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A digital euro
November 19th, 2020
The ECB, as guardian of the euro, provides currency in two forms: we issue banknotes and we transfer electronic deposits to banks and other financial institutions. Digitalisation has spread to every corner of our lives and transformed how we ...
Brexit: What’s happening and what comes next?
November 18th, 2020
It’s been a hectic year in news, with the coronavirus pandemic and the US presidential election dominating the headlines. Brexit deadlines have come and gone, but now it’s fair to say crunch time is fast approaching for the UK’s ...
The monetary logic for gold and silver
November 17th, 2020
A considered reflection of current events leads to only one conclusion, and that is accelerating inflation of the dollar’s money supply is firmly on the path to destroying the dollar’s purchasing power — completely. This article looks at ...
European stocks pulled back Tuesday
October 27th, 2020
European stocks pulled back Tuesday morning amid a choppy start to trading, as investors continued to monitor the rapid spread of coronavirus across the continent and digested a fresh round of major corporate earnings. The pan-European Stoxx 600 slipped ...
The destruction of the euro
October 26th, 2020
The Eurozone is bust. The deterioration of TARGET2 imbalances have been hardly noticed, but in recent months it has been alarming. Despite official denials over the years that it is a matter of concern, it is increasingly obvious ...
The Four D’s that define the future
September 28th, 2020
When the money runs out or loses its purchasing power, all sorts of complexity that were previously viewed as essential crumble to dust. Four D’s will define 2020-2025: derealization, denormalization, decomplexification and decoherence. That’s a lot of D’s. ...
China is killing the dollar
September 23rd, 2020
In the wake of the Fed’s promise of 23 March to print money without limit in order to rescue the covid-stricken US economy, China changed its policy of importing industrial materials to a more aggressive stance. In examining ...
Interactive Brokers LLC to pay more than $12 million for AML and Supervision violations
August 17th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed and simultaneously settled charges against Interactive Brokers LLC, a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ handling of several commodity trading accounts and failing ...
Explaining the credit cycle
July 24th, 2020
This article summarises why the credit cycle leads to alternate booms and slumps. It is only with this in mind that they can be properly understood as current economic conditions evolve. The reader is taken through three monetary ...
iSignthis released a letter to Shareholders – Update
June 17th, 2020
Below is a letter to Shareholders – Update as it was released by iSignthis: Dear Stakeholder Today the ASX released yet another one side letter, without allowing the Company to tell its side of the story. The Company has complied ...