Highlights in the Week of August 3, 2015

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 August 3, 2015: DOW-Jones Industrial 7-day losing streak. Americans not in labor force rise to record 93.8 million.[…]

Will Puerto Rico become the Greece of the Caribbean?

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss with you the debt situation of our neighbour island Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico, an American territory, risks a Greek-style bust. With US$72 billion of debt outstanding, which accordance with CIA world Factbook. is 93% of its GDP. It is more indebted than any of[…]

HighLights in the Week of July 20, 2015

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 20, 2015: Bad start of earnings season Q2-2015 DOW Jones Down YTD Gold falls below US$ 1,100.00[…]

China Reports an Increase in Gold Reserves By 57%

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, On Friday, July 17, China ended years of speculation about its official gold holdings by revealing an almost 60 percent jump in its reserves since 2009. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, announced on Friday, that its gold reserves have grown by 57% to about 1,658 metric tonnes (53.31[…]

After Six months of Eyeball to Eyeball, Greece blinked

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, After six months of chaos, and Eyeball to Eyeball negotiation between Greece and its Creditors, it looks like Greece has blinked in a showdown with European leaders over its financial crash. Before analyzing the events of last week, after the July 5th, referendum, where 61% of the Greeks voted “NO” or “OXI”[…]

The Greece referendum of July 5 2015

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In the early morning of Saturday, June 27, 2015, the July 5, 2015, referendum was announced by Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras  and ratified the following day by the Greece Parliament and President. Voters will be asked whether they approve of the proposal made to Greece by the EU, the IMF and the[…]

Highlights of the week of June 1st 2015

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 1, 2015: IMF urged the FED to wait until 2016 to raise rates Greece defers payment to[…]

Highlights in the week of May 25, 2015

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 May 25, 2015: USA GDP shrank 0.7 percent in first quarter of this year. Brazil Economy contracted with[…]

Are Investment Gurus preparing for Hyperinflation

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog article we want to discuss with you the investment strategies of some world class investment gurus that might indicate that they are preparing themselves for a coming hyperinflation cycle. DEFINITION INVESTMENT GURU: An Investing Guru is someone who is considered an experts in their professional field of trade[…]

Highlights in the week of May, 11, 2015

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 May 11, 2015: USA April retail sales flat. Adecoagro S.A., Q1-2015, financial results. USA APRIL RETAIL SALES DISAPPOINTS:[…]