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Ep. 499 – Nobody CARES Act 2.0
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Ep. 499 - Nobody CARES Act 2.0
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So after months and months of political infighting and election posturing, it appears that Congress will pass another major “stimulus” bill. With a price tag of $900 billion this will be one of the largest bills ever passed and it is even tied to another spending bill that comes in around $1.4 trillion. Congress has clearly taken out the country’s credit card during the holiday season. The $1.4 T will only keep the lights on in the country for a few months and then they’ll be right back to the drawing board.

Nonetheless, the $900 billion is already drawing some harsh criticisms as there are billions that are going to foreign countries. And while the bill is securing another round of “stimulus” checks, this time the amount will come to $600 as opposed to the $1,200 issued earlier in the year. Further extensions have also been put into place with respect to unemployment programs and eviction moratoriums. These are merely temporary adjustments to structural issues and as such, will not solve anything. 2021 is likely to prove even worse than 2020 with respect to the economy and these measures passed by Congress are further indication that this will likely prove correct. Stay diversified, stay vigilant, and stay with The Kapital News. #Economy #Jobs #Bailouts #USA #Liberty #Revolution #EndTheFed #BananaRepublic #Inflation #Gold #Silver

Ep. 490 – Yellen + Screamin’
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Ep. 490 - Yellen + Screamin'
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So here we have it! It’s vaccine Monday once again and right on cue, AstraZeneca comes out and announced the results of their vaccine’s efficacy. This is now three Mondays in a row – Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca, respectively. However, today’s news was further bolstered by the announcement that former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, is getting the nod to become the next Treasury Secretary. Of course she will need to be confirmed by the Senate, but since she has been confirmed before, there’s really no reason to think why she won’t be confirmed again. Now, The Kapital News can come up with trillions of reasons as to why she should not be confirmed, but you get the point.

The stock market loved this news and why wouldn’t that be the case? Equities rose considerably under the Yellen-Obama tenure. This is thanks to record low interest rates, and quantitative easing being the norm for the past decade plus. This monstrosity of a policy continues and now with a one-two punch at Treasury and the Fed – what could possibly go wrong? Again, The Kapital News can provide a trillion scenarios, but you get the point in that the addicts on Wall Street will continue to get their hit and in larger doses. This is destroying, if it hasn’t already killed the patient, with the patient being that of the US economy. For that matter, it’s really the global economy since these actions are being undertaken in an orchestrated manner.

What’s so sad of course, is the fact that tens of millions of Americans are still going to food banks, collecting unemployment insurance, facing eviction(s), and massive uncertainties ahead, yet global equities continue reaching new heights. This is massive fraud and contributing greatly to wealth and income inequality. This is a recipe for political, social, and economic disaster because this is not the result of production, productivity gains, and prudent valuations. No, this is at the hand of easy credit and trillion dollar liquidity injections. In short, this is a first world banana republic and the funny money is inflating financial assets into the stratosphere. Just wait until this is reflected in commodity prices and general consumer prices. The inflation is already here – now await it’s truly destructive force and the coming stagflation and potential hyperinflation. Stay diversified, stay vigilant, and stay with The Kapital News. #Economy #Inflation #Gold #Debt #Silver #Recession #Liberty #Revolution #EndTheFed #BananaRepublic #Depression #Bailouts #USA

Ep. 488 – The Headline Economy
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It’s all about the story, the narrative, the headline. Global equities are all about weaving a nice bed time story to pump stocks higher and here in the US – to all-time highs and record valuations. This historically does not bode well at all for future positive returns. In fact, it’s usually a harbinger of a significant decline – a reversion to the mean. As we have been witnessing, markets, once they sell-off, have been doing so to a greater degree and with greater rapidity. Recall Q4 of 2018 where the major indexes lost around 20 percent. Then fast forward to earlier this year, where we witnessed a near 40 percent drop within 6 weeks. What might this portend for the next leg down? Perhaps 50 percent within a few weeks – could you imagine the carnage?

Nonetheless, like a good little addict, the market has been conditioned to take any negative news in stride, “knowing” that their dealer(s), the Federal Reserve and the Congress will have their backs and throw as much monetary and fiscal support (dope), into the system as they can. And if the actual liquidity isn’t enough – don’t worry. This is because there are a number of headlines that can be circulated to juice the markets. Take for example the US-China trade talks that we heard about endlessly throughout 2019 and only to come to a “Phase 1” agreement that was no where near the hype. Then onto Covid-19 and the “need” for monetary and fiscal support – this coming to the tune of trillions of dollars that we did not and do not have. Then calls for further actions from our policymakers and this has been making the headlines for several months now, but with no deal yet agreed upon and signed. Why actually do something, if the headline is good enough to pump the markets? Then there’s the vaccine headlines – with several major pharmaceutical companies working on this assignment, this means that there can be headlines galore promising a vaccine soon to enter the market. Over the last two weeks and even today we hear of more information on the effectiveness of some of these vaccines. And while there are others, we’ll leave with the rush of IPOs – reminiscent of the late 1990s and the dot-com bust, a myriad of companies, mainly tech, are rushing the markets to raise capital. Of course very few, if any, are actually profitable – but profits matter not. This is because we’re in the midst of the headline economy – fundamentals don’t matter – just a good story. Stay diversified, stay vigilant, and stay with The Kapital News. #Economy #Bailouts #Jobs #Markets #Liberty #Revolution #EndTheFed #BananaRepublic #USA

Ep. 486 – Vaccine Monday
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Another Monday and another vaccine headline. This one from Moderna, where according to their press release, their vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. This bests last week’s vaccine headline from Pfizer, where theirs was “only” 90 percent effective. Yes, Pfizer’ press release also came out for the Monday trading session. There are still several other pharmaceutical companies attempting to create a vaccine, so we might see this every Monday from now until perhaps the end of the year. These companies appear to be on a rotation when it comes to their vaccine announcements. We shall see. Nonetheless, the news catapulted US equities to new all-time highs and carried global stocks up as well. So despite having tens of millions of Americans out of work, collecting unemployment, in line at food banks, and facing evictions, we also have a stock market that is making new all-time highs. This is clearly a first world banana republic. And serves as further evidence of our moral, political, social, and economic decay and decline as a nation. Stay diversified, stay vigilant, and stay with The Kapital News. #Economy #Jobs #Vaccine #Bailouts #Debt #Recession #Depression #Gold #Silver #Liberty #Revolution