The world’s banks are under siege. Cryptocurrencies threaten to undermine banking altogether. Banks’ lending activities are attracting ever less interest thanks to central bank policies, and now negative rates are on the cards. Governments are borrowing ever more money, expecting banks to buy their bonds. And COVID-19 has unleashed an economic crisis temporarily kept at […]
By Nick Hubble,
The largest default in history is back on the cards. As is the financial meltdown that would follow. What’s changed? Italy’s government is in crisis. A minor coalition partner resigned from the group, losing the current government its slim majority. And since the last election, the eurosceptics have gained a lot of ground in the […]
By Nick Hubble,
Editor’s note: Our editors are taking a very well-deserved Christmas break, so while they’re away, we’re featuring their most popular articles from the past year. This one is from 19 September. Dear Reader, In 2008, investors suddenly discovered what subprime mortgages are. But what if someone had warned you about them in 2006? In 2000, […]
By Nick Hubble,
Editor’s note: Our editors are taking a very well-deserved Christmas break, so while they’re away, we’re featuring their most popular articles from the past year. This one is from 12 September. Dear Reader, Do you remember when Victorians were laughing about Sydney’s curfew and lockout laws? We chuckled about how they’d turned the vibrant nightlife […]
By Nick Hubble,
Editor’s note: Our editors are taking a very well-deserved Christmas break, so while they’re away, we’re featuring their most popular articles from the past year. This one is from 16 May. Dear Reader, After millennia of financial and economic strife, central bankers and politicians have finally figured it out. There was never any need for […]
By Nick Hubble,
In the first month of this year, Nick Hubble aired his scepticism of the green bubble or ‘grubble’.
By Nick Hubble,
US stocks recovered their pandemic losses incredibly quickly. Suspiciously quickly, you might say… In fact, 2020 saw the shortest bear market in US history, with stocks recovering to all-time highs by August. But, today, we look into how their past successes of 2020 could spell their own doom in 2021. The Washington Post kicks us […]
By Nick Hubble,
Sounds like a stupid question, I know. But consider this. Your definition of the word ‘risk’ and the definition used by the financial industry supposedly serving you are completely different. And the gap is the source of rather a lot of anguish, if you ask me. Today we explore the rift. The evolution of risk. […]
By Nick Hubble,
Dear Reader, The bitcoin bonanza is back. But why? The list of possibilities is rather long… With central bankers back to printing vast amounts of money, perhaps people want money that can’t be printed. With taxes likely to spike in coming years to pay for COVID-19 policies, perhaps people want money that’s hard to tax. […]
By Nick Hubble,
Five weeks ago, I warned you about it: Australia’s vulnerability to another COVID-19 outbreak, and the risks of more lockdowns as a result. Well, this time it’s Adelaide. Bloomberg describes it as one of the toughest lockdowns in the world. You can’t walk your dog. State borders are closed. Some of those who quarantined in […]
By Nick Hubble,
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