SNB & CHF

2021 isn’t over yet. So here are 10 smart money moves to make right now. Saving money should be a year-round endeavor, but life gets in the way just like anything else. So with 2021 coming to a swift, thankful end, take advantage of the fourth quarter to accelerate your financial acumen, bolster your balance sheet and successfully springboard into the new year. Tip One: Max Out HSA Contributions for 2021. A Health Savings Account is a pre-tax savings miracle...

Over the past week and a half, Treasury has rolled out the CMB’s (cash management bills; like Treasury bills, special issues not otherwise part of the regular debt rotation) one after another: $60 billion 40-day on the 19th; $60 billion 27-day on the 20th; and $40 billion 48-day just yesterday. Treasury also snuck $60 billion of 39-day CMB’s into the market on the 14th to go along with the two scheduled 119-day CMB’s during this period. That’s a quick $220 billion...

Monetary Policy and the Present Trend toward All-around Planning The people of all countries agree that the present state of monetary affairs is unsatisfactory and that a change is highly desirable. However, ideas about the kind of reform needed and about the goal to be aimed at differ widely. There is some confused talk about stability and about a standard which is neither inflationary nor deflationary. The vagueness of the terms employed obscures the fact that...

Federal Reserve economist Jeremy Rudd's paper savages the use of inflation expectations in monetary econometrics. He lambasts the profession for producing "minimal direct evidence" and the "next-to-no-examination of alternatives". A reading, by Emil Kalinowski. ----------WHO---------- Jeff Snider of Alhambra Investments. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "Maverick" by Ooyy at Epidemic Sound. ----------WHAT---------- The Asymmetry...

With President Biden succumbing to the CIA’s demand to continue keeping the CIA’s records relating to the Kennedy assassination secret, the question naturally arises: What is the CIA still hiding? (See my blog post of yesterday entitled “Surprise! Biden Continues the CIA’s JFK Assassination Cover-Up.”) To understand what they are still hiding and why they are still hiding it, it’s necessary to go back to the 1990s during the era of the Assassination Records Review...

This is yet another one of those crucial recent developments which should contribute much clarity about the economic situation, yet is exploited in other ways (political) adding only more to the general state of economic confusion. The shelves may be empty in a lot of places around the country, leaving anyone with the impression there just aren’t enough goods. Shortage of goods, everyone’s thinking, by virtue of economics (small “e”) it will be another significant...

Gerüchten zufolge bereut man in Peking längst den Crypto-Bann, der vor wenigen Monaten landesweit ausgesprochen wurde. Dieser hatte den Crypto Mining Markt durchgerüttelt und die vermeintliche Monopolstellung des Landes in diesem Sektor zerstört. Crypto News: China kostet der Crypto-Bann eine Billionen Dollar Assets im Wert von 10 Milliarden US-Dollar wurden durch die Politik Pekings jährlich aus dem Land gejagt. Bei einer prognostizierten Wachstumsrate des Marktes...

Die FATF hat an ihrer Plenarsitzung im Oktober 2021 ihre Bekanntgabe zu Hochrisiko- und weiteren unter Beobachtung stehenden Ländern aktualisiert. Weiterführende Informationen sind verfügbar unter: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ist ein internationales Gremium, das Massnahmen zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäscherei, Terrorismus- und Proliferationsfinanzierung entwickelt und fördert. Die Schweiz ist eines der FATF-Mitgliedsländer. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen der...

The reductive and lazy dismissals of the possibility of bringing about free market systems of healthcare, in addition to the administrative and legislative hurdles imposed by government agencies, have all been brought into the limelight in the wake of the pandemic. However, dealing with them is not the purpose of this article; there are a sufficient number which can easily address the usual complaints. One impact of the pandemic, particularly relevant to political...

Countries lower their carbon footprint and become climate neutral by limiting the amount of greenhouse gases they produce and by compensating the emissions that can't be cut. The carbon offsetting market has become increasingly attractive for countries, companies and individuals, who finance projects that will either suck CO2 out of the atmosphere, or reduce the CO2 release. This is done by buying carbon offsets. Carbon offsetting will be a major point of tension at...