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Well, this is what happens when you think that any kind of war is easy to win and you attack without any kind of plan. Raging dumpster fire.
Trump was hoping to scam China like one of his subcontractors but didn’t realize that China has the second largest economy (largest by some esoteric economic measures) and enough nuclear weapons to ensure MAD. Instead of backing down like a subcontractor facing bankruptcy and ruin, China said “bring it” and here we are.
(more…)Have you heard the news? US Treasury bonds are sky rocketing as it turns out there is no inflation amid a global central bank NIRP-a-thon and race to the currency bottom. Going the other way, our 30yr Treasury yield Continuum is burrowing southward.
If you check out yesterday’s post you’ll see proof that the 2018 NFTRH view that people should tune out the bond experts instructing BOND BEAR MARKET!! was 100% on target.
(more…)Given the title, I want to make clear at the outset that this post has nothing to do with gun violence, particularly prompted of the events of this weekend. I’ve been thinking about this post long before those events, and even though I am loudmouthed to a fault about my points of view, the whole issue of guns is something I’ve never, nor will ever, touch. No sense is alienating the handful of readers I haven’t pissed off already.
No, this is about something far more psychological and long-term. I am speaking of what I view is the correlation between social mood and justice. Specifically, the forgiving nature of the public during prosperous times and the vengeful disposition it takes during times of hardship.
(more…)How’s that for a headline to get your attention? But it’s warranted. (Be sure to hit Ctrl-F5 when you get to the SlopeCharts page to get this majorly-revised version of the program.) Anyway, we’ve made an improvement which, for a visual lunatic like me, is worth about 25 new technical indicators.
SlopeCharts has the ability to create blank space in any of four directions. This feature is unequalled by any other charting program, particularly considering how easy it is to use. All you need to do to modify the chart to your liking is click the multi-arrow icon in SlopeCharts:
(more…)There is an important improvement to SlopeCharts I want to tell you about. To get started, here’s what SlopeCharts looked like until a few minutes ago:
