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Can the US Government Just Keep Piling on Debt? The government already owes over $22 trillion, and it's adding over $1 trillion a year. Who is buying it, and why? (12 min). Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha Read more ...

You read the headlines, "The Markets are going to Hell," and "The Markets will be down 30% by Year-End" and "We are entering a Recession" and all of the rest of the dribble that comes floating along in the Press. Every time I see this stuff my eyes bob up and down and I stare at the ceiling. N...

Welcome to this week's Market Wrap Podcast, I'm Mike Gleason. Coming up the one and only Marc Faber joins me for a tremendous conversation on debt, the global economy and the future of the dollar. Marc tells us how much he believes the average investor should have in gold and silver rig...

(This is an updated and rewritten version of a post I wrote about seven months ago.) I've mentioned the demand for money countless times in the 10-yr history of this blog because it's a very important and under-appreciated macro variable. The Fed controls the supply of money, but the deman...

By Pater Tenebrarum Money Supply Growth Continues to Falter Ostensibly the stock market has rallied because the Fed promised to maintain an easy monetary policy. To be sure, interest rate hikes have been put on hold for the time being and the balance sheet contraction (a.k.a."quantitativ...

By Scott Krauthamerax In recent weeks, the US yield curve has been making investors nervous again. The curve has inverted before each of the last seven recessions, and it did so again on March 22. But what does an inversion really mean for equity returns? The yield curve simply tracks ho...

By Matthew Sheridan, Matthew Minnetian and Gershon Distenfeld The market has grown less anxious about an imminent wave of bond downgrades. That's good, because overestimating the risk can lead to missed opportunities. But the risk hasn't disappeared, making research as important as ever. ...

"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins." - Ulysses S. Grant Watching with interest the lingering Brexit saga playing on in conjunction with the much commented trade war between China and the United States, whe...

By Kathy A. Jones Fed policy in neutral The Federal Reserve's decision to halt its interest rate increases helped propel markets higher in the first quarter. Declaring that the policy rate had hit "neutral," and worried that the economy was facing potential disruptions from the governmen...

By Scott Bauer At a Glance The flat to normal yield curve indicates a watershed moment for the U.S. economy Spreads in the 10-year treasury note and shorter maturities remain a key indicator to watch The yield curve is front and center in the news but what does it mean and...