Well, Yes, Obviously Mr. Dalio – The Fed Raising Interest Rates Should Impact Asset...
This is not the most remarkable observation of all time by Ray Dalio, that the Federal Reserve interest rate rises are reducing asset prices....
Problems With Sovereign Money – MMT – And The Benefits Of The Current System
Rather one for the monetary geeks here, a look at sovereign money and why and how the current system might be better.
Sovereign money:...
It Was Always Trivially Obvious That The Brexit Financial Services Deal Would Be Done
Glory Be, we are saved, Britain's financial services industry won't be cut off from the European markets. All of which is akin to that...
That Qatar Fundraising Was Fine – Barclays Not To Be Charged
It would appear that the saga is over. Barclays is not to be charged over the Crash induced refinancing they gained from Qatar. That...
Many Theories Are Right About – Because There Are Many Reasons For – Investing
There are myriad theories concerning the hows and whys of peoples' investing. It's extraordinarily difficult to narrow it all down to one or two...
The FT Entirely And Completely Misunderstands AIM Tax Breaks
If only the country's main finance and economics newspaper was written by those with a smattering of knowledge about finance and economics. Not something...
Two Absurd Claims About Lending And The Great Crash
The Observer's business editorial really outdoes itself today with two fallacious claims about bank lending and recessions, crashes and even the Great Crash. It...
IMF Warns That Regulation’s Great – As Long As Banks Don’t Escape It
It does rather depend upon who you read here over the IMF's latest warnings about debt, the next downturn and the final crumbling of...
If Only Stefan Stern Knew What He Was Talking About
I know, big surprise, columnist in The Guardian in not a clue shocker. But this is more than just the whining of some other...
Did The Mortgage Markets Really Cause The House Price Bubble?
If credit supply eases then presumably things bought with that expanded credit supply rise in price? Well, yes, obviously, right?
Credit supply and housing speculation
Atif...