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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 ...
Inflation, deflation and other fallacies
September 15th, 2020
There can be little doubt that macroeconomic policies are failing around the world. The fallacies being exposed are so entrenched that there are bound to be twists and turns yet to come. This article explains the fallacies behind ...
FCA publicly censures former Worldspreads CEO for market misconduct
September 14th, 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Final Notice in respect of Conor Foley, the former Chief Executive Officer of Worldspreads, publicly censuring him for market abuse and banning him from performing any roles linked to regulated activity. The ...
A critique of modern socialism
September 2nd, 2020
Socialism has moved on from the Marxist version of the state owning the means of production to one whereby production remains in the hands of individuals but are heavily regulated — echoing Mussolini’s fascist-socialist model. But after nearly ...
Will a weak dollar bail out emerging markets? Nope
August 24th, 2020
Back in the simpler days of 2019, there was this (now completely forgotten) impending crisis in which emerging market countries’ dollar-denominated debt was going to blow up their – and by extension the rest of the world’s – economies. ...
An unexpected systemic crisis is for sure
August 18th, 2020
Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone’s focus on the coronavirus, is unexpected. We can now identify 23 March as the date ...
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 ...
Gold at $2k+. So why the fuss?
August 10th, 2020
There appears to be no way out for the bullion banks deteriorating $53bn short gold futures positions ($38bn net) on Comex. An earlier attempt between January and March to regain control over paper gold markets has backfired on ...
The Eurozone’s financial disintegration
July 31st, 2020
Introduction The Euro Crisis Monitor (above) shows the increasing imbalances in the TARGET2 settlement system between all its members: the ECB (itself with a €145bn deficit) and the national central banks in the Eurozone. Other than minor differences reflecting ...
The pound’s future in a dollar collapse
July 28th, 2020
In recent articles for Goldmoney I have pointed out the dollar’s vulnerability to a final collapse in its purchasing power. This article focuses on the factors that will determine the future for sterling. Sterling is exceptionally vulnerable to ...