The Fed’s Got Inflation Backwards
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Central banks endlessly fascinate me. The more I research them the more contradictions I find, particularly since their missions and impacts changed over …
Read MoreInflation No Longer Has Monetary Applications
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Inflation is one of the most important, debated, and controversial investment themes today. It’s impacting every asset class from fixed income to …
Read MoreWhy Commodity Currencies Are Better Than Fiat and Crypto
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Many types of currencies have been used throughout history. Sometimes commodities defined them. Other times, private bank notes circulated as mediums of …
Read MoreInvest Easier By Better Defining Money
Everyone loves to talk about money. While commonplace, money actually means different things to different people. Its many and conflicting definitions lead to …
Read MoreNo, Fed: Supply Construction, Not Demand Destruction
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Everyone loves to dunk on the Federal Reserve (Fed). To many, the setters of U.S. monetary policy never get it right. Its stable of …
Read MorePondering Investment Themes After The Russian Invasion
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So much for returning to normal. I had hoped that easing COVID restrictions would supercharge economic growth this year. Many affected industries and markets …
Read MoreRising Rates And Volatility Might Create Future Opportunities
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Catching inflection points is the holy grail of trading. It’s what makes investing lore. From shorting the 2005 housing boom or skyrocketing technology stocks …
Read MoreHow Gold Lost Its Inflation Luster
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Gold is lots of things to lots of people. To some, it’s the ultimate store of value and a source of financial freedom. To others, it’s just a …
Read MoreInflation: Why Now And Will Bondholders Care?
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As I sat down to write this month’s article, just one topic came to mind: inflation. Readers know that I just wrote on this …
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Markets Are Reteaching Centralization’s Dangers
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Note from the author: I use the terms stability and instability throughout this article. However, resiliency and fragility, respectively, more accurately describe the phenomena …
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