Tag: renminbi

Security
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Q&A: Is China About to Impose Capital Controls?

Let’s look at a couple of questions from the readers today, shall we? Hi Chris, I love your sharing of thoughts. Really insightful and though you may not realise it, you’ve helped me a lot. I’m an entrepreneur running flat out. I’m juggling so many things, some inevitably fall through

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Greece Flag
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

While the World Watches Greece THIS is Happening

Watching the ongoing Greek saga unfold is enough to make a blind man grimace. Capital controls which could be seen coming down the track like a freight train are but one more notch on the disaster stick called European Monetary Union. Why talk of Greek debt negotiations is even taking

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Soap Bubble
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

The Anatomy of a Carry Trade Bubble

Last week I discussed some very important things, not the least of which was how to get rock hard abs. Equally as important is how asymmetry builds in nature and in financial markets. Today I wanted to continue the discussion. A question posed by a reader prompted me to think about

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The Market is Simply NOT Expecting This to Happen

To succeed in investing you essentially have to beat the majority of other investors. This will not be achieved by thinking like everyone else. You will have to think and act differently to everyone else. How do most people think when it comes to trading, or at least what do

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This WILL Happen!

All pegs break! Capital flows have shifted. They are heading from the periphery back to the core. It’s a rotten core but it’s the only core we have. That core for the time being is the greenback. It is happening in fits and starts but across almost every currency cross

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When Volatility and Debt Collide

A question to begin today’s discussion… Which is riskier: corporate or public debt? If I lend $1,000 to my neighbour and take his bicycle worth $1,000 as collateral, which is what pawn brokers do, I have a quantifiable risk. I also have collateral which I can trust. I can see, feel

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