While the trading world was focused on the latest news involving Deutsche Bank, namely that the troubled German bank had been contemplating a merger with [...]

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Saudi Arabia has issued a warning to its citizens to leave Lebanon “as soon as possible,” over fear of military conflict. We’ll cover the [...]

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Of the diverse strains of inflation, asset inflation is by far the most dangerous. A bout of consumer price inflation would be generally recognized as [...]

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This week we discuss the newly appointed chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell and how he will do nothing more than follow the same policies that Janet [...]

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This week we talk about how the banking system wants to keep you as a captive audience and how it is working towards a world in which you can’t transact [...]