The Fed notes that were released reveal agreement that they have no intention of cutting off the Treasury cold turkey in July. In the event that Japan or others can’t show up to the market, the Fed will be more than happy to oblige.
Most of you probably guessed that. Myself, I was secretly hoping they’d show some spine and refuse to just go along with things. Too bad, full steam ahead.
The value of the U.S. dollar will now be decided solely in the halls of Congress. While some of you “democracy” advocates will likely be championing the issue, saying that is the way it should always have been, a word of caution:
Some things are not democratic. Some things don’t care about concensus. And, incidentally, most of these same things are heartless forces of nature that will ravage anyone dumb enough to stand in their path.
In my mind, it seems it would be a far softer issue if the illusion that continuing as we have been is taken completely off the table. Basic principles of conservation dictate that something has to change. We can’t all own the same puzzle piece; only one of us gets to lay it down. It would be nice if the Fed would settle this matter by forcing our Government to play by reality.
Precious metals are absolutely sprinting out here. I don’t doubt the release of the material and divided nature of the Fed has something to do with that.
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the misunderstanding of QE and monetary policy by the masses is probably going to set up a very nice short opportunity at some point…
very nice indeed. In fact, this decade will see 75% collapses in, gun to my head, 100 “junior” miners and other “pet” commodity stocks.
the quesiton is timing, timing, timing…
“This decade?”
That’s some purty laser-like prognostication, there.
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Off topic Thaler, but can you weigh in on the prospects of WFMI locating in Midtown?