Financial Repression. What is it? “Financial repression is a set of government policies—such as interest rate caps, capital controls, and bank regulations—that channel household savings into funding government debt at below-market rates. It acts as a “stealth tax” on savers to reduce high public debt burdens, often resulting in negative real interest rates where inflation […]
Financial Repression: Part III
If you have been reading this blog and/or following the appointment of the new FED Chairman you are aware of the potential or possibility of how the United States will work its way out of the 39 Trillion dollar debt – and growing at an alarming rate. The four ways to reduce the national debt […]
Financial Repression: Part IV
Appointment of a new FED Chairman caused me to dig into what is known as Financial Repression. For another explanation of the term check out the following quote. “The term “financial repression” was coined in 1973 by Stanford economists Ronald McKinnon and Edward Shaw. They introduced the concept to describe government policies—such as interest rate […]
Financial Repression Portfolio: Part V
Over the last few days I’ve concentrated on what impact Financial Repression is likely to have on portfolios invested in the U.S. Equities and Bond markets. The outlook over the next decade is highly unlikely to continue the long bull market experienced since August of 1982. Yes, there were major hiccups along the way such […]
Bohr Portfolio Review: 7 May 2026
As with several other portfolios I don’t intent to be fully invest in all asset classes other than SCHO. Instead of holding cash in a money market I move cash into short-term treasuries (SCHO) where the current interest rate is 4.0%. As dividends come in I will pick up a few shares in income generating […]
Bethe Portfolio Review: 8 May 2026
Bethe is another portfolio built around the idea Financial Repression is in the future and needs to be faced and taken into account through portfolio construction. In the second screenshot you will see the current portfolio beta is very low. This simply means as currently constructed, the Bethe will move up or down approximately 1/3 […]
Einstein Portfolio Review: 17 June 2026
Einstein is the “Financial Repression” portfolio up for review this morning. If you are prevented from reading this blog post, register as a Guest (free) and wait for me to upgrade your Guest membership to Platinum. The blog is free to all readers. And now to the analysis of this portfolio that has been a […]
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