Welcome to a very brief overview of the recent performance in the markets. The essentials are captured in the table below and each week we will show a chart of interest. Last week’s gold price shot up in the wake of the announcement from the Federal Reserve Board in the United States (I.e. the U.S. […]
No place to hide from the biggest bubble burst yet!
The current economic growth experienced around the globe is expected to come to an end, as all economic upswings do. No one should ignore the risk that this bubble will burst, as is evident from the past. Some economists are predicting a recession by the end of 2020. In the event of the “bursting of […]
The story of the central bank
A central bank is the term given to the authority responsible for policies that affect a country’s supply of money and credit. The story of the central bank goes back to the seventeenth century during these early years the central banks helped fund the government’s debt and primary focus was to stabilize and control the […]
Distortions are all over the markets again – shows so many in the market really lack the conviction of their statements — FIU
And the risk markets are always hoping for Central Banks to intervene and to bail them out. This continues to look like a pyramid scheme. The latest optimism comes today from a Chinese press report suggesting that the Chinese will cut the Reserve Requirement Ratio in the coming weeks, ahead of most analysts expectations. It […]
Risk markets are betting all on Central Bank Liquidity Stimulus — FIU
The very weak US Employment data from Friday is being used as a reason to expect QE3 to be announced at the next FOMC meeting June 20th. Tonight’s Fed Beige Book will give us a better idea of the economic data that the Fed will be seeing, but yesterday two Fed governors , Bullard and […]