About this episode
It's the pre-Halloween episode, with tales of mystery and intrigue from the Roberts', Sherrill, and Ratliff homesteads; What happens when no one wants to buy bonds any more? How banks are monetizing Federal debt; Halloween as an economic indicator (it's not); A slide in US Male Life Expectancy and the rise in 'Deaths of Despair;' Dear Lance: 1) Why do we have deflation? 2) Will some tariffs be dropped and others remain in place? 3) Is the Fed swimming against the tide? 4) What does 'already priced-in' mean to the markets? 5) At what point should the Fed be held accountable for failing to contain rampant counter-party risk in the market?