By Zak Mir. At the risk of sounding like the anti-Christ, perhaps some good can come out of government “entrepreneur in residence” Lawrence Tomlinson’s revelations about the latest shocking practices to afflict our banking sector. In case you’ve missed it, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been accused of sending otherwise profitable businesses to the…
Buy the U.S. dollar, because it’s going to gain strength going forward, or so say the mainstream. The reasoning behind this investment strategy is very simple: the central banks of major economic hubs are working to devalue their currencies. As a result, there will be a rush to buy the U.S. dollar—it’s proven to be…
Click below for an interesting read…
Silver remains a tiny market with all above ground refined silver in the world at roughly 1 billion ounces for a total valuation of less than $20 billion at today’s prices. Therefore, all the silver in the world is worth less than the total market capitalisation of one tech darling, Twitter. It is worth less…
Most people – certainly most governments and economists – define inflation as a general rise in prices. But this is wrong. Inflation is an increase in the money supply, of which a rising general price level is just one possible result – and not the most common one. More often, excessive money creation shows up…
By Filipe R. Costa. Is it really any surprise that mutual funds are luring private investors back into the market at a greater rate than at any point in the last 12 years? After all, this is approaching the top of the market. Of course retail investors are piling back in! People never learn. Unlike…
The squid has come out with the first of its top 2 trades for 2014. We can’t argue with the short AUD play, although we were 15% ahead of the game here as it was the New Year pick against sterling 11 months ago (must try harder Squid!) but the buy S&P 500 to 2250…
By Zak Mir. Last week saw London graced with the presence of Spreadbet Magazine’s founder, Mr Richard Jennings. As is ever the case, Mr Jennings and I had some lively debates over the current state of the markets. It really is interesting how, despite all the wonders of global online communication, face to face discussion…
By Dominic Picarda. I cast doubt last week upon the wisdom of being short the indices and long gold at this time, as many retail punters seem to be. The action since then has borne out my view, as equities are once again frothing higher, while the yellow metal is melting. I see no reason…
Well, last Thursday, the crew of SBM’s contributors partook in our very first Xmas lunch. As collective Indian food fans (which invariably are really Bangladeshi!), we happened upon the new restaurant Gymkhana in Mayfair (only the best for the SBM boys!) and a merry old afternoon was had by all which involved indulging in some…
