Jackson Hole Summit Makes Case for Sound Monetary PolicyI’ve just returned from the inaugural Jackson Hole Summit. The conference was held from August 27…
Central bankers embrace Negative interest rate warsCentral bankers embrace Negative interest rate warsDon't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain The…tacticalinvestor.com
Fiatcoin, redefining Banks and BankingMy weakly grounded assumption is that central banks will slowly adopt consensus ledger technology and that eventually physical cash will be fully replaced by cryptocurrencies. I have read several blog posts on the subject to educate myself, which have raised…
Understanding China’s Currency DevaluationEarly Tuesday, it was announced that China was devaluing their currency by 2%. The move has far reaching implications for the world economy. We first warned of the potential for currency wars on our blog back in December. But is that what is happening? To…
A Request to fellow Central Banking Conspiracy Fact Believers!Fellow Patriots > Respectfully, Can we present the issues of Central Banks, the FED, Debt…
Pakistan Payment Laws: Comedy of Errors & OmissionsHow SBP’s Payment Systems’ Department just got it all wrong when it comes to payments.
Must-Read: Adair Turner: Money, Banking and Financial Markets: The pre-crisis orthodoxy defined central banks…
US Swap Spreads Collapsed This YearUS swap spreads collapsed this year for several reasons including foreign central bank selling of treasuries, higher capital requirements for banks due to new banking regulations, capitulation of long spread positions by hedge funds, etc.
Monetary MadnessA Look Inside the World’s Biggest Pyramid Schemeby Robert BertellottiIntroductionIn late 2005, I bought gold for the first time in my life in the form of the Standard & Poor’s Spider Gold Shares ETF. I had previously…