QUESTION:  “If you were appointed to be the next FED Chairman (after Bernanke), what would you do to solve today’s problem?” M.J. ANSWER: SCREAM! Look for the longest rope, tie it around my neck and jump. The Fed is really powerless despite popular belief. The whole problem breaks down into two parts: 1) We have […]

QUESTION:  Rates in US going high. Reasons? (right reasons?) Margin calls when markets melt down Fed stops QE It can´t be so simple, can it? Could you please explain more about this? Thanks for all. G.G. ANSWER: A central Bank is never really in charge of the interest rate. It get the credit for being […]

The American press is obsessed with Snowden’s Pole Dancing girlfriend and claiming he dropped out of high school so somehow this discredits everything he has done. Sorry – they should check the facts. ALL those who are really smart and are independent not buying whatever is shoved down their throat has a long list of […]

Around the globe people are rising up as Socialism is collapsing. All the promises of a better life have allowed governments to grow like mold in a closed bag of bread. The youth have no future for as government continue to hunt down any money as the G8 leaders pledged to hunt down anyone who […]

  Introduction The Evolution of the Global Economy The economy is like a child. It grows, matures and evolves. Perhaps the greatest problem we face in attempting to reform our political-economy and move forward, has been the assumption that we are in control. We only to see things in our domestic political-economy and make our […]

The problem both analysts and government have is they view the world only through the same looking glass relating everything to the domestic economy in dollars alone. But investors buy and sell internationally according to their own base currency – the one profits are measured and in which they are taxed. You can’t tell the […]

  The Russian Vice Admiral Kulakov destroyer is heading for Syria. Just one day after the G8 Summit ended in the complete failure of Western leaders to overcome Russian resistance to a resolution mandating President Bashar Assad’s ouster, Moscow announced Wednesday June 19 that it was dispatching two warships carrying 600 Russian marines to Syria. The official […]

The number one story has been that the Fed is printing money, it will be worthless, and you have to buy gold. Sorry – way too simplistic. This has been said by the vast MAJORITY becoming one of the most common pieces of investment advice of recent years – just buy gold. The Goldbugs have […]

COMMENT: The turn on the Euro was spot on.   Advice on the Yen/ Dollar   was also spot on.   Please give us some updates on the DOW though The best to you and your staff for all your hard work ANSWER: No body on a personal level can possibly pick so many turning […]

Goldman Sachs – a bank ruling the world  The decline and fall of New York City as the financial capital of the world losing that distinction to London with Hong Kong nipping at its heal for 2nd place, the corruption within NYC is tainting the image of the United States right down to the Presidency. […]