Corrupt or Just Stupid? Markets Hand Corporations an Unlimited Credit Card

by John Rubino
Dollar Collapse

In the sound money community it’s generally understood that abandoning the last vestige of the gold standard in 1971 gave major countries effectively-unlimited credit cards – which corrupted them irredeemably.

Now – with government bonds yielding either next to or less than nothing – that corruption has begun to spread to corporations, whose bonds are being snapped up by yield-deprived investors. For example:

Japan stock investors learn to love corporate debt

(Nikkei) — A shift is taking place in the Japanese stock market. Companies that take risks rather than playing it safe and transform themselves to seize growth opportunities are the new darlings among investors.

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