All Hell Broke Loose And I Bet You Didn’t Even Notice It

by Bill Holter, Miles Franklin:

All hell broke out in the credit markets during the overnight hours last Thursday morning, I’ll bet you didn’t even notice it. Before getting into the meat of this piece, it is important to understand “what’s important”. The press constantly harps on the “Dow Jones this or the S+P that”. People come home from work and turn on their TV’s to see what “the market” did. Others have their smart phones or computers at work set to display the stock markets to keep themselves informed.

I am going to tell you, the stock market(s) are merely a side show to the grand Big Top circus of the credit markets. This is true in the U.S., all of Europe and Asia, it is true everywhere. This is the case because the credit (bond) markets are so much larger than the equity markets. The world revolves around credit. Everything revolves around credit. Our daily lives will be turned upside down when the credit markets seize up, and yes, I said “when”, not “if”.

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