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“In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of […]
The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “We have a number of tinder-boxes which are the set-up for massive fiscal spending, which are the way of saving the system, but there has to be the cover. It is actually going to have to be front page news – tragedy, chaos, loss, […]
About this week’s show: “You Brexit, You Buy It”…Either way there’s cost The elite are out of touch to the stirrings of the masses As the west votes breakup, Putin’s Russia and China unite The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “We have a number of tinder-boxes which are the set-up for […]
Credit booms are powerfully reinforcing. New Credit provides additional purchasing power that spurs spending, economic output, corporate earnings/cash-flow and income growth. Monetary expansions, as well, fuel inflating asset prices, most notably in securities and real estate. In both the Financial Sphere and the Real Economy Sphere, Credit expansion and its myriad inflationary effects beget more […]
Credit booms are powerfully reinforcing. New Credit provides additional purchasing power that spurs spending, economic output, corporate earnings/cash-flow and income growth. Monetary expansions, as well, fuel inflating asset prices, most notably in securities and real estate. In both the Financial Sphere and the Real Economy Sphere, Credit expansion and its myriad inflationary effects beget more […]
The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “How do you, as an individual, participate in real time and be a man or woman of your times, and yet, also, with wisdom, live outside of your time, and not subject to the tyranny and the dictates of whatever agenda is being pushed? […]
If you are looking at the big picture, something significant changed in the month of April. It’s a part of history already, but people won’t see its significance for probably another six, twelve, eighteen months. The event was that the Chinese began offering something new on the Shanghai gold exchange on April 19th. In contrast to the New York and London exchanges, which settle contracts primarily in paper money, the Shanghai exchange now offers yuan-denominated gold contracts that settle only in physical kilo bars.
About this week’s show: Marc Faber & Thomas Sedlacek: Central Bank Insanity McAvity & Deeds: We are now in the next great gold rush Bill King: Who will take the blame when we have the global collapse The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “How do you, as an individual, participate in […]