We’ve Been ZIRPed: The perils of the zero interest rate policy. “…talk in hushed tones to Wall Street hedge funds, and they may explain the dollar carry trade, the one where you borrow or even short U.S. dollars and buy currencies, bonds, and stocks in higher yielding, emerging market countries—yes, the Fed is stimulating, but in places like India, South Africa, and Brazil.” We live in the Age of Zero: zeros in the White House and Congress, zero interest rates, zero growth, zero improvement, zero other ideas… Zero.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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