Tag Archive: BITCOIN

Ironies, Training A Poker Player And The Bitcoin

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Busy week to be topped off with a bunch of ironies on Friday that started in the toilet for me. I get a kick from reading the entries in my son’s Facebook account… Continue reading →

Bonds In Conversation : Missing the Forest For the Trees

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How did we miss the forest for the trees ? The best performing asset in the world this week would be Bitcoins which are up 50%. The talk is that China has just… Continue reading →

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Round Of Applause For China – Exiting The Currency War They Had Started

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Humour me as I try and piece this all together. China started this currency war game in 1995 when they pegged their currency to the USD. That lasted for 10 years. During that… Continue reading →

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Asset Inflation Except Gold And Silver

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Gold and Silver are the worst performing asset class this year. Corn has lost out by a mile too but who’s counting ? All this talk about asset inflation got me thinking about… Continue reading →

Ad Hoc Commentary – Monetarists should sit back and let Keynesians do infrastructure

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Larry Summers, perhaps best known for making foot-in-mouth remarks about women while a Harvard president, had recently remarked in polite circles that: “…we may well need in the years ahead to think about… Continue reading →