Deep State

21st March 2017 Bill Bonner

Deep State Über Alles

Money makes the world go around It makes the world go ’round. – “Money,” Cabaret RANCHO SANTANA, NICARAGUA – We started out last week with the best of intentions. We were going to take a rest and spend time recalling what…

20th March 2017 Bill Bonner

Finally Some Good News From the Trump Team

RANCHO SANTANA, NICARAGUA – Yesterday, coming back from Granada with a driver, we learned a little about how the Nicaraguan economy works. We were passing shacks of all varieties and various levels of ingenuity. Some had bare concrete walls and…

17th March 2017 Bill Bonner

Fed Hikes, Markets Yawn

RANCHO SANTANA, NICARAGUA – According to yesterday’s mailbag feedback, your editor “certainly is the MOST unpatriotic intelligent person in the country. A closet LEFTY… “If [he] is SO smart and has all the answers, he should get off of his dead…

16th March 2017 Bill Bonner

The Dollar Is Not Real Money… America Is No Real Republic

Caesar: The Ides of March are come. Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar, but not gone. — Julius Caesar, Shakespeare GRANADA, NICARAGUA – Today, we stop the horses and circle the wagons. For 19 years, we have been rolling along… exploring… discovering… We began…

8th March 2017 Bill Bonner

The “Truth” About Trump

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. – Thomas Sowell Across the valley, it looked at first like a morning mist rising…

1st March 2017 Bill Bonner

The Swamp Will Not Be Drained

DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA – This is Crash Awareness Week at the Diary. If Team Trump stumbles, investors will be disappointed. Gradually… then all of a sudden… they will realize that the premise behind this rally was false. Already, we’re seeing signs of trouble…

20th February 2017 Bill Bonner

What Really Separates the Rich From the Poor

LOVINGSTON, VIRGINIA – On Wednesday, the Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq closed at record highs for the fifth straight day. The last time this happened was in 1992. Meanwhile, President Trump held his first presidential press conference. It…

16th February 2017 Bill Bonner

Should Trump “Unleash” Wall Street?

LOVINGSTON, VIRGINIA – Stocks show little movement. Investors are waiting for something to happen. And wondering… Corporate earnings have been going down for nearly three years. They are now about 10% below the level set in the late summer of…

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