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The Italian Banking Crisis: No Free Lunch – Or Is There?
The Italian Banking Crisis: No Free Lunch – Or Is There? It has been called “a bigger risk than Brexit”– the Italian banking crisis that could take down the eurozone. Handwringing officials say “there is no free lunch” and “no magic bullet.” But UK Prof. Richard Werner says the magic bullet is just being ignored. On […]
UBS Warns: Spain’s “Most Italian Bank” Runs Out of Options
UBS Warns: Spain’s “Most Italian Bank” Runs Out of Options The bank-bailout business rages on. During the first week of 2017, Spain’s “most Italian bank”, Banco Popular, got off to a flying start as its stock outperformed all other major Spanish banks. By Jan 5th its shares had even crossed the €1-line for the first […]
China Moves Forward with Its De-Dollarization Strategy
China Moves Forward with Its De-Dollarization Strategy The world monetary order is changing. Slowly but steadily, global trade and currency markets are becoming less dollar-centric. Formerly marginal currencies such as the Chinese yuan now stand to become serious competitors to U.S. dollar dominance. Could gold also begin to emerge as a leading currency in world […]
USD ready for a second leg higher – then what?
USD ready for a second leg higher – then what? One year ago we showed the following chart to explain the relative strong dollar that was on everyone’s mind at the time. With a second leg higher in the US dollar imminent, this particular chart will be more important than ever. Claims to dollars, such as demand […]
A History of Fractional Reserve Banking–Or Why Interest Rates Are the Most Important Influence on Stock Market Valuations? Part 1
A HISTORY OF FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING – OR WHY INTEREST RATES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON STOCK MARKET VALUATIONS? PART 1 William Hogarth – The South Sea Bubble The South Sea Company was founded in 1711. The company was part of the treaty during the War of Spanish Succession, which was traded in return […]
How Much Longer Will Investors Trust the Central Banks?
How Much Longer Will Investors Trust the Central Banks? There is no simple, painless solution. The world has to reduce debt, shrink the financial part of the economy, and change the destructive incentive structures in finance. Individuals in developed countries have to save more and spend less. Companies have to go back to real engineering. […]
The Bank For International Settlements Warns That A Major Debt Meltdown In China Is Imminent
The Bank For International Settlements Warns That A Major Debt Meltdown In China Is Imminent The pinnacle of the global financial system is warning that conditions are right for a “full-blown banking crisis” in China. Since the last financial crisis, there has been a credit boom in China that is really unprecedented in world history. […]
Monte Paschi Rescue On The Rocks: Regulators Now “Expect Bank To Ask Italy For Bailout”
Monte Paschi Rescue On The Rocks: Regulators Now “Expect Bank To Ask Italy For Bailout” Ever since two months ago, when Italy’s third largest bank – and the world’s oldest – Sienna’s Monte dei Paschi, failed Europe’s latest stress test, it had scrambled, and assured markets, that it would obtain a private sector cash injection, […]
Major Problems Announced At One Of The Largest Too Big To Fail Banks In The United States
Major Problems Announced At One Of The Largest Too Big To Fail Banks In The United States Do you remember when our politicians promised to do something about the “too big to fail” banks? Well, they didn’t, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. On Thursday, it was announced that one of those […]
Deutsche Bank’s CoCo Bonds Speak of Fear of the Worst
Deutsche Bank’s CoCo Bonds Speak of Fear of the Worst The fine that broke the bank? Deutsche Bank investors just can’t catch a break. They keep thinking that shares have dropped so low that it’s time to grab them. Herd instinct sets in, and this buying perks up the shares. Then the bank’s sins once again […]
Major Problems Announced At One Of The Largest Too Big To Fail Banks In The United States
Major Problems Announced At One Of The Largest Too Big To Fail Banks In The United States Do you remember when our politicians promised to do something about the “too big to fail” banks? Well, they didn’t, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. On Thursday, it was announced that one of those […]
Hamilton’s Curse (Reprised)
HAMILTON’S CURSE (REPRISED) The following article is (after very light editing) something your author wrote early in October of 2008, when the padlocks on the Lehman office building doors were still swinging. The reader will, he hopes, find that most of the presentiments expressed and the analysis submitted sadly turned out to be more accurate than otherwise. It […]
Is Europe In Trouble Again: Hints Of Portuguese, Italian Bank Bailouts Suggest Not All Is Well
Is Europe In Trouble Again: Hints Of Portuguese, Italian Bank Bailouts Suggest Not All Is Well In the aftermath of Germany refusal to allow Italy to breach Eurozone regulations, and provide its banks with up to €40 billion in new capital, Italy has unveiled a new track to handle its insolvent banks and as Reuters reports, the […]
