(by Chris Hamilton) Given the Fed will complete its “taper” shortly…the topic of who has bought, who owns, and who will buy US Treasury debt seems a tad bit important. The 1st slide shows the four distinct classes of US Treasury buyers. It shows who purchased and how much in…
(By Dave Kranzler) The housing market is collapsing. The big investors have stepped away and, now, flippers done: All-Cash Sales Fall to Six-Year Low. The demand-side of the market is in collapse. “I spent well over an hour surveying the housing market in my area (south-metro Denver) and the market…
Americans are more deluded than ever as the total value of the U.S. Retirement Market hits a new record. According to the data released by the ICI – Investment Company Institute, total U.S. Retirement Assets in first quarter of 2014 are valued at a stunning $23 trillion, up from $22.7…
(By The Daily Coin) We cover three crucial topics–the economics of the new marijuana laws, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and we wrap up with Fukushima. Fukushima is a global problem that is getting zero coverage. There is so little information being transferred about this ongoing nightmare that it is appalling….
(by Chris Hamilton) Once upon a time, there was a thing called a “free-market” and for a time nations strove toward this ideal. To wit, a free market economy was a market-based economy where prices for goods and services would be set freely by the forces of supply and demand…
(By Chris Hamilton) By any objective measure Reserve Currencies — particularly the US dollar — are dying. The question most analysts get when discussing the reality of the US and world economic/financial situations is, if things are so dire, why doesn’t it feel like it? (***see dire links below )…