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A fundamental tenet regarding money and inflation is that ongoing money creation by governments and central banks (Federal Reserve) cheapens the value of all money (US dollars) in circulation and leads to a loss of purchasing power. The loss in purchasing power shows up in the form of higher prices for all goods and services. As long as the amount of money that is created is somewhat moderate and regular, then the effects are presumed to be moderate, as well. Hence, we experience increases in the cost of living on an ongoing basis, but in incremental amounts of maybe two or thre...

Politicians and investors regularly claim that “this time it’s different”.  But history shows us repeatedly that rarely things are truly or fundamentally different. The power of the Roman Empire two thousand years ago was established by military means.  Over time, its government undermined that empire by continuing military campaigns and lavish spending.  This ultimately required that their money, the silver Denarius coin, be diluted with other metals which brought its purchasing value down.  This in turn reduced people’s trust in the empire’s money and eventually broug...

What a week it has been! Various markets saw noticeable declines on news of rising yields. The strong upward trend for stocks is finally taking a long-overdue breather and so is extreme sentiment. Let’s look at some bullish and bearish factors to give us a better idea of what the markets are doing. VIX spike VIX spiked more than 35% on a day when the S&P 500 fell less than 2.5%. This is a nervous market… This is also an unusual occurrence with only 7 other similar cases since 1990. Historically, this was a bullish sign for stocks over the next 9-12 months.

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