Monthly Archive: May 2022

Weekly Market Pulse: TANSTAAFL

2022-05-16

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2022-05-16

TANSTAAFL is an acronym for “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”. It has been around a long time – Rudyard Kipling used it in an essay in 1891 – but it was popularized by Robert Heinlein’s 1966 book, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”.

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The Silver Chart THEY Don’t Want You to See!

2022-05-16

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2022-05-16

On Thursday May 12, the price of silver fell about a buck. As with every one of these big price moves, the question is: what really happened? Below is a chart of the day’s action, with price overlaid with basis. Basis = future – spot. It is a great (i.e. the only) indicator of abundance or scarcity of metal to the market.

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The Fed Gets It Wrong on Money Velocity, Too

2022-05-16

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2022-05-16

Audio Mises Wire
Money velocity's role in forcing up prices is misunderstood because today's monetary "authorities" fail to consider how new money is injected into the economy.

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War in Ukraine – Week 11

2022-05-16

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2022-05-16

Business trips are very different these days. It was a wonderful and intense week, but nothing beats coming back home with bags full of supplies!

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Swiss seek cooperation with US on cyber security defence

2022-05-16

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2022-05-16

Defence Minister Viola Amherd has held talks with United States government representatives on international security cooperation.

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Herd on the Street

2022-05-15

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2022-05-15

The casino has become complex and there are no easy answers or predictable paths. The Wall Street herd had it easy from 2009 to 2021. Life was simple and life was good: markets were easy to predict.

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Monetary Metals is Hiring an Associate Account Manager

2022-05-15

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2022-05-15

Monetary Metals is growing, and we’re looking for our next key hire: Associate Account Manager. We’re giving an ounce of gold to whoever refers the successful candidate.

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War, Sanctions, and Sanity: A Purely Hypothetical Inquiry

2022-05-15

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2022-05-15

Dealing with specific geopolitical circumstances can be messy. We may disagree on the facts and on which sources are reliable, making it hard to make any headway in a discussion. This may be further compounded by extreme emotions we may have about that situation.

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Peak Inflation (not what you think)

2022-05-15

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2022-05-15

For once, I find myself in agreement with a mainstream article published over at Bloomberg. Notable Fed supporters without fail, this one maybe represents a change in tone. Perhaps the cheerleaders are feeling the heat and are seeking Jay Powell’s exit for him?

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Macro and Prices: Sentiment Swings Between Inflation and Recession

2022-05-14

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2022-05-14

(On vacation for the rest of the month.  Going to Portugal.  Commentary will resume on June 1.   Good luck to us all.) The market is a fickle mistress. The major central banks were judged to be behind the inflation curve.

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Luna kollabiert innerhalb von wenigen Tagen

2022-05-14

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2022-05-14

Der Cryptomarkt zeigte diese Woche wieder sein hässliches Gesicht. Die Preis-Volatilität hat in der Vergangenheit viele Investoren reich gemacht. Wer zum richtigen Zeitpunkt in einen Low Cap Altcoin investierte, konnte über Nacht Millionär werden.

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Is Gold Starting to Behave Itself?

2022-05-14

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2022-05-14

Gold is doing what it is supposed to do!  Equity markets are tumbling, “NASDAQ 100 Rout Erases $1.5 Trillion in Market Value in 3 Days” reads one Bloomberg headline.

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Synchronizing Chinese Prices (and consequences)

2022-05-14

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2022-05-14

It isn’t just the vast difference between Chinese consumer prices and those in the US or Europe, China’s CPI has been categorically distinct from China’s PPI, too. That distance hints at the real problem which the whole is just now beginning to confront, having been lulled into an inflationary illusion made up from all these things.

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Real Wages Fall Again as Inflation Stays Near 40-Year Highs

2022-05-14

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2022-05-14

Inflation is so high in America that we’re now supposed to believe that inflation is “moderating” if it doesn’t go above 8.5 percent. That, at least, was the message in much of the speculation yesterday around what April’s CPI inflation numbers would show.

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Absurdist pop pioneer Yello wins Swiss music prize

2022-05-14

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2022-05-14

The Swiss electronic duo Yello - Dieter Meier and Boris Blank – will receive the Grand Prix Music 2022, presented by the Federal Office of Culture and worth CHF100,000 ($100,400).

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Sentiment Remains Fragile, and the Euro and Sterling can barely Sustain even Modest Upticks

2022-05-13

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2022-05-13

Equities are recovering from dramatic losses.  Today, the Nikkei, Hang Seng, and Kospi surged by more than 2%. 

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Swiss remain divided over 5G rollout

2022-05-13

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2022-05-13

Swiss opinion over the expansion of the 5G telecommunications network is still split down the middle, according to the latest survey on the subject. The Swiss government is convinced that the new technology poses minimal health risks and is committed to the rapid erection of 7,500 5G antennae.  

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The War on Gold Ensures the Dollar’s Downfall

2022-05-13

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2022-05-13

Last month was the 89th anniversary of one of America’s biggest blunders on her descent from honest, sound money into weaponized political money: Executive Order 6102. Signed on April 5, 1933, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt required all persons holding more than five ounces of gold to deliver their “gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates, now owned by them to a Federal Reserve Bank, branch or agency, or to any member bank of the...

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Stagflation Comes from Exorbitant Money Creation and Unhampered Government Spending

2022-05-13

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2022-05-13

Too much government spending and loose monetary policy lead to rising prices combined with falling economic growth rates. All Keynesian roads lead to stagflation. It is the result of economic mismanagement. Again and again, the belief has been proven wrong that central bankers could guarantee the so-called price stability and that fiscal policy could prevent economic downturns.

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Neither Confusing Nor Surprising: Q1’s Worst Productivity Ever, April Decline In Employed

2022-05-13

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2022-05-13

Maybe last Friday’s pretty awful payroll report shouldn’t have been surprising; though, to be fair, just calling it awful will be surprising to most people. Confusion surrounds the figures for good reason, though there truly is no reason for the misunderstanding itself. Apart from Economists and “central bankers” who’d rather everyone look elsewhere for the real problem.

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