Home » Posts tagged 'currency' (Page 10)
Tag Archives: currency
Economic Collapse Logistics For The Government
Economic Collapse Logistics For The Government When a national currency collapses, the government goes into survival mode and does what is necessary to insure its continued existence. The state power becomes all important and citizens become expendable. The state exists for it’s own fulfillment. When the monetary system collapses along with the banks, the government will […]
Adam Trexler: A New Way to Hold Gold (2016 Update)
Adam Trexler: A New Way to Hold Gold (2016 Update) Right alongside the bills in your wallet What if you could carry and exchange gold in the exact same manner as you do with the dollar bills in your wallet? Two years ago, we introduced the precious metals community to a company called Valaurum, which […]
Japan Desperately Needs a Stronger Dollar, China Desperately Wants a Weaker Dollar: The Fed Can’t Please Both
Japan Desperately Needs a Stronger Dollar, China Desperately Wants a Weaker Dollar: The Fed Can’t Please Both The FX market is about to blow up in the Fed’s face, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Foreign exchange (FX) is a zero-sum game: if one currency weakens, another must strengthen. Since the value of a […]
Gold – The Best Defense Strategy
Gold – The Best Defense Strategy The War on Cash is on! If you are used to making visits to your bank to make your credit card payments, you may find this no longer an option in the future. Some banks are no longer accepting (or limiting their acceptance) of cash deposits. The war on […]
The Future of Money
The Future of Money The cartels and state organs are frantically trying to co-op, outlaw, corral or control this disruptive technology. To say that the future of money is blockchain-based crypto-currencies and payment platforms is to state the obvious nowadays. If this wasn’t the case, then why are Goldman Sachs et al. (i.e. the global too […]
The Pitfalls of Currency Manipulation – A History of Interventionist Failure
The Pitfalls of Currency Manipulation – A History of Interventionist Failure The G-20 and Policy Coordination Readers may recall that the last G20 pow-wow (see “The Gasbag Gabfest” for details) featured an uncharacteristic lack of grandiose announcements, a fact we welcomed with great relief. The previously announced “900 plans” which were supposedly going to create […]
Hugh Hendry: “If China Devalues By 20% The World Is Over, Everything Hits A Wall”
Hugh Hendry: “If China Devalues By 20% The World Is Over, Everything Hits A Wall” Once upon a time Hugh Hendry was one of the world’s most prominent financial skeptics, arguing with anyone who would listen that the status quo is doomed and that central planning will never work. Most famously, back in 2010 during a BBC […]
Presenting The Complete Global Currency Swirlogram
Presenting The Complete Global Currency Swirlogram In case you missed it, DM central banks are locked in a truly epic FX deathmatch. Sluggish growth and trade and the attendant global deflationary supply glut have left the world stuck in a nauseating, perpetual hangover from the financial crisis. Subpar inflation and disappointing growth have become the […]
New Rules for the Monetary Game
New Rules for the Monetary Game NEW DELHI – Our world is facing an increasingly dangerous situation. Both advanced and emerging economies need to grow in order to ease domestic political tensions. And yet few are. If governments respond by enacting policies that divert growth from other countries, this “beggar my neighbor” tactic will simply […]
Money is not a store of value. It is a claim upon value
Money is not a store of value. It is a claim upon value Note: This was originally published as a response to the Aeon Conversations piece ‘What is Money‘ Money is not a store of value. It is a claim upon value. This might sound like pedantic semantics, but it is crucially important, especially if you’re […]
2008 Revisited?
2008 Revisited? NEW YORK – The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession? My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global financial market turmoil is likely to be more serious than any period of volatility and […]
