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3 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara $1.02
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 $0.05
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...
29 Aug 2022 2 minute read 4 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.03
As the Federal Reserve Bank gets ready for its next FOMC meeting in September, most bets are in for at least a half percent increase (50 bps) but more likely, a three-quarter percent increase. There are those who are saying to brace for an unexpected...
12 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Seven-NATE-Nine $1.10
It’s the little things in life… That make a BIG difference This is true in so many aspects of life! Do you think that one little piece of candy or small slice of cake won’t make a difference? Maybe not today, but add that up on a daily basis and wa...
1 Jul 2022 1 minute read 6 comments davidgyoung $1.00
This is not a declaration that inflationary pressures are gone or that rates across the universe are heading lower. This is however a look back into some of our recent discussions such as the following: BOJ's YCC Of Course Makes JPY Sacrificial Lamb...
22 Jun 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Crypto Monkey $0.01
Inflation is just the increase in general prices. This is the increase in the cost of living. A small amount of inflation, of increase in prices, of around 2% is in general beneficial as it incentivizes people to “move” their money, to invest it. Thi...
16 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Crypto Monkey $0.18
First of all, what is quantitative tightening? Quantitative tightening is just the opposite than quantitative easing, this is, a way to reduce the money supply in the economy. In the case of the United States, this translates into the Fed not reinves...
7 May 2022 4 minute read 2 comments MintDice.com $0.71
When you choose to invest your money in various markets, there is always a risk of losses and gains, which is expected. There are times, however, that the losses you can suffer from have nothing to do with how you invest but with inflation. The Fed i...
30 Mar 2022 4 minute read 3 comments Mike Ermolaev $0.83
A forty-year high US inflation rate, skyrocketing energy prices, and indications that the US economic recovery may be damaged by the effect from sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine allpoint to much-feared stagflation – a precursor t...
28 Feb 2022 1 minute read 1 comment Steve Hodl $0.42
Interest rates are beginning to rise in Germany, is this a sign of a change in direction or momentary blip?If we look back at the interest rate developments for the last 5 years, we can see that in the last month there has been a sharp rise in theint...
