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Central Banks Will Not Be Able to Halt This Economic Collapse

In 2008, the world experienced the worst economic collapse in 80+ years. This collapse triggered a stock market crash that erased $30 trillion in wealth. Since that time, collectively Central Banks have cut interest rates over 600 times and have … Continue reading

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The Fed is “Testing the Waters” for NIRP

The US Federal Reserve is obsessed with market reactions to its policies. Because of this, anytime the Fed plans to announce a major change in policy, it preps the markets via numerous leaks and hints… oftentimes for months in advance. … Continue reading

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Will China’s Meltdown Trigger a Crash?

Let’s talk briefly about China. China is thought to be the great growth story of the post-2008 era. China’s economy not only bottomed before the developed world, but by most accounts, China was thought to be the engine that pulled … Continue reading

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It’s Official: Central Banks Are Losing Control

For six years, the world has operated based on faith and hope that Central Banks somehow fixed the issues that caused the 2008 Crisis. All of the arguments supporting this defied common sense. A 5th grader knows that you cannot … Continue reading

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The Market Has Run Out of Props

The stock market is rapidly running out of props. First off, corporate sales and profits are rolling over. As Charlie Bilello recently noted, we’ve had two straight quarters of Year over Years drops in corporate revenues. Moreover, corporate profits are … Continue reading

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The Real Reason the Fed Won’t Raise Interest Rates

Another Fed FOMC meetings has come and gone and interest rates remain at zero. The investing world is obsessed with guessing when the Fed will raise rates and by how much. The Fed has been dangling the “rate hike” over … Continue reading

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Why What’s About to Begin Will Dwarf 2008

Earlier this week I outlined how the next Crash will play out. Today we’ll assess why this Crisis will be worse than the 2008 Crisis. By way of explanation, let’s consider how the current monetary system works… The current global … Continue reading

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