Greenspan – Rock Star or False Prophet?
In the years since the financial crash in 2008, the finger of blame has been pointed at a range of targets; one name that keeps cropping...
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Mar 12, 2014
Bonuses…..and Shareholders
Hurrah for the Eurocrats! Haven’t they done such a good job in putting forward a cap on banker bonuses? That’ll make everything better....
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Mar 5, 2014
Russia, Ukraine and Unforeseen Events
I recently had quite a long discussion with an analyst friend about the potential effect of ‘unknowns’ on the direction of prices. We...
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Feb 26, 2014
The Wolf of Wall Street; or, How Much Information Do You Need?
I recently went to see “The Wolf of Wall Street”; I found it absolutely hilarious, and I strongly recommend any readers who have not yet...
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Feb 19, 2014
What Goes Up Must Come Down…
In the last thirty-odd years, China’s economic growth has been the fastest sustained improvement the world has ever seen. To be honest,...
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Feb 12, 2014
QE, the Precursor to a Black Swan?
In an earlier article, “Is QE Sharpening its Teeth?”, we discussed the underlying reasons why QE was used and the intended consequences...
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Feb 5, 2014
Is QE Sharpening its Teeth?
The world’s central banks – with the Fed, the Bank of England, the ECB and the Japanese to the fore – have been throwing a party for some...
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Jan 29, 2014
Fixing the Fix
What’s in a name? Deutsche Bank have recently withdrawn from their membership of the London Gold Fix and the search is on to find a...
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Jan 22, 2014
Money Makes the World go Round
“Money makes the world go round” sang Liza Minelli in the film version of Cabaret, based on Christopher Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’....
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Jan 15, 2014
What Should a Modern Star-Spangled Scotchman Have Given this Christmas
One big fat book unlikely to have dropped into your Christmas stocking this year would be David Nasaw’s biography of Andrew Carnegie...
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Jan 8, 2014
Human Rights and Metal Warehousing
Over the years of its existence, the LME has been involved in plenty of legal controversy – the Tin Crisis, for example, or the Sumitomo...
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Jan 2, 2014
A Sinking Ship
Ever since the 2008 financial crisis collaterally damaged the hull of the financial “supertanker,” overly indebted governments have been...
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