The return to a gold exchange standard
This article makes the obvious point that a return to a gold standard is the only way nations can contain the interest cost of servicing deb...
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Trade wars – a catalyst for economic crisis
In my last article I used a proven accounting identity to show that the end result of President Trump’s trade tariffs would be to increase...
Crypto Credibility
Last Monday, there was a striking headline in the Daily Telegraph: “Russia looks to bitcoin to soften effects of US Sanctions”. The imme...
The Tragedy Of The Euro
After two decades, the euro’s minders look set to drive the Eurozone into deep trouble. December was the last month of the ECB’s monthly...
Markets are all about flows
This article looks at prospective supply and demand factors for financial assets in the New Year and beyond. Investors should take into acco...
Gold - A Perfect Storm For 2019
This article is an overview of the principal factors likely to drive the gold price in 2019. It looks at the global factors that have develo...
G20 and the financial war
This weekend, the G20 nations meet at Buenos Aires. The most important issue will be America’s use of trade policy, ostensibly to bring an...
Why interest rates are rising long-term
There are growing expectations that the current cycle of rising interest rates will result in a deflationary recession. While a credit crisi...
Jewelry Worth its Weight in Gold
Gold Gold has fascinated the human imagination from time immemorial. Since at least the advent of writing, humans and human cooperative sys...
China’s monetary policy must change
The next credit crisis poses a major challenge to China’s manufacturing-based economy, because higher global and yuan interest rates are b...