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3 Mar 2023 6 minute read 3 comments SweptOverNiagara
Who didn't see this coming after a full year of the most aggressive central bank rate hikes in history? Zero Hedge published an article yesterday evening titled, 'Surge in mortgage rates above 7% sends homebuyer applications to 28 year lows' shows t...
5 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments InsideCrypto
Hi everyone, with our first episode of the year. We dive into events that are going to be happening this year, one way or another. Welcome to the 124th episode of the Inside Crypto Podcast. This episode was recorded on January 2nd 2022. The world is...
15 Dec 2022 3 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
My followers know I follow central bank movements closely. Their interest rate policies affect us and our lives and everyone should be paying close attention. That's why, whenever I see yet another central bank mirroring another central bank's moves,...
14 Dec 2022 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
As was widely expected, the Federal Reserve has announced this afternoon it will be raising interest rates by 50 basis. This is the 6th increase this year but instead of 75 basis point increases, we got the 'soft pivot' the financial world has been t...
7 Dec 2022 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Back in October, the Bank of Canada raised rates for the fifth time this year but surprised markets by raising by 50 instead of the expected 75 basis points, seeming to signal a departure from the FED as it stormed ahead a week later with a 75 basis...
2 Dec 2022 3 minute read 2 comments SweptOverNiagara
With inflation soaring to at least 8% in 2022, depending on who you believe, is it feasible to keep your cash stored in a bank account earning 4% or less? John Williams of ShadowStats.com makes it clear inflation is much higher by about 50%, bringing...
24 Nov 2022 3 minute read 3 comments SweptOverNiagara
Mike Maloney, precious metals dealer at GoldSilver.com, author of the most successful financial self-help book, 'Guide to investing in gold and silver: Protect you financial future' and producer of the hugely successful Youtube video series, 'Hidden...
3 Nov 2022 4 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
At time of writing, the U.S. Dollar Index stands at 112.904 and is technically in a new bull run. There have been two previous bull runs for the dollar as a fiat currency. The USD Index was actually at or above 120 throughout the late sixties into th...
3 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Last week, I reported that the Bank of Canada surprised markets by raising interest rates by half a percentage point (50 basis points) instead of the expected 75 basis points. This sparked speculation the Federal Reserve Bank of the U.S.A. would also...
22 Sep 2022 3 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
On Tuesday, Sweden's central bank, Riksbank, shocked markets by raising a full 100 basis points or one percent to combat 30 year high inflation, the biggest hike by the bank since November 1992, when it also raised rates by a full percent. Consensus...
