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This Is How They Fool Us, China Edition

20/04/2016(0)
      So it seems that China’s economy, caught in the grip of a credit crisis just a few months ago, is all better. And so, by extension, ... Read More
germany gold

Is Deutsche Bank’s Gold Manipulation The Main Scam Or Just A Side-Show?

18/04/2016(0)
For years now, the easiest way to finesse a debate over whether precious metals markets are manipulated has been to say, “well, if they’re not manipulated they’re the only ... Read More
Bull Market Graph

The Rats Keep Pressing The Bar: Two Amazing Stories, One Inevitable Result

17/03/2016(0)
Anyone who doubts that the global financial system has run out of (good new) ideas has only to track the recent words and deeds of central bankers and mainstream ... Read More
Central Banks

This Is Really Bad For Banks

04/02/2016(0)
Once upon a time, falling interest rates were great for banks. A lower cost of capital gave lenders access to cheap raw material while causing borrowers to clamber for ... Read More
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Welcome To The Currency War, Part 21: Japan Goes Negative; US To Return Fire In 2016

01/02/2016(0)
Well that didn’t take long. Two weeks of falling share prices and the European and Japanese central banks caved. First the ECB promised new stimulus — which the markets ... Read More
hedge funds

Hedge Funds Keep Losing — And Closing — And Why It Matters

04/01/2016(2)
Unmanageable Money, Part 2: Hedge Funds Keep Losing — And Closing — And Why It Matters How do you make money in a world where history is meaningless? The ... Read More
gold bars

This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, Canadian Edition

28/12/2015(0)
Along with the currencies of most other commodity-exporting countries, the Canadian dollar has been in near-freefall lately. Gold, meanwhile, has been sucked down with the rest of the commodities ... Read More
money--dollars

Money Is Becoming Unmanageable: Hedge Funds Post Losses, Face Outflows

03/12/2015(0)
      Some of the money managers who made names (and billions of dollars) for themselves in the past decade are suddenly failing: ” Hedge Funds Brace for ... Read More
currencies

Welcome To The Currency War, Part 20: Corporate Profits Head South, Stock Prices To Follow?

26/11/2015(0)
  A too-strong currency is, in theory, supposed to make it harder to sell things to cheap-currency countries, thus crimping corporate profits and by implication pretty much everything else. ... Read More
world-euro-notes

Is Anybody Okay Out There?

20/11/2015(0)
In normal times, the world’s major economies are a mixed bag. Some are up, some are down, some are placid, some are in crisis. It’s only at the boom/bust ... Read More
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