Monthly Archives: March 2015

Drag from soaring U$ just starting to be felt

The soaring greenback and plunging energy prices are two sides of the same storm hitting the North American economy today. Goldman Sachs President, Gary Cohn told CNBC on Wednesday he is very concerned about the short-term window for oil and … Continue reading

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Democratizing energy

For all those who hated the advent of horseless buggies, cell phones, computers, the internet et al…don’t read this one!   See:  Battery hackers are building the future in the garage…cannibalizing a Tesla to go off the grid.  The primary motivation … Continue reading

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Fed in deflation penalty box

Price deflation is the natural outcome of mammoth excess capacity and shrinking demand from aging, indebted consumers.  Lower asset values are a key part of the cure needed to fix global imbalances and restore rational investment math and consumption ability … Continue reading

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