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,
Dear Reader, This week was all about the end of the pandemic. Which hasn’t happened yet. But markets, being forward-looking, suddenly decided to price in a vaccine that works and a return to normality. Stocks that boomed thanks to COVID-19 suddenly got smacked. Stocks that languished during lockdowns boomed. Zoom crumbled, airlines went ballistic, for […]
By Nick Hubble,
No doubt you were glued to the TV this week, watching the big event of global importance.
By Nick Hubble,
Despite the fact that we’ve been predicting it for weeks, a chill ran down my spine when I read it. The IMF has declared ‘a new Bretton Woods moment’. That comes in the wake of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) ‘Great Reset’ theme. What are they referring to? A redesign of the international currency system. […]
By Nick Hubble,
Congratulations Australia. We had no excess deaths between mid-February and the end of May according to a study.
By Nick Hubble,
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