Category Archives: Money Monday

The Fed Has Purchased 1.43 Million Homes Worth of Mortgages

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Barry Donegan

Though Silver Circle was written prior to the launch of the Federal Reserve’s risky and untested quantitative easing scheme, through which the central bank has been buying billions worth of mortgage-backed securities each month, the film’s plot ultimately predicted that … Continue reading →

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What Will Happen If Interest Rates Rise from Record Lows?

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Barry Donegan

The Federal Reserve has held interest rates at zero (or arguably below) through its aggressive, risky, and untested quantitative easing program, which has been in place now for years. Home prices have also been held at unsustainable levels, as the … Continue reading →

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Bernanke Plans to Quit Before the Fed’s House of Cards Falls

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Barry Donegan

For years now, the Federal Reserve has been juicing the economy with quantitative easing, and Bernanke and his cohorts are now toying with the idea of ending the program if a set of arbitrary economic indicators are met, a move … Continue reading →

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Rumors Claim JP Morgan’s Gold Vault Caught Fire in NYC

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Barry Donegan

The alternative media world lit up with activity over the weekend as reports began to surface that a fire erupted in JP Morgan’s gold vault in New York City. Sites like Before It’s News published user-taken video of fire trucks … Continue reading →

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Federal Reserve May Not Sell Mortgage-Backed Securities After QE

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Barry Donegan

The Federal Reserve has been attempting in vain to prop up the housing market ever since it crashed in 2007. Ben Bernanke and his cronies have engaged in some of the most radical experiments ever conducted on the world’s money … Continue reading →

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Investors Fear That More Jobs Will Mean Higher Interest Rates

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Barry Donegan

In September of 2012, the Federal Reserve launched an unprecedented, ongoing, and escalated version of its quantitative easing scheme in which the bank began making monthly purchases of billions worth of toxic mortgage-backed securities, which had become fiscally poisonous during … Continue reading →

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‘Silver Circle’ Debuts Today on iTunes, Video on Demand Platforms

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Barry Donegan

We interrupt this week’s regularly scheduled Money Monday feature with the biggest news of the summer: Silver Circle is now available on iTunes and more! You are now free to watch the film online and live vicariously through the trials … Continue reading →

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Price Fixing: Feds to Issue 38 Million Dollar Sugar Bailout

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Barry Donegan

Of all the misguided economic policies that interventionists promote in failed efforts to manipulate the market, none are more foolish than price-fixing schemes. Prices are signals sent by consumers that indicate the level of demand for a specific product. When … Continue reading →

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Detroit, Facing Bankruptcy, Refuses to Pay $2.5B in Debts

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Barry Donegan

Detroit, Michigan used to be a symbol of American industrial might. Once home to a substantial portion of the nation’s auto industry, Motor City has slipped into economic free fall after decades of government intervention into the economy. Public sector … Continue reading →

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Real Economic Data: Unemployment 22%, Inflation 9.3%, GDP Dropping

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Barry Donegan

The TV talking heads and government bureaucrats ramble incessantly about the rosy recovery Americans have allegedly been experiencing since the crash of 2007. In the real world, however, household wages have dropped for years on end, while prices have surged. … Continue reading →

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