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$13.4 trillion this week as negative interest rates and central bank bond buying ripple through the debt market. INTRODUCTION: In market economies, money is the measure[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition, we want to elaborate on the increasing usage of Potassium and Lithium in our modern society and the best way to invest in them. POTASIUM: Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K, with atom number 19, and is an alkali metal used mainly in the fertiliser industry. The principal[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this part 2 of our blog article, entitled “Why Investing in Royal Dutch Shell might be so lucrative”, we want to elaborate further on the company’s fundamentals, for which we believe that it might be a good investment for those investors, who are seeking growth, with a high dividend yield at[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of July 11, 2016: China Q2-2016 Economic Growth beats estimates. Japan preparing for Helicopter Money. CHINA Q2-2016[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to elaborate on the Gold-to-Oil ratio which since the beginning of this year is in record territory. INTRODUCTION: The Gold-to-Oil ratio measures how many barrels of crude oil is needed to buy one (1) ounce of gold. On average, the ratio has historically[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, Thursday, June 30th marked the end of the second quarter and first half of 2016. THE GOLD PRICE: Gold futures advanced 8.5% in June, 6.9% in the second quarter, and 24.6% in the first half of 2016. On Friday July 1st, the yellow metal, rose with US$ 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[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, Billionaire investor George Soros and his former partner Stanley Druckenmiller, who made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992, disclosed on Monday, May 16, big bet on gold during the first quarter of this year this according to their regulatory filings. GEORGE SOROS: During the first quarter the[…]