Mike Shedlock

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Police State USA: Civil Forfeiture Under Presumption of Guilt

  Published 09 October 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Where in the world can police confiscate your money and your property, not charge you with any crime, then tell you there is absolutely nothing…

• RoboTrucks from Mercedes-Benz to Hit US Highways Within 10 Years; Mish Supply Chain Proposal

  Published 09 October 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Mercedes-Benz has announced "Future Truck 2025", a self-driving truck that it expects to be on the streets by that date. I expect sooner and will…

• Revealing Look at Hours Worked and The Number of Employees Working Those Hours

  Published 07 October 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Inquiring minds may be interested in a set of charts that show trends in hours worked. The charts are as of the latest job numbers…

• What Do Treasury Yields Say About Job Expectations, Inflation Expectations, and the Recovery?

  Published 03 October 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Curve Watcher's Anonymous notes some interesting reactions in the treasury bond market following a string of good job reports. Today the jobs numbers once again…

• Mish Shedlock Talks Financial Repression

  Published 30 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Mish Shedlock talks Financial Repression with Gordon T Long. Financial Repression "Financial Repression is a set of fiscal & monetary policies for the express benefit…

• Reader Question on a Credit-Based Society: Can Interest Ever Be Repaid?

  Published 30 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Reader Mike wonders how interest can ever be repaid in a credit-based economy. Hi Mish, I wonder if you would be able to comment on…

• Sick Man of Europe is Europe; Blame The Socialists, Progressives, Greens, and The Euro Itself

  Published 27 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Joel Kotkin writing for New Geography hits the nail smack on the head with his assessment Sick Man of Europe is Europe. Throughout the continent,…

• Grossly Distorted Procedures: Mish Proposal to Raise GDP Calculation

  Published 26 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Here's the question of the day: Does GDP stand for Gross Domestic Product or Grossly Distorted Procedures? One of the reasons I ask is the…

• Legal Basis for War in Syria? Amazing Three-Point Logic!

  Published 26 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The hypocrisy of the US is on full display. We have imposed preposterous sanctions on Russia following its takeover of Crimea. Given that Crimea actually…

• GMO 7-Year Real Return Forecast: US Equities Negative For 7 Years

  Published 14 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Here is a chart from GMO Asset Forecasts that expresses how I feel as well. 7-Year Global Real Return Equity Forecasts Larger Image Value and…

• JPMorgan Earnings Drop 18.5%; Slowdown in Housing the Real Killer; Start of Mean Reversion in Earnings?

  Published 11 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Stocks have been soaring mostly on investor sentiment. That sentiment was partially based on the belief earnings would continue to rise quarter after quarter, year…

• 'Fixed Income Only Positive Return Asset Class in 2014, 30-Year Treasury Yield Headed to 2.50%' Says Steen Jakobsen

  Published 09 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  I don't believe the growth estimates of the IMF and neither does Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist of Saxo Bank. Steen goes one further and calls…

• Shiller Drinks the Kool-Aid

  Published 09 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  One by one the bears and the rational thinkers throw in the towel. Economist Robert Shiller is the latest to drink the Kool-Aid. As noted…

• Google Enters the Hotel Business, Takes on Advertisers Priceline, Expedia, and Trip Advisor

  Published 09 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  As far as I am concerned the more competition the better. The result is always lower prices and better service. Thus, I welcome the Wall…

• Framework for Understanding Market Tops and Bottoms

  Published 07 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Last week I received an excellent article from Variant Perception on "Market Tops", and have permission to excerpt some of it. Here is a link…

• Michael Pettis Responds; Fantasyland Thesis vs. Reality; Counter-Challenge!

  Published 03 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  In response to my article Pettis Proposes Savings Glut and Income Inequality are Source of Global Imbalances; Mish vs. Pettis: I Respectfully Disagree, I received…

• Teaching Revolution: Online, Accredited, Free; Start Learning Now!

  Published 29 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  One of the things I staunchly believe is that the cost of education will drop sharply. It has to. The current path of graduating student…

• Are You Minding the Curves? Sweet Spot is Likely Not Where You Think

  Published 28 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Curve Watcher's Anonymous has its eye on the yield curve again. Over the course of the last year, and except for the close front-end, US…

• Can Inflation Be Too Low?

  Published 27 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  On Tuesday, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann opened the door to QE and negative interest rates. European Central Bank governing council member and Bundesbank chief Jens…

• Stupidity is Logical and Understandable; So, How Stupid Will Things Get?

  Published 24 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  As president Obama arrives in Europe to meet German chancellor Angela Merkel, Pressure mounts on Merkel Over Sanctions in Ukraine Crisis. at The Hague nuclear…