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"Some media reports are trying to spin today’s stock market activity as a “rally” tied to what is purported to be good news — that the U.S. Federal Reserve will be buying $300 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds.
Don’t believe the hype. There was no stock market rally today.
The Dow and S&P 500, indexes of dollar denominated stock prices, increased by only 1.2% and 2.1%, respectively, on the same day gold futures rose 4.2% — which means stocks declined in value today, but not as fast as actual dollar bills did." (italics mine)
- Brad Spangler, Mar 18th

Signals of increased monetary expansion tell people to get out of dollars. This can be made to look to the untrained eye like an increase in overall economic demand, but is actually just people shifting out of cash reserves.

RFM-8008

Request for Music

1. I want something that is not at all folky or hippy-ish and not metalish and not something that a dude wearing a headband of the us flag unironically would listen to.
2. Also, not something celebrating the singer's (should there be one) own ego.
3. Something emotionally moving, not "Hmm, this is a very interesting set of tones and textures. Well done, chap."

Give me the killer tunes in comments.