In a debt drugged, liquidity obsessed world, a change in interest rates can go from affecting profitability to affecting solvency very quickly. And it’s not just the banks that are high on cheap credit.
February 27th, 2010 | Nickolai Hubble | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "global recession"
China Using Holdings of U.S. Treasury Bonds as Cudgel to Bludgeon United States
Figures in the People’s Liberation Army want the financiers to sell U.S. bonds as a way of punishing Washington for selling arms to Taiwan. Mind you this might not seem like such a good idea if the bond selling triggers a run on the dollar and swift devaluation in China’s forex reserves. But maybe China’s arsenal of U.S. bonds is a like a pile of bullets – they’re no good unless you fire them.
February 11th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 26 comments | Continued
Everyone is Busily Debasing Their Currency
There is a risk in holding cash in an environment of asset price inflation – a condition that usually occurs when governments create large fiscal deficits and inflate the money supply.
November 12th, 2009 | Dr. Marc Faber | 2 comments | Continued
Peak Oil: Supply Data Doesn’t Lie
Remember, Peak Oil doesn’t mean that we are running out of oil reserves, crude will be around for decades. However, ‘Peak Oil’ does imply that we are dangerously close to peak global oil production.
August 27th, 2009 | Puru Saxena | 3 comments | Continued
Banks or BHP?
Are Australian banks going to be able to sustain their dividends? Over the last ten years, bank fee income has become a big driver of bank profitability (and the source of the dividends paid by banks). The credit crunch has crunched the amount of money banks make lending money.
August 13th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 3 comments | Continued
Oil and Gold Prices Linked for Most of Recession Period
In recent weeks, both have been in a stage of recovery. The gold price has reached $982 an ounce, close to its peak when it touched $1,000 an ounce. Oil prices fell in the recession by about 70 per cent, and have now received about 50 per cent.
June 4th, 2009 | William Rees-Mogg | 0 comments | Continued
Societe General Warns of Freddie Kruger Style Global Recession
Boom went the Dow Jones overnight, up 130 points. The oil price declined by a couple of bucks. It wasn’t enough for the S&P 500 to cross over its 200-day moving average and break out into fresh new bullish ground. On the other hand, while we’re looking for signs that stocks might rally on an oil price decline, some people are predicting Financial Armageddon. That’s more our style.
May 13th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued