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Trump on Interest Rates -OMG!
I have said this many times, when it comes to understanding interest rates Trump is speaking the standard mantra that people apply when it comes to interest rates. [...]
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Stocks Rise with Rising Interest Rates & Fall with Lower Rates
QUESTION: I mentioned that you said the stock market rallies with rising rates and declines with lower rates to an analyst. He said you were wrong and everyone [...]
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Can Government Prevent a Major Debt Crisis?
QUESTION: Hi Martin I recently stumped upon a documentary on Netflix about you and your model. I then went on and watched some YouTube videos. To me it makes [...]
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EU Parliament & How they Protect the Bankers
A number of people have asked me to comment on Bloom’s speech on the floor of the European Parliament. He is incorrect in attributing the insolvency of [...]
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Dollar Contagion & Trump
President Trump just does not understand the dollar. This old school idea that lowering the currency will increase domestic jobs and exports sounds logical, but the [...]
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ECB Will Lend to Banks Long-Term in Hopes They Will in Turn Lend Again
Come September, Draghi at the ECB will make loans to Eurozone banks on a long-term basis at rates less than the short-term lending window. The objective is to [...]
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Can the US Government Really Force the Dollar Lower?
QUESTION: Hi Martin, What tools do the US have to TRY and manipulate their dollar lower (other than cutting interest rates) and in your opinion would they be [...]
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IMF Recommends “DEEP” Negative Interest Rates as the Next Tool
The IMF has continued to assume that the zero-bound on interest rates can be a serious obstacle for fighting recessions on the part of the central banks. The IMF [...]
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Can the Fed really Control the Economy?
QUESTION: This whirligig talk of whether the Fed cuts rates by 25 or 50 basis points is carnival-level absurdity. Does the Fed have the “pretense of [...]
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Central Bankers on Their Knees Pleading with Politicians
Our confidential sources are reporting that the Fed, ECB, and BoJ have agreed to lobby politicians in an attempt to warn them that they cannot continue propping up [...]
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