As goes January 2014, so goes the year 2014?

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition, we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of January 27 and the month of January 2014. And we will try to find an answer if the[…]

Highlights of the week of January 13, 2014

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition, we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of January 13, 2014: Brazil increased rates to 10.5 percent to fight inflation Rio Tinto announced record production of[…]

The Year 2014, the Year of the Truth.

Dear PGM Capital, blog readers, First of all we wish you and your family a Happy and prosperous 2014 and may all your wishes and dreams become reality this year. In our New Years’ blog edition we once more want to look back to 2013 and see what lessons we can learn from the previous[…]

Review of 2013 & Outlook for 2014.

Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, In this year end blog edition we want to look back to 2013 and will try to provide you with an Outlook for 2014. It seems like only yesterday we were ushering in 2013. Now, the year is almost gone and a brand new year will begin in just a few[…]

What is the Shiller P/E Ratio telling you

Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, In this midweek and Christmas blog article we want to discuss with you the shiller PE ratio and what this ratio is telling you right now. ABOUT ROBERT SHILLER: Professor, Robert James “Bob” Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and Yale School of[…]

The Mother of All Bubbles is about to Burst

Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, In this midweek blog article we want to discuss with you a bubble that is about to burst. First of all let us talk about “interconnectedness.” Manifest and growing interconnectedness creates its own bubble. The bubble enlarges as masses of banks and financial institutions and private investors end up on the[…]

Highlights of the week of November 25, 2013

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition, we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of November 25, 2013. The price of digital currency bitcoin soared above US$ 1,000.00 for the first time on[…]

Highlights of the Week of November 4, 2013

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition, we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of November 4, 2013. VALE S.A. Q3-2013 earnings report. USA GDP and Employment data. ECB lowers interest rates. Standard[…]

SINOPEC and PETROCHINA reported blockbuster Q3-2013 results.

Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, In this weekend blog article we want to discuss with you the Q3-2013 earnings report of China’s biggest and second biggest Oil Companies, respectively PetroChina Company Ltd. (HKE:0857.HK) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp  (SINOPEC) (HKE: 0386.HK), reported on Tuesday October 29, 2013. PETROCHINA COMPANY LTD: Company Profile: PetroChina Company Limited, was founded[…]

IMF Proposed Ten percent “Debt Tax” on Net Assets

Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, In this weekend blog article we want to discuss with you IMF, “Fiscal Monitor Report” of October 13 2013, entitled “Taxing Time” In the above mentioned report, the International Monetary Fund elaborates on a general “debt tax” on the net asset of each household in indebted countries. In this vignette,[…]