Good Politics Is Bad Economics – Ep 803
· Elon Musk buys Twitter. · NASDAQ has weakest day since September of 2020. · Indonesia bans palm oil exports. · Bad politics are good
· Elon Musk buys Twitter. · NASDAQ has weakest day since September of 2020. · Indonesia bans palm oil exports. · Bad politics are good
· Jerome Powell triggers market selloff after IMF roundtable comments. · Higher inflation is lowering the minimum wage’s barrier of entry. · Bill Ackman loses
· Netflix loses subscribers. · Incomes are collapsing at an unprecedented rate. · We’re probably in a bear market that will last at least a
· If the bond market doesn’t crash, the stock market will. · Weakness continues in tech and crypto. · Gold and silver mining stocks show
Inflation is double what the Fed admits. March budget deficit is quadruple consensus expectations. Bitcoin struggles. The retired won’t be able to stay retired much
Bond bulls haven’t thrown in the towel yet. Biden wants to expand Obamacare. Bitcoin moves from diamond hands to paper hands.
You can’t have normal interest rates unless you have normal inflation. Politicians are pandering to crypto enthusiasts. Peter Thiel delivers pie in the sky speech
Bond market continues getting beaten up. Lael Brainard spooks the markets with sudden hawk talk. When you live in a glass White House, don’t throw
Japanese will pay higher taxes, officially or through inflation. All bonds, not just treasuries, will fall in price. Biden calls for new wealth tax.
Bond market has worst quarter since 1980. Recession will not take care of inflation. Mortgage rates will double far sooner than income. Gold stocks outperforming