Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
While the futures action is relatively calm this morning, I will take some time to share 3 charts which tell an important story. The first is the chart of total world trade volume: It’s interesting to note that world trade … Continued
Here’s the quick take on gold via Morgan Stanley: Clearly a bearish view on gold from MS, also not a very deep view either. This is a classic example of what Howard Marks calls “first level thinking”. All … Continued
The only story that matters across global financial markets right now is the parabolic ascent of the US dollar: The implications of what ‘excessive’ US dollar strength could lead to across global financial markets has created a recent environment … Continued
Lets face it, nobody is bullish on the euro, nobody! Even ECB President Mario Draghi probably has a secret short position in the EUR/USD in order to hedge his euro exposure from his salary at the ECB. If the following … Continued
It’s official, the two largest economic zones have moved into deflation and the trend isn’t indicating that things are going to change anytime soon: The euro area deflationary trend has been fairly steady, whereas, the US has seen … Continued
This is a question people have begun asking themselves this week. Previously the thought of a Greek exit from the eurozone brought about images of bank runs, stock market crashes, and other euro area members leaving the common currency. However, … Continued
Regardless of how one would like to look at things, the eurozone and ECB are driving the global markets bus for the time being. The ECB took the bold step of launching a $1 trillion+ quantitative easing program last month … Continued
During January the GLD exchange traded fund experienced the largest monthly increase in its gold holdings since summer 2012: The August/September 2012 GLD inflows had a lot to do with the Federal Reserve’s ‘QE3’ announcement which occurred on September 13th, 2012. … Continued
This chart speaks volumes: A striking chart which seemingly shows the effectiveness of the FED’s extraordinary stimulus measures which began in early 2009 as opposed to the ineffectiveness of the ECB’s behind-the-curve monetary policy. While there are many other significant … Continued
It’s all about the ECB this morning as the central bank launches a massive 1 trillion+ euro program of asset purchases… WSJ: Full Text of Mario Draghi’s Opening Statement Forex Live: ECB launches expanded asset purchase program – Will buy €60bn … Continued