SNB & CHF

If you wanted to design a system guaranteed to collapse in a putrid heap, you’d make moral hazard ubiquitous and you’d make the system 100% dependent on a hubris-soaked faux savior. For the past 22 years, every time the stock market whimpered, wheezed or whined, the Federal Reserve rushed to soothe the spoiled crybaby. There are two consequential results of the Fed as savior: 1. The Fed has perfected moral hazard: everyone from the money manager betting billions to...

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been seeing more and more mainstream headlines about inflation fears being on the rise, both in the US and in Europe. Central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic have been doing their best to assuage these concerns, promising that they have everything under control and that the situation will without a doubt normalize soon. Still, all these assurances have failed to convince the markets and many investors are starting to see...

Last weekend, I joined Richard Rosso, CFP and Danny Ratliff, CFP to discuss the outlook for the markets for the rest of this year and take questions from our attendees. We cover a lot of ground from: The financial markets now and what to expect.  Valuations Inflation outlook. The dollar. Why Government actions are destroying the foundation of capitalism. Plus some interesting questions on  Why you shouldn’t put real estate in a tax-deferred account. Better ways to...

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.13% to 1.0953 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, May 26(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Daily Overview: The decline in US rates and the doves at the ECB pushing back against the need to reduce bond purchases next month have seen European bond yields unwind most of this month’s gain. The inability of US shares to hold on to early gains yesterday did not deter the Asia Pacific and...

Taper Is Coming: Got Bonds? The solid economic recovery and easing of COVID restrictions lead us to believe a tapering of QE may not be far off. Further supporting our opinion, inflation has fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, and employment is improving rapidly. On top of that are whispers from within the Fed questioning financial stability given extreme asset valuations driven to some degree by excessive QE. Most importantly, various Fed members are starting to...

Making Sense of Crypto & Coffee: Emil Kalinowski & Jeff Snider talk Money! We'll chat CBDC's, Central Bank Fallacy, Money creation, Crypto meltdowns and more! Crypto & Coffee #2 - "Basic Crypto Terms” News - Research - Prices - ICO's - www.CryptoAndCoffee.tv Bitcoin & Altcoin Investment Bootcamps: www.Cryptoandcoffee.camp Own 1 of only 3 Original Crypto & Coffee “I don’t Give a F’k” NFTs…...

India’s experience with the COVID pandemic was particularly unpleasant… [PT] - Click to enlarge Scavengers Out in Full Force I have just returned from a visit to my family in India. It was hard to escape. To get to the US from India, I needed a COVID test. The Indian government has seriously restricted who can provide COVID testing, treatment, and vaccination. Private doctors and hospitals that are not approved face brutal legal consequences if they provide COVID...

- Click to enlarge ETC Group, a specialist provider of digital asset-backed securities, has announced that it will list its physically backed Ethereum and Litecoin cryptocurrency ETCs on the Swiss Stock Exchange SIX. The listing of ETHetc (ETC Group’s Physical Ethereum ETC) and LTCetc (ETC Group´s Physical Litecoin ETC) in USD, CHF and GBP, follows the success of its first Bitcoin based product which is the BTCetc (ETC Group Physical Bitcoin ETC), which was...

In Las Vegas, asset price inflation is combining with rising prices on building materials to create a real estate bubble of remarkable proportions. Original Article: “The Real Estate Boom in Vegas Is More Frenzied Than Ever​​” Summerlin, the suburb of west Las Vegas creeping ever closer to the mountains, looks to be crowded with fully paved streets, streetlights, block walls, and blue top lots. With lumber, labor, and other materials in short supply, home...

We can also posit a general rule that those who inherit wealth and succumb to FOMO are eventually less wealthy while those who are wealthy and take a pass on FOMO / hoarding at the top of the manic frenzy increase their wealth.Judging by the panic buying of everything from homes to yachts to lumber futures, it seems the world has run out of everything except newly issued central bank trillions, and so the logical response is FOMO (fear of missing out) and hoarding:...