The United States is now the largest Ponzi scheme in the world. The only way to pay off the old lenders is to bring in new ones – or run the printing press. That’s all lenders have to worry about – inflation. And for the moment, prices are going down. They’ll keep going down too – until they go up…
February 20th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "U.S. Treasury bonds"
Bad News for Bond Prices
The big news yesterday was the sell-off in the bond market. “All eyes on sudden spike in US Treasury yields,” says the headline in the Financial Times. The yield on the U.S. 10-year note rose above 3% for the first time in three months. The two-year note, meanwhile, moved above 1% yield. What does it mean? We are bearish on U.S. government paper – in all its forms…
February 11th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 8 comments | Continued
The Money Multiplier Goes to Work
Giving people who don’t pay a lot in taxes even more money is even more popular. So in that sense, the arrival of thousands of dollars in government cash to various Aussie households will ‘work’ in the sense that it distracts people from the ongoing disaster that is the world financial crisis. “Look honey! Free bread. Let’s go to the circus!” Please note that shuffling a bit of cash around will not lessen a national debt-to-GDP ratio of around 140%. Nor does it do much to create long-term jobs…
February 4th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 18 comments | Continued
How to Prepare for the Coming Devaluation
Well, yesterday the government said the fall in revenues from the global black swan dive will lead to a $115 billion decline in government tax takings (what the government likes to call revenue). That’s a pretty big hole in the budget. It suggests that we’ve entered an era of regular government budget deficits and, if the RBA holds to form, lower interest rates. These lower rates, and not just in Australia mind you, represent the coming devaluation of paper money against real goods…
February 3rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 20 comments | Continued
Wall Street Gets the Boot
Yesterday, President Obama, seeing Wall Street on the mat, walked over and gave it the boot. The $18 billion in bonuses, paid out on to Wall Street honchos last year, were “shameful,” said he. It was the “height of irresponsibility” to take so much capital out of the system when it was losing money, he pointed out. Of course, he’s right. It was certainly irresponsible. And the Wall Street crowd deserves the boot, no doubt about it. But it’s a shame no one mentioned it in 2006 or 2007 – not even Mr. Obama – when the bonuses and the irresponsibility were even higher…
February 2nd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
U.S. Treasury bonds Still Rising
A talking head on CNBC this morning said the capital value of the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond is up 55% year-to-date, nearly five times its historic average. That seems unlikely to continue…
December 23rd, 2008 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
