macro
US Dollar TINA, What Happens When Financial Stress Hits Lack of Alternatives?
US intervention shows all isn't well with the US dollar.
Denarius Prime
Markets
Gold makes the largest single-day advance in five months as bulls regain control - KITCO
Gold makes the largest single-day advance in five months as bulls regain control - KITCO
macro
Record-High Stocks and Federal Debt Square Off Against Oil, Gold and Japan
Stocks set new record highs! But so did government debt. And the Strait remains closed. Here's what comes next.
Geopolitics
Dollar Losing Ground? Brazil's Lula Makes Chinese Yuan a Permanent Part of Debt Strategy | Vantage - Firstpost
Dollar Losing Ground? Brazil's Lula Makes Chinese Yuan a Permanent Part of Debt Strategy | Vantage - Firstpost
Geopolitics
UK Treasury Weighs Fiscal Rule Flexibility to Unlock Billions for Capital Investment - The Global Treasurer
UK Treasury Weighs Fiscal Rule Flexibility to Unlock Billions for Capital Investment - The Global Treasurer
Markets
Gold pushes toward $4,200 as soft ADP cools Fed-hike bets - Kitco AM Report - KITCO
Gold pushes toward $4,200 as soft ADP cools Fed-hike bets - Kitco AM Report - KITCO
macro
PRIVATE BLOG – Gold the August Rally (PRO)
PRIVATE BLOG – Gold the August Rally (PRO)
Energy
Gulf Shipping Grinds to a Halt Following Houthi Missile Claim
Vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait crumbled on Wednesday from the previous day amid a Houthi claim they have hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea and hopes that Oman and Iran could reach a deal on jointly managing Hormuz. On Wednesday, only two vessels transited the
opinion
Why Mises Thought Fractional Reserve Banking Caused the Boom-Bust Cycle
Bob returns to the fractional reserve banking debate to clarify a point the critics keep missing: in the Mises-Hayek-Rothbard framework, it's fractional reserve banking itself that sets the boom-bust cycle in motion, not merely central banks.
Markets
BNP Paribas Sees Gold Hitting $5,000 as Trump’s Pressure on the Fed Weakens the Dollar - 24/7 Wall St.
BNP Paribas Sees Gold Hitting $5,000 as Trump’s Pressure on the Fed Weakens the Dollar - 24/7 Wall St.
macro
Bitcoin Is The 'Last Functioning Smoke Alarm Of Liquidity,' Says Macro Analyst Luke Gromen - Stocktwits
Bitcoin Is The 'Last Functioning Smoke Alarm Of Liquidity,' Says Macro Analyst Luke Gromen - Stocktwits
Geopolitics
Trump Blinks as Big, Bad Bond Market Bares its Teeth: McGeever - EnergyNow
Trump Blinks as Big, Bad Bond Market Bares its Teeth: McGeever - EnergyNow