Search Results for: central banks
When Authorities “Own” the Market, The System Breaks Down: Here’s Why
July 28th, 2015
Central planning asset purchases aimed at propping up prices destroy the essential price discovery needed by private investors. Panicked by the possibility of declines that undermine the official narrative that all is well, authorities the world over are purchasing ...
Is it all over for Gold?
July 28th, 2015
With prices at five-year lows, Annabelle Williams asks whether the precious metal is truly hammered The Gold price has been hammered in the last few weeks, leaving the precious metal at the lowest prices for five years. Gold took ...
The alpha and beta of smart investing in troubled times
July 28th, 2015
With better returns than passive funds at a lower cost than actively managed funds, smart beta vehicles are increasingly available and becoming more popular Even in normal times, individual and institutional investors alike have a hard time figuring out ...
Does A Commodities Crash Mean Global Depression, Mass-Devaluation Or Both?
July 22nd, 2015
First, precious metals peaked and began drifting lower. Then copper fell, oil plunged and it became obvious that these weren’t isolated events. The entire commodities complex — that is, all the physical inputs a modern economy uses to power, ...
Investors Flee Commodities
July 21st, 2015
The prices of raw materials from oil and gold to copper, cotton and sugar tumbled, underscoring an increasing aversion to commodity investments as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. ...
The Bankruptcy Of The Planet Accelerates – 24 Nations Are Currently Facing A Debt Crisis
July 17th, 2015
There has been so much attention on Greece in recent weeks, but the truth is that Greece represents only a very tiny fraction of an unprecedented global debt bomb which threatens to explode at any moment. As you are ...
China’s unravelling: Will it devalue the yuan next?
July 17th, 2015
China is grasping at policy measures to shore up its economy CHINA could be gearing up to join the global currency wars by devaluing the renminbi. So far this year more than 30 central banks from all over the ...
The Neo-Marxist Threat to National Economies
July 10th, 2015
The theatricals and melodrama of the current Greek crisis mask a far more serious issue than mere political entertainment. The self-created sequence of threats to Greece i.e. sovereign debt default, bankruptcy, Eurozone exit and relegation to the status of ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
July 7th, 2015
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but some key commodity prices are much lower than a year ago. This ...
Codename Citicoin: Banking giant built three internal blockchains to test Bitcoin technology
July 3rd, 2015
Citigroup, the global advisor of multi-nationals and governments, has been using its scale and reach in some surprising ways, such as conducting transactions on mobiles without bank accounts in Kenya, and developing blockchains within the bank and test-coins to ...
