quantitative easing

Basically, Faber believes a rising tide of quantitative easing is going to buoy stock markets globally and the global economy (at least for the medium-term). However, later in that same interview, Faber makes his most quotable statement…

I received a high-quality note from Marc Chandler, Chief Currency Strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman, which I think worthy of posting.  He makes several points which are game changers regarding fiscal and monetary policy.  They…

The ECB went aggressive today and a big way.  They were the last holdout in the move to quantitative easing (a.ka. printing money).  They have lowered rates to a record low 1.00% and issued a statement that the European Central…

Martin Hennecke, a frequent guest on CNBC, is recommending that investors who have fled to cash and government bonds need to rethink that strategy.  He sees inflation on the horizon and warns that western sovereign bonds will suffer as a…

Two weeks ago, the Fed roiled bond markets by signalling it would start to purchase Treasury bonds with printed money - the very definition of inflation.   Now, its the ECB's turn to show it can inflate with the best of them.  They have…

The following post is up on Morgan Stanley's website and highlights the degree to which money printing has become the policy tool of choice used by central bankers with which to fight this deflationary threat. I have highlighted the whole…

You probably saw this one already, but a pair of suspected narcotics traffickers threw gads of money from their car window while being pursued by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in a car chase in San Diego. Basically, it was free money…

This comes via the Financial Times. The Swiss National Bank’s decision to intervene to weaken the franc has left currency investors with one less haven from the financial crisis. Its move comes at a time when there are also questions…

Quantitative easing is now the main policy course for the U.S. Federal Reserve. The U.S. Federal reserve is buying $300 billion in long-term U.S. government debt in order to keep interest rates low. As a result, the rally I in Treasuries…

The U.S. dollar is getting hammered today. It is now trading near 1.34 to the euro, 1.42 to Sterling, 96 to the Yen and 1.14 to the Swiss franc. These are huge hockey stick style moves. from 1.30 to the euro, 1.39 to the pound, 98 to the…