Category Archives: Inflation

Forget the Forecasts, This Chart PROVES Inflation Won’t Disappear Anytime Soon

Posted on January 27, 2023 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA If you want to find out what is causing inflation… and why it won’t be going away anytime soon no matter what the Fed does, look no further than the below chart. This is a chart … Continue reading →

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The Fed’s Worst Nightmare (a Wage Spiral) Has Officially Arrived

Posted on January 26, 2023 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA We’ve spent quite a bit of time analyzing the inflation situation in the U.S. lately. By quick way of review: The only inflationary data that has dropped is in the energy space (that and used cars). … Continue reading →

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This is the #1 Reason the Fed Will Be Forced to Crash the Markets Soon

Posted on January 25, 2023 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA Yesterday I illustrated how the “inflation has peaked” narrative is a myth. By quick way of review: The only inflationary data that has dropped is in the energy space (that and used cars). The only reason … Continue reading →

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I Sincerely Hope You’re Not Falling For This

Posted on January 24, 2023 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA The longer I’m in this business, the clearer it becomes that no one actually reads anymore. Everyone simply trumpets headlines, or retweets articles, without looking at the data. The latest and most glaring example of this … Continue reading →

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The Fed Believes Inflation Will Be 2% in 2023… GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!

Posted on December 14, 2022 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA The Fed will end its two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting today at 2PM East Standard Time.  The known universe expects the Fed to raise rates by 0.5%. And the current consensus is that by … Continue reading →

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The Great Currency Wars Have Begun… Time For Currency Confetti!

Posted on September 14, 2022 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA As I mentioned on Monday, the Great Currency Wars have begun. Japan is about to intervene directly in their currency markets. And why wouldn’t they… Japan imports most of its energy and food… and its currency … Continue reading →

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Japan Just Unleashed the Next Wave of Inflation

Posted on September 12, 2022 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA Japan just hit the “panic” button regarding inflation. Over the last few two years, the Japanese Yen has imploded as the country’s central bank continued to print money. In contrast, the central banks in both Europe … Continue reading →

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The Fed Lied… QE Didn’t End… Protect Your Portfolio From Inflation Now!

Posted on April 18, 2022 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA If you’ve been wondering why stocks suddenly exploded higher last month… wonder no more! We were told the Fed ended its Quantitative Easing (QE) on March 9th 2022. That’s a strange claim given that the Fed’s … Continue reading →

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And Here Comes the Inflationary Recession

Posted on March 8, 2022 by The Phoenix

The Fed is now cornered courtesy of the coming inflationary recession. Let’s start with the economy first. The 2s-10s yield curve is just a 19.4 basis points away from inversion. The last FOUR times this yield curve inverted the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Is the $USD Warning That Inflation is About to Become BAD News For Stocks?

Posted on January 18, 2022 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA Yesterday, I outlined how the markets are likely at a very critical point regarding inflation. By quick way of review: 1)    Stocks initially love inflation because it boosts results (companies don’t report inflation-adjusted returns, so any increase in … Continue reading →

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Are Stocks At a Major Turning Point When It Comes to Inflation?

Posted on January 17, 2022 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA We’ve now reached the point at which inflation will become a major problem. Inflation is not inherently bad for stocks. The reason for this is that companies report growth in nominal terms, not in “real” or inflation-based terms. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Worry, the Truly Life Changing Gains Haven’t Arrived Yet!

Posted on December 29, 2021 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA Ignore the goldilocks crowd, the inflationary tidal wave is only just getting started. Everyone likes to talk about inflation, but very few people actually understand it. This goes for central bankers as well as the talking … Continue reading →

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Inflation Has Created a Once In a Lifetime Opportunity

Posted on December 28, 2021 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA Yesterday, I outlined the dark truth about the economic shutdowns of 2020. That truth? That the shutdowns have unleashed an inflationary tidal wave. Central bankers have been trying to create inflation for years. They’ve printed over … Continue reading →

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Real Inflation is 9%… and the Fed Thinks It Can Stop By Raising Rates to 2%… GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!

Posted on December 15, 2021 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA And there it is: REAL inflation of 9%! I’ve noted many times in the past that the official inflation measure, the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, is gimmicked to the point of fiction. The reason for this … Continue reading →

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The Government Created Inflation… and Has No Idea How to Fix It

Posted on November 24, 2021 by The Phoenix

As I outlined yesterday, inflation has arrived in the financial system… and there’s nothing policymakers can do to fix it. When the U.S. opted to shut down its economy in 2020, it embarked on the single greatest mistake in policy … Continue reading →

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Policymakers Have Unleashed Inflation… and There’s Nothing They Can Do to Fix It

Posted on November 23, 2021 by The Phoenix

Government bureaucrats have accomplished what Central Bankers have failed to do. For decades, Central Banks have attempted to “create inflation.” They’ve cut interest rates over 800 times. They’ve printed over $20 TRILLION in new money. They’ve even tried buying every … Continue reading →

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OK, Now This is REALLY Serious

Posted on November 5, 2021 by The Phoenix

OK, now things are getting really serious. We all know the Fed is dead wrong about inflation. It is not transitory… and least not in the “it will go away by itself” kind of way the Fed claims. Worse still, there is … Continue reading →

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This Ridiculous Accounting Gimmick Has Opened the Door to Potentially Massive Profits

Posted on November 2, 2021 by The Phoenix

Inflation is bad… so much worse than the official numbers admit. Dissecting all the gimmicks the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employed to understate the official inflation numbers would take pages and pages than we have this week. However, one … Continue reading →

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The Bond Market Just Called the Fed’s Bluff… Big Gains Are On The Way!

Posted on October 22, 2021 by The Phoenix

By Graham Summers, MBA The bond market is calling the Fed’s bluff. The single most important bond in the world is the 10-Year U.S. Treasury. The yield on this bond serves as the “risk free” rate of return for the … Continue reading →

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The Fed is now cornered (to a degree). This is not to say that the Fed cannot continue to print money, nor does it mean the Fed is “out of ammunition” as many bears like to claim. The Fed is … Continue reading →

Posted on October 19, 2021 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Fed is Now Cornered… and There’s Nothing It Can Do to Fix This!