After penning Part 1 and discussing the incessant whining and manipulation fear that repeatedly boils to the surface when gold or silver does not meet plebeian expectations, even more complaints from retail investors, trolls, and a few pundits were heard loud...
Turkey’s economic meltdown was developing for a while without much coverage in the U.S. mainstream press, at least until Apple announced a shutdown of sales through its Turkish Website on Nov. 24. Apple was forced to halt sales after a historic 15% plunge in the...
The dominant theme in financial markets this week that will have implications for cross-border currency valuations are monetary policy decisions by the Federal Reserve, Brazil, Russia, Switzerland, and the U.K. The China trade war negotiations will inject significant...
Are you tired of the boring 1988 Economist magazine cover art depicting a new world currency in 2018? Me too, so I gave it a slight overhaul with a golden (pun intended) halo of the sun and Earth in today’s headline graphic. Today is ground zero if you extrapolated...
If only Benjamin was around to talk about his love of turkeys today and witness what a turkey in headlights might look like. The Turkish lira (TRY) plunged today and roiled the global equity markets as fear of additional turmoil or contagion sent investors running for...