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Market Talk – September 16, 2016

September 16, 2016

The strong US session ran into Asia resulting in strong performances for both the Nikkei and Hang Seng. Both closing around 0.75% higher the main pull was from financials but this is just a rebalancing from the losses they suffered earlier in the week. China remains on national holidays and so we wait until Monday […]

Now Available: The Pension Crisis Report

September 16, 2016

  With each peak in the Economic Confidence Model, a different sector becomes the focus. The peak in interest rates occurred on 1981.35 and was the peak of the Public Wave that followed the 1929.75 Private Wave. The Public Wave bottomed on 1985.65 during the summer of 1985. This event marked the birth of the current […]

Germany Arrests 3 Terrorists Disguised as Syrian Refugees

September 16, 2016

Germany has arrested three young Syrian men who are members of the Islamic State. These men came into the country through the same network that smuggled militants into France to carry out the deadly attacks last November. This is the entire problem. Refugees should be limited to families with children. Allowing young men in who […]

SDR – China – Dollar

September 16, 2016

COMMENT: You are wrong. The SDR will destroy the dollar as of October 1st when they include China. You will see. China will sell all its US Treasurys and buy SDRs. REPLY: Your very statement is totally absurd. The SDR is calculated simply by a basket of currencies including the dollar, yen, pound, and euro […]

Inflation – Deflation – Interest Rates

September 16, 2016

QUESTION: Is there a correlation between the GDP rate and interest rate ? Best regards, BL ANSWER: No. What central bankers fail to take into consideration is that the interest rate is the OPPORTUNITY COST of money as reflected into the future. This is why interest rates naturally decline during a recession because of the future expectation of what […]