Record population, record nominal GDP, record real GDP, record investment, record consumer spending, record global nominal GDP, record real global GDP, record world trade, record peace between countries, record potential for global and US economy. ...

Wall Street closes out wild pandemic year with Dow, S&P at records

Videos are ok but a few words suffice. Three crises persist at various stages - the GFC, the 2016 to 2020 USA policy confusion, and the pandemic. Logic suggests that these crises will be dealt to in reverse order from this time onwards. 6 to 12 ...

Market Outlook 2021

China has the stronger chess position in this game and is unlikely to make a wrong move. China's vulnerability lies in a US admin which favours both free trade and powerful security policies, both somewhat vague and therefore distant. But US most ...

US House clears China delisting bill, sending it to Trump

Yes the USD has generally weakened recently against most currencies.

The Australian dollar has roared to a two-year high – and it's more bad news for the economy

Relative weakness of AUDNZD is a strong sign that huge uncertainties and imbalances hang over the forex markets. Big movements either side will kill your confidence in one side.

AUD/NZD Bounces but Incoming Death Cross May Keep Outlook Bearish

Brexit may one day be big news. At this pace it will take over a hundred years for the remaining members to exit. But the big issue is that protectionism is a failed strategy and the future will undoubtedly be one of comparative advantage and hard, ...

Irish Coveney: Good Chance Can Get Brexit Deal In Next Few Days

Not interested so far. Its an information imbalance in my favour.

New Zealand PM Ardern says rising home prices not a plan for growth - BBG

The linking of FX platforms with banking should be of great interest to us all. FX is simply cash in different countries/currencies. Portfolio theory strongly advises in favour of diversification of financial assets and Cash should be no different. ...

Pepperstone founder Owen Kerr was right all along

A misleading headline which fails to mention the record high achieved in the June quarter and that Sep 2020 on Sep 2019 was barely changed. No drama here.

Largest drop in terms of trade in a decade as dairy export prices sour

Be wary of this argument which I presume is that inflationary pressures will pick up thereby pushing real interest rates lower. But IF this is true then it will be true for all countries and not just the US, so where is the argument for a weaker ...

Real interest rates will fall as we move into recovery, weighing on the U.S. dollar: Evercore...

A record level of the index tells you nothing at all other than that the index you are looking at, a price index excluding dividends, has reached a new high for the price of shares represented by that index. So a country with a very high inflation ...

US close – stocks resume record climb on stimulus hopes, dollar drops and bitcoin volatility

PM me, if you are game? I presume you are addressing me, but this invitation (?) is incomprehensible. I stand by my words and points of view. Sounds like you have a burr under your saddle, but its not me nor my views.

New Zealand PM Ardern says rising home prices not a plan for growth - BBG

The Scots have had 700 years to think about independence and then balked at every realistic opportunty to grab it. Mostly, ambitious nationalistic leaders have been thwarted by the power of England but backed by powerful clan leaders, very much more ...

Scotland's Sturgeon says she wants independence vote early in next parliament

One more try. New Zealand has a population of 5 million people which leaves about 8 billion other people in the world who, given the opportunity and the cash, might decide to move there too. Put another way, for every person living in New Zealand ...

New Zealand PM Ardern says rising home prices not a plan for growth - BBG

New Zealand is a difficult economy to manage and has suffered from housing shortages of varying degrees since WW2 ended and certainly since 1964 when I arrived (in the middle of a great shortage). In 1985 I was very pleased to work on a housing ...

New Zealand PM Ardern says rising home prices not a plan for growth - BBG

New Zealand is a difficult economy to manage and has suffered from housing shortages of varying degrees since WW2 ended and certainly since 1964 when I arrived (in the middle of a great shortage). In 1985 I was very pleased to work on a housing ...

RBNZ’s Orr Turns Spotlight Back on Robertson in Housing Tussle

USA pandemic failures will continue to weigh on USD during this period of constitutional crisis. A sound legal system underpins a sound economy. It determines who and how governs the country. It also protects private property and personal liberties. ...

US recovery gains further momentum with hiring at all-time high

This same administration has been responsible for disrupting world trade and output of the order of 2 to 3 trillion USD. Sure the CCP is a problem and has its own problems of transition. But this strategy is diversionary, trying to blame external ...

Trump Admin Considers Alliance Against Chinese Economic Coercion--Sources

A reminder that the effects of the Global Financial Crisis still linger. A second leg, where the financial markets including the money markets again become overleveraged relative to fundamentals (pandemic, trade wars, economic instability) would see ...

Fed's Rosengren: money-market situation is 'quite disturbing'

If that is a reason for your to stay then it also a reason for others to leave - especially when the rule is applied to some and seemingly not to you.

Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, but is refusing to concede to Biden