Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis Articles
It appears that the enlightened investor is now more likely to use Bitcoin to diversify their portfolio rather than physical precious metals held in their possession. Recent price performance and sentiment have all but wiped precious...
The recent rise in interest rates, in response to the threat of Fed tapering, foreshadows the unavoidable demise for the dollar. Not only did the rise in rates have an immediate effect on the housing recovery, it also indirectly exposed...
Among the alternative financial press (the so-called bloggers of finance) there is a renewed buzz regarding a slowly unfolding crisis. Many believe we are near an inflection point.
We are aboard a speeding train that cannot speed up - neither can it slow down - due to fiat, default, and what will be remembered as the greatest credit fiasco in history. And the road is ending just up ahead.
The level of fraud in the financial system with utter lack of prosecution or accountability, combined with the ongoing love affair between the largest offenders and collective mainstream, results in financial media being a victim of the so...
Institutional trust and confidence continues to unravel as less and less participation, combined with isolation, threatens the middle class. As in all major crises throughout Anglo American history, the weight will be carried on the...
Monetary inflation, by whatever euphemism and at multiple stages in its cycle, has clear benefits to some but major disadvantages for the majority. Sadly, the impact of the final leg of the century- long monetary experiment may be far...
After expanding debt by more than $8 trillion and printing at least $85 billion per month, monitoring the “price” of practically anything is a risky option. Among other distortions created by price controls, sentiment is particularly...
Perhaps the greatest indicator that the end is near for a fiat currency is the return of the clarion call: "We owe it to ourselves!". Such is the ultimate capitulation and politically unifying mantra. Once the debt ceiling is raised...
We live in a time of great illusion in terms of money, wealth, and justice. Investment banking and finance continue to attract the greatest minds. Fraud of the greatest degree goes practically unpunished.
