Category Archives: Policy Error

How Oil Will Trigger a Stock Market Crash

Posted on March 1, 2022 by The Phoenix

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has laid bare all the misguided, naïve policies our “leaders” have foisted upon us in the last 18 months. Among the more foolish policies enacted by U.S. policymakers is the idea that the U.S. should NOT … Continue reading →

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This is the Real Reason the Fed is Terrified of Raising Rates From Zero

Posted on November 12, 2021 by The Phoenix

Why is the Fed so worried about tapering QE and raising rates? Think about it… The Fed launched this current version of QE in a single day. Why does it take SIX months for the Fed to end it… especially … Continue reading →

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Will the Economic Shutdown Drive the US into a Debt Crisis?

Posted on May 21, 2020 by The Phoenix

The bloated budget of the U.S. is only going to be getting larger. And that means the Powers That Be will be seeking out new sources of capital. Those sources?  ANYONE who has money lying around. Let me explain… The … Continue reading →

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Americans Are Earning More Being Unemployed Than By Working (Is a Debt Crisis Coming?)

Posted on May 21, 2020 by The Phoenix

The bloated budget of the U.S. is only going to be getting larger. And that means the Powers That Be will be seeking out new sources of capital. Those sources?  ANYONE who has money lying around. Let me explain… The … Continue reading →

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How Mass Unemployment Will Lead to Cash Grabs, Wealth Taxes, and More

Posted on May 21, 2020 by The Phoenix

The bloated budget of the U.S. is only going to be getting larger. And that means the Powers That Be will be seeking out new sources of capital. Those sources?  ANYONE who has money lying around. Let me explain… The … Continue reading →

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Can the Fed Truly Backstop Everything… And Will There Be a Second Round to the Crisis?

Posted on April 9, 2020 by The Phoenix

The financial system today is trying to figure out what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. The Unstoppable Force= the Everything Bubble bursting as debt markets collapse around. The Immovable Object= the Federal Reserve and its decision … Continue reading →

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Stocks broke the uptrend (blue line) last week. They only just held critical support (red line). Had they not, it would have been an absolute bloodbath, The media is blaming the sell-off on coronavirus, but the far more likely candidate … Continue reading →

Posted on February 3, 2020 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Is the Fed About to Intentionally Crash the Markets?

President Trump is worsening the trade war between China and the US in order to force the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy. Before proceeding, I want to stress that none of the following is meant to be political analysis. … Continue reading →

Posted on August 29, 2019 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on President Trump Will Use the Trade War to FORCE the Fed to Ease

The Final Blow Off Top Just Hit… Next Week Comes the FIREWORKS

Posted on June 20, 2019 by The Phoenix

Well, that’s that. The markets surged on the Fed announcement of NO rate cuts because the market now believes the Fed is GUARANTEED to make a MASSIVE cut in July. The S&P 500 (blue line in the chart below) hit … Continue reading →

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What Are the Odds that Bonds, Copper, and Fed Ex Are Wrong About the Economy?

Posted on June 11, 2019 by The Phoenix

Stocks have now cleared the all-important level of 2,900 on the S&P 500. The index just peeked above critical resistance (top red line in the chart below). Overbought and overextended, stocks are now due for a correction/ consolidation. It would … Continue reading →

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The Fed Needs a Reason to Cut Rates… and Stocks Will Deliver it Shortly

Posted on May 2, 2019 by The Phoenix

Yesterday’s Fed meeting had one clear message: The Fed needs a reason to cut rates. The Fed has obviously laid the ground work for a rate cut by hinting at easing… but with the “official” GDP numbers at 3.2% and … Continue reading →

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Sign of a Top: Mom and Pop Investors Finally Piled Back Into Stocks… All Based on BS

Posted on March 15, 2019 by The Phoenix

So it was all BS. For months now, the Trump administration, through both tweets from the President and countless articles published in the financial media, has proclaimed that a trade deal between the US and China was “just around the … Continue reading →

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Bull Trap Warning: There Has Been No Real Progress on China-US Trade

Posted on March 15, 2019 by The Phoenix

So it was all BS. For months now, the Trump administration, through both tweets from the President and countless articles published in the financial media, has proclaimed that a trade deal between the US and China was “just around the … Continue reading →

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Anyone Who Still Thinks The Fed Has a Clue About Forecasting Needs to See This Chart

Posted on February 28, 2019 by The Phoenix

Whatever little credibility the Powell Fed still had has been permanently shredded. Throughout the last 15 months, the Powell Fed has maintained that it would be able to normalize Fed policy. This meant interest rates at historic norms (above 3%) … Continue reading →

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Warning: The Fed Has No Idea What It’s Doing

Posted on February 21, 2019 by The Phoenix

The Fed is officially trapped. For years, I’ve stated that the Fed would never be able to normalize policy. Why? As Japan has shown us, once a Central Bank embarks on the path of extreme monetary policy like ZIRP and … Continue reading →

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Warning: The Fed Will Be Using YOUR Money to Prop Up the Bubble Soon

Posted on February 21, 2019 by The Phoenix

The Fed is officially trapped. For years, I’ve stated that the Fed would never be able to normalize policy. Why? As Japan has shown us, once a Central Bank embarks on the path of extreme monetary policy like ZIRP and … Continue reading →

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The Political Class Needs Capital to Plug the Everything Bubble: Prepare to Be Taxed!

Posted on January 29, 2019 by The Phoenix

Yesterday’s article caused quite a stir. I wish that represented the worst of what’s to come, but it doesn’t. Prepare to be taxed. The growing mantra from the political class is that “the wealthy aren’t paying their fair share.” While … Continue reading →

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The Everything Bubble Has Burst, Now Come the Wealth Grabs, Pt 2

Posted on January 25, 2019 by The Phoenix

They’re coming for your money. The Everything Bubble has burst and the debt markets are in distress. We’ve already seen yields rise above their long-term downtrend, suggesting that higher debt costs are now a reality. Because any real structural solution … Continue reading →

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By the Time the Fed Hits Its Goals, the Markets Will Be Crashing

Posted on September 17, 2018 by The Phoenix

The Powell Fed has set one goal and one goal only for its policy… Hitting the “neutral rate of interest.” The neutral rate of interest is when the Fed has rates equal to the pace of inflation. While this is technically … Continue reading →

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The Trade War Is a Done Deal… the US Dollar is Toast

Posted on August 20, 2018 by The Phoenix

Perhaps the single most dangerous move an asset class can make is a “false breakout.” A false breakout occurs when an asset breaks out of a consolidation pattern, only to reverse. The reason why this development is so dangerous is … Continue reading →

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