Home » Posts tagged 'blackrock'
Tag Archives: blackrock
BlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimistic
BlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimistic The world’s largest asset manager has forecast systemic economic chaos. The reality is even worse BlackRock predicts a lasting fall in living standards for the many, alongside huge profits for the few | Maureen McLean/Alamy Live News The working assumption, for governments and central banks across the […]
BlackRock: Prepare For Recession “Unlike Any Other”… And What Worked Before “Won’t Work Now”
BlackRock: Prepare For Recession “Unlike Any Other”… And What Worked Before “Won’t Work Now” The world’s largest investment manager has gone all in – and says a global recession is right around the corner. What’s more, the financial tricks deployed by Central Banks in the past ‘won’t work this time.’ According to BlackRock, the global […]
Unbeknown to Most, A Financial Revolution Is Coming That Threatens to Change Everything (And Not for the Better)
Unbeknown to Most, A Financial Revolution Is Coming That Threatens to Change Everything (And Not for the Better) Given how much is at stake, this financial revolution is among the most important questions today’s societies could possibly grapple with. It should be under discussion in every parliament of every land, and every dinner table in […]
2021 Year in Review: Crisis of Authority and the Age of Narratives
2021 Year in Review: Crisis of Authority and the Age of Narratives Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year is no exception. Poignant and delightfully acerbic when necessary, considering the troubling times. As with past years, he selected Peak Prosperity […]
The Fed’s Visible Hand: Powell Buys $305 Million In ETFs In Two Days
The Fed’s Visible Hand: Powell Buys $305 Million In ETFs In Two Days On Tuesday, the US officially crossed over into some bizarro version of a crony, centrally-planned mandated pricing model that is anything but a market when the Fed started buying corporate bond ETFs for the first time ever. Then, moments ago in its […]
Fourth Turning Accelerating Towards Climax
FOURTH TURNING ACCELERATING TOWARDS CLIMAX “At some point, America’s short-term Crisis psychology will catch up to the long-term post-Unraveling fundamentals. This might result in a Great Devaluation, a severe drop in the market price of most financial and real assets. This devaluation could be a short but horrific panic, a free-falling price in a market […]
OPINION: Foxes in the henhouse – Who decides where bailout money goes?
OPINION: Foxes in the henhouse – Who decides where bailout money goes? In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, trillions of bailout dollars in the U.S. and Canada are about to be fire hosed into particular areas of the economy. Given that this is public money held by governments, who decides where and to whom […]
Amazon Chaos: “BlackRock Is Literally Reaping Profits As The World’s Jungles Burn”
Amazon Chaos: “BlackRock Is Literally Reaping Profits As The World’s Jungles Burn” According to a new report from the Friends of the Earth U.S.; Amazon Watch; and Profundo, Larry Fink’s BlackRock Inc is one of the top investors in companies “responsible for tropical forest destruction in the Amazon and around the world.” The report called BlackRock’s Big […]
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 […]
BlackRock Warns Geopolitical Risk Is Highest Since 2014’s Crimea Invasion
BlackRock Warns Geopolitical Risk Is Highest Since 2014’s Crimea Invasion Rising geopolitical risk is not automatically bad news for risk assets, but, as Richard Turnill explains, BlackRock believes a new U.S. approach to trade bears watching. The economy is expanding, equities are at new highs, and markets appear calm. What is there to worry about? […]
The Geopolitical Implications Of Renewable Energy
The Geopolitical Implications Of Renewable Energy An October report from BlackRock (BLK)—the world’s largest publicly traded investment management firm—wisely states, “markets are calm but geopolitics are anything but.” Wind and solar energy—two leading renewable energy options—could possibly become a dangerous part of an energy mix as the world continues on a downward geopolitical slope. Both […]
These Are The Top Geopolitical Risks According To The World’s Largest Asset Manager
These Are The Top Geopolitical Risks According To The World’s Largest Asset Manager Like many others, the world‘s largest money manager with $5.9 trillion in (ETF) investments, BlackRock, is not too worried about a market which no matter what, promptly rebounds from any and every selloff, and seems to close at all time highs day […]
It’s Time We Talked About Our Owners
It’s Time We Talked About Our Owners How vast asset managers impact “our increasingly cartelized economy.” The world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, was splashed across the front pages of the Spanish financial news yesterday. The firm had just raised raised its stake in Spain’s telecoms giant Telefónica to 336 million shares — the equivalent of 6.7% of […]
The “Terrifying Prospect” Of A Triumph Of Politics Over Economics
The “Terrifying Prospect” Of A Triumph Of Politics Over Economics The Triumph of Politics All of life’s odds aren’t 3:2, but that’s how you’re supposed to bet, or so they say. They are not saying that so much anymore, or saying that history rhymes, or that nothing’s new under the sun. More and more theys seem […]
BlackRock Suspends ETF Issuance Due To “Surging Demand For Gold”
BlackRock Suspends ETF Issuance Due To “Surging Demand For Gold” BlackRock’s Gold ETF (IAU) has seen fund inflows every day in 2016 (no outflows at all) and with the stock trading above its NAV for most of the year, the world’s largest asset manager has made a significant decision: *BLACKROCK SAYS ISSUANCE OF GOLD TRUST […]
