More QE? These Charts Show the Pauperization of Workers in the UK and America since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Oct 18, 2014 • 25 Comments The designated losers of monetary policy. There are a lot of them.
Roll Out the Fire Hoses (Here Comes QE4) by Bill Bonner • Oct 17, 2014 • 9 Comments Never before in the long, comic history of mankind and its money have central bankers taken such a keen interest in asset prices. Now they create money, out of nowhere, for the express purpose of pushing them up.
‘This Market is Driven by Psychology and Momentum,’ which ‘Works Really Painfully on the Way Down’ by David Stockman • Oct 17, 2014 • 3 Comments Silicon Valley Hype-Machine gets dented.
Oil Price Crash Could Push Venezuela Over The Edge by Oilprice.com • Oct 16, 2014 • 3 Comments It makes an already terrible situation a lot worse.
If the US Deficit is ‘only’ $483 Billion, why does the Government Have to Borrow $1.1 Trillion to Fill the Hole? by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2014 • 8 Comments We’re shocked and appalled: they’re lying to us, here in the land of open and transparent governance?
“House Price Inflation” in Canada by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2014 • 2 Comments Is the blindingly magnificent housing bubble in Canada running out of steam?
Toxic Mix Blows up: Oil Price Collapse & Junk Bond Insanity by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2014 • 8 Comments Theories abound why this is suddenly happening, after years of deceptive calm.
Hidden Agenda Behind Free Trade Deals: “Everyone but China” by Don Quijones • Oct 14, 2014 • 1 Comment These new trade pacts contain little related to trade. So what are they really about?
Why the Market Swoon May Become “Disorderly” by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2014 • 15 Comments “Disorderly on a scale not seen since the crash of 1987″: Too many poorly understood structural changes have created unstable markets.
Rise of the Crypto Wars Entangles Apple and Google by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Oct 13, 2014 • 3 Comments Law enforcement is ablaze with indignation about Apple’s encryption decision. Google’s decision added fuel to the fire.