Subject: Unchartered Territory
Unchartered Territory
April 14th, 2023 at 3:15 pm +07Unchartered Territory Last year, Total Credit in the United States expanded by $5.1 trillion to $93.5 trillion. Total Credit first exceeded $1 trillion in 1964. Next year it will top $100 trillion. This explosion of Credit has powered the economy and ...
Banking Crisis, Recession May Drive Stocks Higher
March 27th, 2023 at 3:58 pm +07Banking Crisis, Recession May Drive Stocks HigherSince the previous Macro Watch video on March 15th, the Systemic Banking Crisis of 2023 has spread and forced an abrupt adjustment to Monetary Policy. The Fed signaled at its press conference last week ...
Interview: SVB, Technology, Politics
March 21st, 2023 at 11:54 am +07Interview: SVB, Technology, PoliticsLast week, just before I left New York, I was interviewed by Andrew Keen for his Keen On podcast. Named as one of the “100 most connected men” by GQ magazine, Andrew is amongst the world’s best known broadcas ...
Systemic Banking Crisis: 2023
March 16th, 2023 at 1:17 am +07Systemic Banking Crisis: 2023The failure of Silicon Valley Bank set off a systemic banking sector crisis in the United States late last week. It is not yet certain whether that crisis has been contained or has only just begun. SVB’s sudden insolve ...
Higher Interest Rates Will Destroy Wealth
March 10th, 2023 at 2:44 am +07Higher Interest Rates Will Destroy WealthFed Chairman Jerome Powell’s remarks before the Senate on March 7th were very hawkish and suggest the Fed will raise the Federal Funds Rate significantly further. Moreover, the pace of rate hikes looks like ...
Newsweek Published My Op-Ed. Read It Now!
March 10th, 2023 at 1:36 am +07Newsweek Published My Op-Ed. Read It Now! Newsweek ran an op-ed piece I wrote this morning. Its title is, “Ronald Reagan Knew Government Spending Is Crucial to a Thriving Economy. The GOP Should Take Note.” Click HERE to read it now. To follow ...
My Speech Before Members Of Congress
March 2nd, 2023 at 2:11 am +07My Speech Before Members Of CongressI made a speech before 15 members of the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington on Monday night. The title of the speech was “How to Finance the Next American Century”. This was a dream come true for m ...
Interview: The Credit Bubble Popped
February 20th, 2023 at 12:34 am +07Interview: The Credit Bubble PoppedI was recently interviewed by Addison Wiggin for his podcast The Wiggin Sessions. Addison is a financial writer, publisher, filmmaker and the author or co-author of a number of great books, including Empire of Debt, ...
Great Twitter Spaces Conversation With Michael Green: Listen Now
February 8th, 2023 at 3:00 am +07Great Twitter Spaces Conversation With Michael Green: Listen NowMichael Green, chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management, conducts brilliant interviews on Twitter Spaces, on Simplify’s YouTube channel, and on Substack. If you don’t already fo ...
Inflation Is Down, But The Fed's Not Finished
February 3rd, 2023 at 2:01 pm +07Inflation Is Down, But The Fed's Not FinishedOn February 1st, the Fed hiked the Federal Funds Rate by 25-basis points to a range between 4.5% and 4.75%. During the press conference following the FOMC Meeting, Fed Chairman Powell indicated that he ex ...