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Erik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss: -- The Basel Accords -- Capital Reserve Ratios -- Understanding risk . Erik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss: -- The Basel Accords -- Capital Reserve Ratios -- Understanding risk . Erik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss the Basel Accords, capital reserve ratios and risk weighting assets. Erik Townsend welcomes...

We do not like Purchasing Power or Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) as measurement for currencies. For us, the trade balance decides if a currency is overvalued. Only the trade balance can express productivity gains, while the REER assumes constant productivity in comparison to trade partners. Who has read Michael Pettis, knows that a rising trade surplus may also be caused by a higher savings rate while the trade...

"V" and Charles Hugh Smith have a great discussion regarding bitcoin, the US wealth disparity and the power of cryptos, blockchain to free society from the banking cartel. We are political scientists, editorial engineers, and radio show developers drawn together by a shared vision of bringing Alternative news through digital mediums that evangelize our civil liberties. Please subscribe for the latest shows daily! http://www.roguemoney.net https://www.facebook.com/ROGUEMONEY.NET/...

BBH's Marc Chandler Calls Bitcoin 'Inefficient' Step 1 : Join Here https://bitconnect.co/?ref=Iamphresh Step 2 : Get $10 worth of Bitcoin for when you set up your coinbase wallet https://www.coinbase.com/join/565b924e8ace924dd4000001 Step : 3 Connect your coinbase to bank account or fund with your card to buy bitcoins Step 4 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Qkh1jgfZg watch step by step video on how to send bitcoins to bitconnect backoffice and then buy bcc and do your first loan...

Nov.20 -- Marc Chandler, global head of markets strategy at BBH, discusses the inefficiency of producing bitcoin and its lack of value. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.03% to 1.1649 CHF. EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, November 20(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge CHF/GBP The Swiss Franc has seen some weakness of late as risk appetite is changing which is creating less demand for the Swiss Franc. Investors for the moment are looking at the US for better returns after a run of positive economic data from the...

Good news from the Swiss watchmaking industry, plans to ban under-18s from solariums because of health risks and a warning that the Swiss railway system could face chaos in December. Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swatch Group, is upbeat about the immediate future of the Swiss watchmaking industry (Keystone) - Click to enlarge Watchmakers on the mend The Swiss watchmaking industry has made a turnaround following a...

Money and Markets Infographic Shows Silver Most Undervalued Asset – Silver remains severely under owned and under valued asset – Entire silver market worth tiny $100 billion shown in one tiny square – “All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization”– Must see ‘Money and Markets’ infographic shows relative size of key markets: silver bullion, gold bullion, cryptocurrencies/ bitcoin, largest companies, 50...

Industrial Production benefited from a hurricane rebound in October 2017, rising 2.9% above October 2016. US Industrial Production, Jan 1995 - Nov 2017(see more posts on U.S. Industrial Production, ) - Click to enlarge That is the highest growth rate in nearly three years going back to January 2015. With IP lagging behind the rest of the manufacturing turnaround, this may be the best growth rate the sector will...

The contours of the investment climate are unlikely to change based on next week’s economic data from the US, Japan, or Europe. The state of the major economies continues to be well understood by investors. Growth in the US, EU, and Japan remains solid, and if anything above trend, as the year winds down. The incremental data will likely show that the eurozone economic momentum is intact with the November flash PMI....