(Traveling and unable to provide a technical overview this week.) Rising price pressures, stronger and more persistent than generally expected, has been the main challenge for consumers, businesses, and policymakers. It will stay top of mind in the week ahead as both the world's two largest economies, the US and China, report July consumer and producer prices. During the Great Depression, the central governments discovered their balance sheets, and budget deficits...
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Die Entkopplung des Cryptomarktes vom traditionellen Aktienmarkt hat noch nicht stattgefunden. Stattdessen sieht man weiterhin eine enge Bindung zwischen den großen Indizes, wie dem S&P 500 oder dem NASDAQ, und Bitcoin. Bitcoin News: Bitcoin und Aktienmarkt immer noch eng verbundenWeiterhin verhalten sich Cryptocoins natürlich volatiler als die Indizes – so verlor der BTC bisher im Jahr 2022 51%, der S&P 14% und der NASDAQ 22%. Doch die Kursbewegung dieser...
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The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is an important investment model that describes how investors expect to be compensated for the time value of money and risk. The more risk you take, the more you want to be compensated. The formula is expressed as follows: (A) Re = Rf + Beta * (Rm – Rf), where Rf is risk-free return, Rm is the market return, and Beta is a risk element. A pure risk-free rate of return does not exist. Any government could print money and “safely”...
Read More »Has Crypto Bottomed? | Macro Markets w/ Jeff Snider
Jeff Snider is one of the foremost experts on the global monetary system, specifically the eurodollar money system, and all aspects of its misunderstood inner workings and how they impact global markets, commerce, and economy. On this episode, we're discussing macro effects Guest: Jeff Snider Eurodollar University podcast ➜ https://bit.ly/JeffSniderYT #crypto #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency ~Has Crypto Bottomed? | Macro Markets w/ Jeff Snider~...
Read More »Downside Risks to the US Employment Report?
Overview: The US dollar enjoys a firmer bias against the major currencies ahead of the July employment data. Emerging market currencies are mixed. Asian currencies are generally firm while central Europe is a bit softer. Some detect a relaxation in tensions around Taiwan, though China’s aerial harassment continues. Taiwanese shares jumped 2.25% to lead the region that saw China’s CSI 300 rally over 1%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 is giving back yesterday’s 0.2% gain, even...
Read More »GDP Provides a False Reading of the State of the Economy
Most economists see GDP as a snapshot of the performance of the economy. However, it is better understood as a misleading statistic which fails to accurately describe what really is happening economically. Original Article: “GDP Provides a False Reading of the State of the Economy” The GDP (gross domestic product) statistic portrays a view that the key driving factor of economic growth is not the production of wealth but rather its consumption. Instead, it is a...
Read More »Watchdog extends protective measures at Sberbank Switzerland
These measures, intended to mitigate a risk of liquidity problems at Sberbank (Switzerland), will remain in force until September 1 © Keystone / Michael Buholzer The Swiss financial regulator (FINMA) has extended previously imposed protective measures at the Zurich-based subsidiary of Russian bank Sberbank. These measures, intended to mitigate a risk of liquidity problems at Sberbank (Switzerland), will remain in force until September 1, 2022, FINMA said in a...
Read More »Blackrock Ties up With Coinbase to Offer Its Clients Crypto Trading and Custody
Asset manager BlackRock has selected cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase to provide the institutional clients of Aladdin®, BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management platform, direct access to crypto starting with bitcoin. Coinbase Prime will provide crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting capabilities to Aladdin’s institutional client base who are also clients of Coinbase. Built for institutions, Coinbase Prime integrates advanced agency...
Read More »Rate Hike Will Worsen Recession And Economic Growth Jeff Snider Bear Market
Rate Hike Will Worsen Recession And Economic Growth Jeff Snider Bear Market Jeff Snider is one of the foremost experts on the global monetary system. #jeffsnider#recession#bearmarket#inflation DISCLAIMER : I am not a financial advisor. The ideas presented in this video are for entertainment purposes only. You (and only you) are responsible for the financial decisions that you make. This information is what was found publicly on the internet. This information could’ve been doctored or...
Read More »Bill Bonner’s 4th and Final Warning: America’s Nightmare Winter
He went to law school at Georgetown with Fed chief Jerome Powell in the 1970s… Then built the largest publishing empire of its kind, with more subscribers than the Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal combined. Along the way he’s written three New York Times bestselling books. As perhaps the most anti-social ‘rich guy’ in America, he rarely makes public appearances, instead retreating to his 100,000-plus acres in South America… his two centuries-old...
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