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Casting off the EU millstone
August 7th, 2019
In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, tax and monetary policies to secure a better future based ...
Why China should remove all trade tariffs
December 10th, 2018
I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to ...
G20 and the financial war
December 6th, 2018
Introduction President Trump initiated the trade war with China. There is a widespread assumption he is pursuing his “art of the deal”, coming into negotiations aggressively to get a satisfactory compromise. Therefore, the script goes, China will be ...
Prices When Gold Is Money
November 9th, 2018
We are getting ahead of ourselves here. Gold does not circulate as money – yet. It might never do so. Perhaps the end of government currency, fiat money imposed on us by government laws, may never be replaced ...
The biggest of big pictures
October 26th, 2018
I have had a request from Mrs Macleod to write down in simple terms what on earth is going on in the world, and why is it that I think gold is so important in this context. She-who-must-be-obeyed ...
Cryptominers dreaming of rebound after price crash
August 27th, 2018
Surrounded by the cryptocurrency mining “rig” that is taking over his bedroom, “Ali” lays bare the risks of his trade, revealing his profits “are a tenth of what they were”. Prices of cryptocurrencies have plunged since the heady heights ...
Oil, the petrodollar, and the next emerging market crisis
June 21st, 2018
Oil prices are up over the past year, which is bad if you’re, say, a developing country that imports a lot of the stuff. But the US dollar (aka the petrodollar) is also up, which compounds the problem because ...
At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with an attack
June 8th, 2018
Monacoin, bitcoin gold, zencash, verge and now, litecoin cash. At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with an attack that used to be more theoretical than actual, all in the last month. In each case, attackers have been ...
Oil steady as U.S. drilling tempers bullish sentiment
April 23rd, 2018
Oil prices were steady on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in American output, marking one of the few factors tamping back crude in an otherwise bullish environment. Brent crude oil futures were at ...
Dollar drops as yen Rises; The euro climbed 0.1 percent
January 24th, 2018
Dollar drops as yen rises, while Asia’s blazing stock rally took a pause on Wednesday as investors took stock of the best start to a year for the region since 2006. A strengthening yen hit Japanese shares, and a ...
