Tag Archives: federal reserve

The Political Battlefield

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Fantasy Free Economics

Download PDF Version There are three socialist armies currently vying for power. These are: 1.Non-Democratic Socialists Non-democratic socialism is my term. You won’t find it anywhere else. I use it because fascism is seldom used to describe an economic system … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Where Stupidity Rules

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Fantasy Free Economics

Download PDF Version As Americans go about their daily lives as individuals, many are brilliant and completely adept at what they do. When they participate in groups or aggregations of people, all but a few are completely stupid. Notice the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Worshiping False Idols

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Fantasy Free Economics

Download PDF Version Natural law has preeminence over any principle derived out of human intellect.  This presents a problem for mainstream economists. The best sources of natural law are largely off limits to to academics. The ideal sources of natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Worshiping False Idols

The Centrally Planned Stock Market

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Fantasy Free Economics

Government tampering with the financial markets started during the Reagan administration after the stock market crash of 1987. The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (Plunge Protection Team) was created ostensibly to prevent crashes like occurred in 1987.  Notice the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Fantasy Free A Way To Survive

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Fantasy Free Economics

Happiness is achieved mostly by viewing the world we live in through the prism of fantasy. Is that all that bad? It doesn’t seem to be. How else is a person to be happy in a universe where all living … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Fantasy Free A Way To Survive

How Low Are You Willing To Go?

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Fantasy Free Economics

Lets say you have $300,000 cash and you don’t want to risk it in the stock market. Today the highest CD rates in the country are about 1.25%. That pays you $312 per month.  If you were not being robbed … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on How Low Are You Willing To Go?

Government’s Plan for the Stock Market

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Fantasy Free Economics

Although we don’t know what it is, we know there is a plan to keep stocks moving higher. How do I know? Fantasy free means that we study people and institutions according to how they function and pay no mind … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Government’s Plan for the Stock Market

Will Trump Rig the Stock Market?

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Fantasy Free Economics

In 1987 the Reagan administration began managing the securities markets. Since that time, to varying degrees politicians on both sides of the isle have supported programs to enhance asset prices. Both monetary and fiscal policy have been used since that … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Will Trump Rig the Stock Market?

The New Messiah

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Fantasy Free Economics

Hollywood lost its messiah as have minorities and a few others. Although the elite, Wall Street, international banks and the others supported Clinton they have lost nothing.With Clinton they already had their cake and were about to eat it. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stock Market Fireworks Starting Tomorrow

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Fantasy Free Economics

Before the mob gooses the stock market, they always feign weakness, draw in short sellers, then load up on bullish derivatives.  The measure I use as an indicator is an index of total ETF volume divided by total Russell 3000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Comments | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment