Tag: Sovereign Debt
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The “Bomber Harris” Of Central Banks
Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday Capitalist Exploits take time out of their day to applaud insanity, laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all it’s glorious insanity.…
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Another Cog In The Exploding Resentment Wheel
Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday Capitalist Exploits take time out of their day to applaud insanity, laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all it’s glorious insanity.…
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World Out Of Whack: The Shifting Zeitgeist
Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday Capitalist Exploits take time out of their day to applaud insanity, laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all it’s glorious insanity.…
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Who’s First With The Helicopters?
Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at, and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all it’s glorious insanity. While we enjoy a good…
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The Greatest Misallocation of Capital (BUBBLE) in Financial History
Sometimes it’s critical to look clearly at the big picture. The big picture is that the financial world has allocated capital… trillions of dollars of capital, based on Central Banks trying to corner the bond market. [box size=”large” style=”rounded”]In the current debt-based monetary system, sovereign bonds are the bedrock of finance.[/box] Every other asset under…
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Is the Fed About to Light the Fuse on a $9 Trillion Debt Bomb?
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) and European Central Bank (ECB) have created a very dangerous situation. Throughout the last six years, there has been a sense of coordination between the Fed and ECB. This was evident both in terms of where capital went as well as how it was delivered via monetary policy. For instance,…
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The Art of War
To understand how governments manufacture consent from the people they govern, it is helpful to examine a classic text about military strategy, “The Art of War.” This work has been attributed to Sun Tzu who is thought to have lived in China about 2,500 years ago. Some authorities believe this is a collective work. If…
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The Sovereign Debt Crises
We Promise to Pay You unless We Decide not to Given a free market choice, very few people would buy so-called sovereign debt, i.e. government debt. That is one reason why central banks create money out of thin air and use it to buy the debt. But let us take a look at what’s happening,…