America Can Invest Or Surrender To China
China’s lead in 5G Technology is the United States’ new Sputnik moment. There is no mystery as to why China will soon overtake the US as the world’s leading technological,
Robert Kiyosaki Interview
Robert Kiyosaki is one of the best-selling authors of all time. His first book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, has sold more than 32 million copies. I recently had an interesting
The Fed Is A Hostage Of The S&P 500
The S&P 500 closed at a record high last week, while Gold hit a five-year high. Stocks and gold spiked because a very rapid slowdown in the world economy has forced
The Yield Crash Signals Pain Ahead
The collapse in Government Bond Yields during May was a clear signal that investors are afraid the stock market may be headed significantly lower. The flight to quality out of
What Are Bank Reserves?
When the crisis of 2008 began, the Reserves that commercial banks hold in their accounts at the Fed soared from $21 billion in 2007 to $2.4 trillion in 2014. Many commentators
The US-China Trade War Heats Up
With the US-China trade war heating up, it is important to understand what is at stake. This blog post provides a list of the most important Macro Watch videos on
Seigniorage: Simple, Short and $1.7 Trillion …
The new Macro Watch video describes the enormous windfall profits the US Government and, therefore, US taxpayers earn as the result of Seigniorage every year. Seigniorage is the profit a
Looser Monetary Policy Will Be Required
As recently as 1969, US savings were sufficient to fund all US debt. How things have changed. Last year, the US had only enough savings to finance 22% of all its debt. During
Expect Fed Rate Cuts This Year
Credit Growth drives Economic Growth. But the United States doesn’t save enough to finance all that it borrows. It hasn’t for a very long time. To finance the credit growth that drives
Credit Growth, Asset Prices and The Fed
Between 1980 and 2008, Credit Growth drove Economic Growth. The ratio of Total Credit to GDP soared from 170% in 1980 to 370% in 2008. Since 2008, however, Credit Growth has been