The upside to a self-destructive attitude that "bad things are gonna happen" is that you'll eventually and periodically be right.
Sure! Here ya go. http://futures.tradingcharts.com/charts/RCM.GIF Wow! Looks a whole lot different! Wait...no it doesn't. And your US Dollar chart, as requested. So the argument against is better bolstered by you showing up to say "krugman and ricter are right"? Listen, Johnny-Come-Lately, this argument has been put forth by me ad nauseum on this forum. I'll see if I can go back and find some of the threads on it, but next time, do your own research.
From this thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=254330&highlight=commodities That thread is where I beat Ricter over the head with the data the first time. It was a fun romp where he told me that atticus schooled me, but has yet to show where that happened.
I wasn't sure it was atticus, doesn't matter who it was. Your chart nicely reflects the world's economic recovery.
Here was another thread where we discuss Cost-Push inflation. And in the first post it is the Fed admitting it is responsible for a good portion of inflation. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=245904&highlight=commodities
Wait a minute. In one post you say there is no inflation, and now you're saying that there is inflation. There is inflation. We can argue about who/what is causing it, but there is inflation, and it's much greater than what the government numbers show. The Fed is not 100% of the cause, but if you take out their activity...let's just say we ain't where we're at. It's a manipulated economy and market. That's really nothing new, it's just a matter of degree, which is now off the charts.
So the world's economic "recovery" (the recovery that hides from all data) just happened to take a break during the exact times QE expired?
Arguing with Ricter is like arguing with a brick wall. Unless you brought a sledge hammer, you're not going to have a breakthrough.