Why did Japanese NIRP cause such surprise in the currency market and is it more dangerous?
byThe Bank of Japan announcement of NIRP sent shock waves through currency markets The Yen has strengthened on capital repatriation since the BoJ move…
Economics
Interview with Dr Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
byDr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the…
Shorting the yuan is dangerous
byLast Sunday (31 January) Zero Hedge ran an article drawing attention to the big names in the hedge fund community who are betting heavily…
Zero Hedge: This Could Be A Problem: China’s Debt-To-GDP Rises To A Gargantuan 346%
bySource: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-28/could-be-problem-chinas-debt-gdp-rises-gargantuan-346 In early 2015, after years of China’s massive debt pile being roundly ignored by most so-called experts (despite being profiled here many years…
Oil a load of nonsense
by“The media select, they interpret, they emotionalize and they create facts.. The media not only reduce reality by lowering information density. They focus reality…
Out of the mouths of babes….
byParents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of…
The Bull Market in Stocks May Be Done
byIt has come to my attention that, perhaps, the great stock bull market is done. To most people, a bull market is good, and…
Bear necessities
by“At first sign of crisis, the ignorant don’t panic because they don’t know what’s going on. Then later they panic precisely because they don’t…
Life finds a way
by“The snag for them is that it happened on Monday. And all the official pronouncements in the State media were: “Well, it’s a blip….
History repeats
by“The proper behaviour all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk…