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6th April 2018 Boaz Shoshan

Monarch of the Beasts

An apex predator is an animal at the top of the food chain, with prey to hunt, but no predator to fear. They are the royalty of an ecosystem. Beasts are often used as symbols to explain the abstractions of…

19th March 2018 Bill Bonner

Why Wall Street’s Seasoned Pros Are Jumping Ship

GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – We’re getting into an agreeable and relaxed routine here at the ranch. We go for a hike up the little hill behind the house in the morning. A trail zig-zags up, with the stations of the cross…

13th March 2018 Bill Bonner

What Will Blow the Stock Market to Pieces

GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – Investors were cheered up last Friday by the jobs report, which showed that the number of new jobs is about equal to the high set back in 2006 – just before the last crisis. As near as…

5th March 2018 Bill Bonner

The Four Mistakes That Will Sink the Economy

GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – Another miracle! It rained. “We got 200 millimeters (about 8 inches) this year,” reported the capataz, Gustavo. After two years of drought, finally, the fields, mountains, and pastures are green. And the river that separates the house…

1st March 2018 Bill Bonner

The Fed Is About to Pop the Bubble in Stocks

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – We went to dinner last night at a little neighborhood restaurant in Palermo Soho. It was already crowded when we arrived after 9 p.m., with a warm buzz of conversation. But scarcely had we been there…

28th February 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Still only one player in the game

Trainspotting provides today’s economic analysis. The movie is about a drug addict’s attempts to come clean. It doesn’t go so well. Perhaps because he’s trying to do it in Scotland. In the end, he steals thousands of pounds from his…

13th February 2018 Bill Bonner

How Dumb Is the Fed?

BALLYNATRAY, IRELAND – We have bought a place nearby. But it will be months before it is habitable. In the meantime, we need a place to stay. So we’re renting a place on the estate next door. It’s an apartment built over…

9th February 2018 Bill Bonner

The Age of Inflation Is About to Begin

PARIS – Yesterday’s screens were full of green numbers (things going up). Investors may breathe a sigh of relief. “Whew! Glad that’s over…” they are likely to say. But it’s way too early to relax… and way too late to…

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