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Are We in a Recession?

They will never learn. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell apologized for calling inflation “transitory” when all data pointed to it rising. The White House conveniently changed the definition of a recession days before the GDP data was released and declared that two consecutive quarters of decline no longer qualified as a recession. Now, Treasury Secretary […]

Biden Thinks Americans Received $8K Stimulus Checks

There are slips of the tongue, but President Biden cannot speak freely without a teleprompter. Every time he goes off script, he embarrasses his country. The president of the free world has no idea what is going on, and his mental health continues to decline publicly. The American Rescue Plan sent a trivial amount of […]

Capital Controls in Europe Have Arrived

COMMENT: Dear Marty, I was trying to wire money from my bank account in Italy to the one in the UK, just to realise that I can no longer transfer more than 6,000EUR per month. The Soviet EUSSR is in full capital controls mode. I am missing the beauty of Italy every day, but I […]

Argentina’s Economy Collapses

Argentina’s economy has collapsed. Around 57% of adults in the nation are currently unemployed. The Socialist nation has programs in place to compensate, costing the country around $6 million daily. However, socialism no longer works when you run out of other people’s money. July’s inflation report showed an uptick over 60%. Harry Lorenzo, chief finance […]

Market Talk – July 29, 2022

ASIA: Japan’s central bank forecast inflation would exceed its target this year in new forecasts on Thursday but kept interest rates ultra-low, signaling its determination to remain an outlier in a wave of global central bank policy tightening. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda brushed off the chance of policy tightening in the near future, saying he […]

Market Talk – July 28, 2022

ASIA: An iPhone manufacturing plant in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen is being forced into a seven-day “closed-loop” lockdown by Chinese authorities, along with 100 other companies, to limit COVID-19 infections, Bloomberg reported. The “closed loop” system will mean that only employees who live on site will be able to work, blocking outside access […]

Market Talk – July 27, 2022

ASIA: Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC reported steady returns for the year but warned of “deep uncertainties” as investors face concerns over inflation, pandemic risks and geopolitical challenges. The fund’s portfolio posted an annualized nominal dollar return of 7% over the 20-year period ending March 31, 2022, GIC said in its annual report released on […]

Is Europe Sleepwalking into its Demise?

When the Allies crossed the border to invade Germany as WWII came to an end, the German population hung white sheets from the windows to signify their surrender. Just a few years before, the German people were told to celebrate the prospect of dominating Europe as retribution for the punishment they endured because of the […]

Market Talk – July 26, 2022

ASIA: Ant Group executives are no longer part of Alibaba Partnership, a body that can nominate the majority of the e-commerce giant’s board, Alibaba’s annual report released on Tuesday showed. as both companies parted ways after China’s sweeping regulatory crackdown. The terms now allow only Alibaba employees to be part of the partnership. Seven Ant […]

The White House Changed the Definition of a Recession

Governments have a way with words. Namely, they can change the definition of a word at the stroke of a pen. The definition of “vaccine” changed under the CDC’s guidance from “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease” to “a preparation […]