If anybody thinks the Dow is dropping because people are afraid the government is going to shut down, they don’t know what they’re talking about. https://t.co/fXAhw3QrWJ
— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) February 9, 2018
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- 10-year U.S. treasury yields just touched 2.9%. This is a new high for the move. The rise in response to the CPI was delayed by the initial plunge in stock market futures. But now that stocks have recovered most of their losses, bonds are plunging.
- Trump changes tune on the economy: With Obama it’s a bubble, with Trump is a boom. https://t.co/Lq8kFnIu9z https://t.co/3bwDhAmWKs
- Given how large past #Republican deficits have been relative to the initial rosy projections when the goal was to balance in 10 years, imagine how much further off the mark #Trump's deficits will be when even the pretense of eventual balance has been dropped!
- SEP Commentary "The Investment Game is not so much about holding a good Hand as playing a bad Hand well" published. http://bit.ly/1MY9KUc
- The World Gold Council points out that in some ways, gold and cryptos are complementary assets. It highlighted the similarity in their supply dynamics. http://bit.ly/2ncfp1T
- Hope springs eternal. After having initially forecast 2017 Q4 #GDP growth at 4.5%, only to see it come in at just 2.6% (likely to be revised lower next month), the Atlanta Fed's initial read on 2018 Q1 GDP is 4.2%. Let the GDP limbo begin.
- [Peter Schiff Podcast] Fed tries to instill false hope into consumers that the economy is getting better. https://t.co/j8rR20ylKs
- Since Dec. 12, the day before the Fed moved, gold climbed 5.7% to $1,314.36 an ounce, last week touching the highest level in three months and has climbed higher since. http://bit.ly/2CYWj9x
- Former Reagan budget director David Stockman warns of a fiscal bloodbath in America's future. http://bit.ly/2qlfBhY
- The declining output from Chinese mines is starting to fit into a broader pattern of flat gold production globally. http://bit.ly/2pDo91T