Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, Eight years after the financial crisis, the world’s central banks are trying to boost the global economy as much as ever. Though having arguably prevented financial markets from falling into the abyss in 2008 by lowering interest rates, the central banks are adopting increasingly complex interventions, to which the world economy remains[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition, we want to see if there are similarities between the story of the boy who Cried Wolf and the the talk of the USA FED, who is telling us that they are going to raise rates. THE FABLE: The story dates from Classical times, but, since it was[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog article we want to elaborate on the fact that the value of negative-yielding bonds – both government and corporate – swelled to US$13.4 trillion this week as negative interest rates and central bank bond buying ripple through the debt market. INTRODUCTION: In market economies, money is the measure[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of July 25, 2016: Diageo reported full-year financial results on Thursday, July 28, 2016. USA Q2-2016 GDP[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of July 11, 2016: China Q2-2016 Economic Growth beats estimates. Japan preparing for Helicopter Money. CHINA Q2-2016[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to elaborate on the Gold-to-Oil ratio which since the beginning of this year is in record territory. INTRODUCTION: The Gold-to-Oil ratio measures how many barrels of crude oil is needed to buy one (1) ounce of gold. On average, the ratio has historically[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, Thursday, June 30th marked the end of the second quarter and first half of 2016. THE GOLD PRICE: Gold futures advanced 8.5% in June, 6.9% in the second quarter, and 24.6% in the first half of 2016. On Friday July 1st, the yellow metal, rose with US$ 19,09 or 1.45%[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, As can be seen from below figure, in a referendum called “BREXIT”, held on Thursday June 23, approx. 51,9 percent of the people of the United Kingdom has voted in favour of Great Britain to leave the European Union, shocking the world and revealing a divided country. That means that[…]
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 June 16, 2016: Germany’s 10-year sovereign bond yield turn negative for the first time. The USA[…]
Dear PGM Capital blog readers, On Friday, June 3, 2016, the USA Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the country’s economy only added 38,000 nonfarm payrolls jobs in May, well below the 160,000 gain anticipated by analysts. The increase was the smallest registered since early 2010, when the US economy was losing jobs. On top[…]