Tackle Today: MOAB
December 12, 2018
≈ The Mother of All Bubbles ≈
“[…] The FED and the S&P 500 had a baby together: MOAB, the Mother of All Bubbles.
“The Federal Reserve bailout program, QE, has ignited a perverse mechanism. By bailing out a whole failing system with humongous injections of money, it helped to create a gigantic pile of debt.”
“And who buys U.S. debt? Everyone, both in the U.S. and overseas. According to economist Doug Holtz-Eakin “The global financial system is built on the notion that U.S. Treasuries are absolutely safe assets.”. Mind you that U.S. Treasuries are considered the safest investment in the whole world, thus, not only mom and pop buy Treasury Bonds but also funds, and foreign governments help to keep the ≈$40 trillion U.S. bond market in perpetual motion.”
“The unique printing of a “Fugazi” currency, backed by nothing but trust, is the base of a pile of debt that represents ≈110% of the GDP. Couple it with rising interest rates aimed at taming the inflation which, in turn, appeared on the scene as a consequence of the heated economy after years of liquidity injection and you have the perfect bedrock for a collapse.”
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