Economic Overviews

Many markets and financial instruments are now moving exponentially. Exponential moves up almost without exception finish with a move down of the same magnitude so this will end badly.

Explosive fires always end in everything burning down or imploding eventually and this is just what is going to happen in the next few years. A massive forest fire is not just totally inevitable but is also an absolute necessity.

With deficits growing wider each year, we believe there is a very high likelihood that the price of gold will rise in the next few years.

The measure of money in the system, known as M2, is skyrocketing with the Biden administration adding another $1.9 trillion into the economy. Should we worry about a hyperinflationary surge like we saw in the late 70s or, are the deflationary pressures on the economy still present?

Bank transactions with wayward hedge funds, including Archegos Capital, is merely the latest warning sign of such banking mismanagement and increased risk ahead.

The U.S. economy is literally on perpetual life support. Recent events show too clearly that unless fiscal and monetary stimulus continues, the economy will fail and, by extension, the stock market...

The copper:gold ratio is one of the untold wonders of market analysis. Why? Because, historically, it is a reliable barometer on the global economic outlook and future direction of the stock market  – and here is what it is saying these days.

Greed is a powerful motivator, but in the extreme it is cause for fear. Below we provide 10 reasons to be fearful.

In this article we review the characteristics and different stages of a bubble, present some recent asset price bubbles, and identify current conditions which match up with traditional bubble criteria.

Having given a lot of thought to both the differences and the similarities between Russia and the U.S. - the one that has collapsed already, and the one that is collapsing as I write this - I feel ready...to define five stages of collapse to serve as mental milestones as we gauge our own collapse-preparedness and see what can be done to improve it. Words: 2500