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Villains or Visionaries? Hedge Funds Short Companies They Say 'Greenwash'Dec 16, 2019 - 12:30:32 PST
Tens of trillions of global investment dollars are pouring into companies touting robust environmental, social and governance credentials. Now short-sellers spy an opportunity.
History shows that when central banks print money and use that to purchase their government’s debt (as the Fed is doing once again, a process known as debt monetizing), it creates a temporary boom, but the payback is often painful.
China and Europe have been promoting their currencies as substitutes for the dollar in the face of expanding U.S. sanctions and protectionist trade policies.
There is no inflation, folks. This is what the Fed been telling us for some time now. And the CPI figures, on aggregate, say the same.
This chart shows that the spread between the average credit card rate and the three-month U.S. T-bill yield hit 15.08 in July, surpassing the peak level in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Market Witching, Currencies, Options Expiration & Every Reason In The World To Hold Gold & SilverDecember 16, 2019
Silvers Options Board still has some interesting points to look over...
There are many falsehoods being perpetuated these days when it comes to money, financial markets, and the economy. But when you cut the chaff, three related facts remain: Uncle Sam needs your money. He needs a lot of your money. And he needs it bad!
... just as foreign demand for US Treasurys is shrinking for the 4th year in a row.
The country’s in the midst of a savings crisis as families use every penny to cover rising home costs, nosebleed student loan debt and everything in between....
Greece proposes “war on cash”, forcing citizens to spend at least 30 percent of their income electronically
The BLS reports once again that inflation is tame. Reality depends on your needs.
Paypal co-founder Max Levchin says United States runs the risk of losing if it doesn't digitize the dollar
El-Erian, the Allianz chief economic advisor says he doesn't think the phase one trade agreement is the first step to a long-term cooling in U.S.-China relations.
The US and China have agreed, verbally, to phase 1 of a trade deal, but it's basically a "nothingburger". Harvey explains that and more in today's update...
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
Since the turn of the millennium there have been two global bank credit crises: the first was the deflation of the dot-com bubble in 2001–2, and the second the 2008–9 financial crisis that wiped out Lehman Brothers.
Mises's policy advice was instrumental in helping to stop hyperinflation in Austria in 1922. In his Memoirs, however, he expressed the view that his instruction — halting the printing press — was heeded too late.
What might happen if the European Union stopped using the euro or if the entire eurozone dissolved back into pre-EU nationalism?
Slowing To Persist Into 2020 . "There are scant signs of any imminent improvement."
Rarely has failure been celebrated so much. But it is of little wonder after all, as all asset classes rose in 2019 in spite of slowing growth and flat to declining earnings. In religious debates t…