...[
阅读全文]
TherearerumorsaboutUSDdefaultassoonasthisadministrationleavesthepost.Idonotknowifitwillbecomeareality,fornowitisjustplausiblescenario.Assumingthisscenariowouldbetrue,mostpeoplewillbedoomed,whilethenationaldebtswillbeforfeited.Notbadthingforalongrunbutsadforthebabyboomersfortheywillhavetocontinueworkingforresttheirlife.Chaosisensuredandriotislikely.Butwhatwillbeexchangerateofofoldcurrencyandnewcurr...[
阅读全文]
Therewereargumentsaboutwagesintheinflationaryenvironment.Punditsarearguingthatwageswillcatchupwithinflation.Thatmaybetruein1970'sbutwillprovetobeincorrectinthenextinflationarycycle(howevershortorlongitwillbe).
Peoplewillforsureaskwhythistimeisdifferentthan1970s.Thereasonsaresimple:
Backinthe1970s,USwasamanufacturingpowerhouse.Wheninflationhitanddollardrop,thedemandforUSindustrialgoodsweres...[
阅读全文]
Obamaisfacinganunprecedentedfate,thatUSD'sdefaultmayverywellbeuponhisterm.
Carmanufacturingcompanies,insurancecompanies,creditcardcompaniesareallfacingthebaddebtsproblems.Plustheinfamoushousingsectoriscontinuingitsdownwardtrend.Thereisnosolutionforthebondrefisincemortgagebonds,studentloans,crediccardloans,andcarloansare"securitized"meaningchopped,minced,andpackagedtohavebeensoldtoinv...[
阅读全文]
Whatisinvestment?Howdooneinvest?Whatdooneinvest?
Therearemanypeopleandbooksaboutthistopic.Ithasneverbeenatiedsubject.
Therealprincipleofinvestingisverysimple:
1)Understandthemonetarypolicyanditsinfluences
2)Understandhoweachsectorbehavesundermonetarypolicy
3)Understandthatbasicinvestmenthumanbehavior
4)Understandbusinesscycles
5)Understandnothingwillgoupforever,aka,busi...[
阅读全文]
Lastbubble?Weseenobubbleanymore.
Can'tsee?Can'tfeel?Well,itisthelastbubblewearefacingforaverylongtime.
Thebubble,USbondbubble,willbeburstinginnottoolongtimeframe.
Thebondbubbleisbuiltondollarbubble,whichhasnofundmentaltosupportitsdebtweightandnophysicaltreasuretosustainitssize.Thedollarbubblewillburst,whichalsomeansthebondbubblewillburstwithUSgovernmentdeclairbankruptcy.
Sure,USmay...[
阅读全文]
Themarketslideseemsnon-stoppingthatscaredmostofinvestors.Withoutknowingthemarketforces,wecanonlywatchandwonder,whereistheendofit?Peopledonotknowtheforcesthatdrivethemarket.Thedeflationaryforcesduetoassetbubbleburstarepushingtheoverleveragedcompaniesandhedgefundstode-leverage,meaningfiresalewhateverisvaluableintheirhand,thusdrivesdownthemarket.Ifpeoplehaveaclearmind,theycouldseethroughthesmokethate...[
阅读全文]
Inthisturbulenttime,investorsareflockingintogold.Butgoldasalastsafeheavenexistsontheplanetearth,itfaceshiddenrisksthatisunawareofbymostinvestors,probably99%ofthem.
GoldbeingtraditionallytradedasacommodityafterdelinkofUSDfromgoldbyRichardNixon,itischangingfacesduetointroductionofpapergold.GLDbeingoneofthem.
GLD,asgoldETF,isapapergold;whichinvestorsbuyonthepaperpromise.TheETFmanagementwouldb...[
阅读全文]