Tag: quantitative easing
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You can’t fight the Fed. But you can hedge against it. The case for crypto (Part 1/2)
When you have one hammer, everything begins to look like a nail. For the Fed, it’s “print money, cut rates”. Act First, Think Later It began in 2008 when the crash of the housing market pushed the economy into a recession. The precedent was set, and policy response included a bailout and an aggressive expansion…
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The ultimate Fed Put, soaring precious metals prices – not enough gold and silver coins to go around
Though the U.S. Congress has yet to agree on a bailout package, it’s working on an unprecedented spending bill to prop up a dying economy. We’re talking somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 Trillion dollars. With interest rates at historic lows, this is shaping up to be the ultimate Fed Put. A battery of Bofors…
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The U.S. Fed and market liquidity or welcome to the everything bubble
A translation of this article is available in Chinese at our partner website, NAI500 here. Before I get into the U.S. Fed and its market liquidity shenanigans, I should explain something that changed the way I view the world, kinda like the time I discovered Disney shoved lemmings off a cliff for ratings, almost making…