Category: Financial Markets

The Next Big Score…?

To want to own gold can be a strange and terrible affliction. What incites such an urge in the otherwise sensible and rational investor? Why do we listen as the would be “gold guru” in his poorly fitting suit, hair slicked back in a twirl of pomade, climbs to the

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Think Macro Doesn’t Matter Anymore? Think Again!

Let me explain… It was late 90’s and I, wet behind the ears, had subscribed to a financial newsletter. It was kinda a big deal for me as I was just a kid, but more importantly broke, figuring out how to feed and house myself and pay for my uni

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The Biggest Monetary Experiments In History: Part 2

In part one we discussed the troubling issues in Europe (in case you missed it, you can read it here). Today… Japan The story of Japan is really a story that begins with globalisation. According to the Oxford Dictionary, globalisation is described as: “The process by which businesses or other

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

The Biggest Monetary Experiments in History: Part 1

… and all at the same time. Last week was a humdinger. Three things happened: One Firstly, our pasta-eating friends, after having experienced firsthand a blizzard of accelerating violent crime… and watching their previously gentrified neighbourhoods reconfigured into ghettos resembling the Maghreb, decided enough was enough and said “non piu”. Italy

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Resources, You Say? Whyfore?

Today I’m sharing a question from a subscriber: Chris, Love your work and it’s been making me money but your case for the new service with Jamie focussed on private placements in resources is hard for me to digest. I used to follow (name redacted) as well as a few

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When Hero Worship Is Taken Seriously

Hero worship. It’s a mental illness, and it’s come knocking on Elon Musk’s door. There are online groups numbering in the tens of thousands dedicated solely to posting Musk material: what he’s wearing, saying, where and when he’s defecating. There have been others before him that have gathered worshipers. He’s

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Lie-Bor: Pitchforkers Rejoice

There’s a bit of a hullabaloo going on at the moment about LIBOR. And in truth, it is a pretty big deal. Yes, even bigger than whether or not Stormy Daniels got jiggetty with an old guy wearing a wig. And get this… even bigger than Kanye’s man-love for the same

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

The USD: A Collapsing Star… And A Journey To Hell

No. I mean, yes. Yes, it’s going to run. No, it’s not going to survive. The dollar, that is. Let me explain… Here’s a supernova, an imploding star. It’s a curious thing. As it collapses and dies it sucks in EVERYTHING, burning the brightest it’ll ever burn. In our global

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