Monday, March 27, 2023

The Great Financial Crisis I & II

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 Many historians view WWI and WWII as one world war separated by a brief period of peace.  The punitive terms imposed on Germany after WWI d...
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Friday, March 24, 2023

My Shortest Post Ever

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 Today I'm gonna go for a record: Hellasious's shortest post ever. Here goes: TSIHTF Hint: It's about global banks Prize for the...
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Sunday, March 19, 2023

The Oracle Of Wall Street And The Oracle Of Delphi

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 Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway has 39% of its holdings in Apple shares and another 11% in Bank of America. Thus, a massive 50% is in ju...
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Friday, March 17, 2023

Quantitative Tightening Ends Abruptly, Inflation To Follow

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 Well...There goes QT.... In just a couple of days the Fed has pumped back in as much money as it drained in the last 4-5 months.  Do you th...
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Trying To Stop A Falling Knife - Memories of Crashes Past

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Yesterday a team of banks announced that they will deposit $30 billion with Republic First Bank in an attempt to bolster confidence in what ...
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Monday, March 13, 2023

Three Banks Fail, Fed/Treasury Step In - And Save The Day?

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The REAL news in the Fed/Treasury moves to shore up deposits in the banks that failed last week is not the Fed/Treasury moves.  The REAL new...
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Saturday, March 11, 2023

Two ... Ooops... THREE Banks Fail

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  Two...errr...THREE ...US banks failed this week: Silvegate and Signature specialized in crypto financing and transactions, Silicon Valley ...
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Friday, March 10, 2023

We're Not In Kansas Anymore - It's A Brave New World (?)

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Today I'm using two well known "blurbs", one from The Wizard of Oz and the other a famous book title. I will connect the two b...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

China's Manufacturing Comeback And Global Inflation

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 Until recently China's economy had been toiling under strict zero-COVID rules - but no more.  Manufacturing PMI jumped in February sign...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Fed Was 17 Months Late In Raising Rates

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 The Fed printed a gusher of money during 2020-21, and then hid its head in the sand ignoring inflationary pressures, labeling them “transit...
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