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“But, it’s not backed by anything?”
“But, it’s not backed by anything?” One of the most common arguments against Bitcoin is that it is not backed by anything. That it’s price is just speculation. But what does it mean for an asset or a currency to be backed by something in the first place? To find this out, we first need […]
World’s Largest Asset Manager Warns: The Dollar’s Days As Global Reserve Currency Are Numbered
World’s Largest Asset Manager Warns: The Dollar’s Days As Global Reserve Currency Are Numbered Have BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Russian President Vladimir Putin been comparing notes? In comments that sound eerily similar to a warning issued by Putin, who warned during a speech last month that the US risked undermining the dollar’s reserve currency […]
The Untouchable US-Saudi Relation Is a Core Element of US Imperialism
The Untouchable US-Saudi Relation Is a Core Element of US Imperialism In the last few weeks, numerous articles and analyses have been produced relating to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. However, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States has not been questioned, and the reason for this has not […]
Three Events That Could Change The Face Of America
Three Events That Could Change The Face Of America The past year in general has been a firestorm of news events, many of them misrepresented by the mainstream media but nevertheless important signals that the economic, social and geopolitical systems we are familiar with are changing or destabilizing rapidly. It is important to understand, however, […]
India Calls Trump’s Bluff, Will Pay For Russian S-400s In Rubles
India Calls Trump’s Bluff, Will Pay For Russian S-400s In Rubles After facing down US threats of possible economic sanctions should it follow through with its plans to purchase nearly $5.4 billion in Russian S-400 anti-ballistic missile systems, India has successfully called the US’s bluff. After India stood its ground and insisted on moving ahead […]
Emerging Markets Face a New Problem as Trillions in Bonds Mature – and Soon
Emerging Markets Face a New Problem as Trillions in Bonds Mature – and Soon The U.S. dollar continues being the single most important factor for the Emerging Markets. And as the dollar keeps getting stronger – it will continue crippling them. “But isn’t a strong dollar supposed to be better for Emerging Markets by making […]
“The Central Bank Will Intervene”: PBOC Said To Sell Reserves If Yuan Drops Below 7.00
“The Central Bank Will Intervene”: PBOC Said To Sell Reserves If Yuan Drops Below 7.00 According to the latest data from China’s SAFE, net FX outflows from China picked up to US$21BN in September (vs. US$11BN in August) and the highest since mid-2017 with Goldman noting that “outflow might have increased moderately further in October, but […]
Peter Schiff: The Dollar And American Standard Of Living Will Be ‘Biggest Casualties’
Peter Schiff: The Dollar And American Standard Of Living Will Be ‘Biggest Casualties’ The United States economy is about to crash and it will take the dollar and the American standard of living with it. Peter Schiff, who currently serves as the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, says it is time to prepare for the global […]
Savings–Not Tariffs Will Make America Great Again
Savings–Not Tariffs Will Make America Great Again While the farcical Kavanaugh confirmation hearings dominated the news cycle for the past couple of weeks, little mention was made of a disturbing economic headline – the August US trade deficit. Despite all the bluster from the Trump Administration about “winning trade wars” and “trade wars are easy,” […]
The Global Dollar Shortage is Here – And It’s Becoming A Big Problem
The Global Dollar Shortage is Here – And It’s Becoming A Big Problem Another week and another signal flashing red to deal with. . . The credit market – in my opinion – is indicating an inevitable ‘crunch’ coming up. And even worse – we’re seeing the global dollar shortage deepening. Many readers know I […]
Has China Finally Lifted its Thumb off of Gold?
Has China Finally Lifted its Thumb off of Gold? There’s a lot of talk about the Yuan price of gold falling out of a price suppression channel. Both Zerohedge and Nomura have weighed in on this. The Yuan price of gold surged overnight to above CNY 8500 per ounce which is a major breakdown But […]
Spanish Yields Blow Out Amid Italy Contagion As Italian Banks Scramble For Dollar Funding
Spanish Yields Blow Out Amid Italy Contagion As Italian Banks Scramble For Dollar Funding Contagion from the recent surge in Italian yields has spread, and is hitting Spanish 10Y yields which over the past 3 days have blown out from 1.65% to as high as 1.82% this morning, before paring some of the move, printing […]
Russia And China Prepare To Ditch Dollar In Bilateral Trade
Russia And China Prepare To Ditch Dollar In Bilateral Trade In a time when many nations have gone public with their intention to ditch the dollar in part or in whole, in bilateral trade with non-US counterparts, either to prevent the US from having “veto power” of commerce courtesy of SWIFT or simply in response […]
Dollar Libor Jumps To Fresh 10 Year High, Adding To Funding Headwinds
Dollar Libor Jumps To Fresh 10 Year High, Adding To Funding Headwinds It may be the bete noir of the credit market, but despite the gradual phase out of the infamous manipulated benchmark, Libor remains the reference rate for trillions in floating rate debt instruments, and in a further indication that monetary conditions are tightening […]
Is the Greatest Bull Market Ever Finally Ending? (Hint: Follow the Money)
Is the Greatest Bull Market Ever Finally Ending? (Hint: Follow the Money) The key here is the gains generated by owning US-denominated assets as the USD appreciates. Is the Greatest Bull Market Ever finally ending? One straightforward approach to is to follow the money, i.e. global capital flows: assets that attract positive global capital flows […]
