TSP Funds: A peek inside
In case you have not heard, there are about 5 companies in America driving the markets. They now make up 28% of the SP500 index (TSP C fund)…
Recent Posts
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The Federal Reserve: “It’s Not Our Fault”
…the safe havens signal a major crisis is unavoidable. This is not your granddad’s Economic Structure. And to hear the Federal Reserve still focused on below target inflation is a farce.
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TSP Smart: Off Subject on the Economy
So you might ask why the economy is off-subject for an investing service. That would be because the economy has not mattered to the markets since the Great Recession. And when it does, bad news usually propels the market higher on hopes of more financial stimulus – the real driver.
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Doug Noland: Crossing Red Lines
I seriously doubt China’s banking system inflates from $8 TN to $43 TN during this cycle without Trillions of “Bubble Dollars” flooding the world and its resulting reserves horde. U.S. crisis and QE1 provided China a blank check for a massive $600 billion 2009 stimulus plan. And Chinese Credit – along with investment, manufacturing, apartment Bubble, economic boom, technological advancement, military buildup, global influence peddling, and ambitions for superpower status – never looked back.
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The Fed Rides to the Rescue of JPMorgan and Citi Again
I’m getting sick of this. They can get away with it because few understand what is going on and there are so many distractions. From wealth transfer to wealth preservation for the few while the many fall back, again. Excerpt… Read More ›
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Smart Bird: Robinhood Traders Are the Product
Citadel was front running half of the Robinhood order flow and just got a slap on the wrist from regulators who will probably work for Citadel or another like firm soon.
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Doug Noland: Drone Money
It was obvious the Fed had really blown it. That this academic, and recently appointed Fed governor, referred to the “bubble poppers” from the late-twenties and their role in fomenting the Great Depression made it difficult not to be disdainful. I underestimated both the man and the world’s gullibility.
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TSP Millionaires Strike Back
Congratulations. Really, but remember it is what cash flow you end up with in retirement that matters. So did you learn any lessons?
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Doug Noland: Utmost Crazy (Stock Market Bubble)
‘There’s no way I can lose,’ said the 36-year-old, who works at a technology startup… ‘Right now, I’m feeling invincible.’
It is a central tenet of Credit Bubble Analysis that things turn “Crazy” near the end of cycles. And with the thesis that we’re in the concluding (“Terminal”) phase of a multi-decade, super-cycle global Bubble, there’s been every reason to foresee Utmost Craziness.
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TSP Smart: The Really Short Pictorial History of TSP and the Markets
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a good are chart worth. Find out.