Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog article, we want to discuss with you why investing in Australia can be lucrative and the best way to do it. ABOUT AUSTRALIA: Australia is a developed country with an estimated nominal GDP of 1.137 trillion US-Dollar for which it ranks as the world’s 12th-largest economy. Additional Economic facts[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog article, we want to discuss with you the Gold-to-Oil Ratio and the Gold-to-Silver ratio which currently are at an all-time-high might be predicting. GOLD-TO-OIL RATIO: On Friday, March 04, Gold closed on US$ US$ 1,259.10 an ounce and WTI crude at US$ 36.33 a barrel, which consequently brought[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded, the credit ratings of Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Oman. SAUDI ARABIA: The downgrade of Saudi Arabia credit rating by rating agency S&P, of Wednesday February 17, was the country’s second downgrade in four months: On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, S&P[…]
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 October 5, 2015: The Chinese Yuan, overtook the Japanese Yen as the world fourth most used payment currency. Suncor[…]
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 September 28, 2015: ALCOA to split into 2 separate public companies. Carl Icahn, warns that markets are overpriced.[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, Investors around the world have been closely watching the USA Central bank’s (The FED) decision on short-term rates, which have been near zero since the financial crisis in a bid to stoke growth and borrowing. That stance has helped propel a six-year-long bull market in stocks and bonds. After keeping the markets[…]
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 September 7, 2015: Brazil downgraded to Junk rating by Standard & Poor’s. Huge outflow of gold held for[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the current correction cycle, that has all the potential of becoming a bear market, which might lead to a global recession or even depression. DEFINITION OF A CORRECTION: A correction is a decline or downward movement of a stock, or a[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the current commodities bear market that brought the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM.IND) on Monday August 24th, to its lowest level since August 1999, as can be seen from below chart. On Monday August 24, the Bloomberg Commodity Index of 22[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the biggest sell-off on Wall Street since November 2011. DOW-JONES INDEX: The USA blue chip Index, the DOW-Jones Industrial, declined from 17,545.18 points on the close of Monday August 17, to close at 16,459.75 points on Friday, August 21st, a decline of 1,085.43 points[…]