The Federal Reserve will announce their interest rate decision next Wednesday, February 1st 2023. The markets and analysts are expecting […]
Why the FED Could Hike 50 bps Instead of 25 bps on February 1st 2023 Read More »
News Highlights On the 5th of December 2022, the EU started enforcing an embargo on Russian crude oil exports.
Week in Review: 23-27 January 2023 Read More »
Summary: This week, the rich, powerful and visionary met in Davos, Switzerland (World Economic Forum). Nothing very useful came out
Week in Review: 16-20 January 2023 Read More »
Summary: The week was marked by the release of the Consumer Price Inflation data in the US. The stock markets
Week in Review: 9-13 January 2023 Read More »
Summary: Happy new year and welcome to the first trading week. A worldwide recession is being forecasted by almost everybody.
Week in Review: 3-6 January 2023 Read More »
Summary: A relaxed week, without any big developments on the geopolitical or economic fronts. No rally in the stock
Week in Review: 26-30 December 2022 – Happy New Year Read More »
A few interesting documentaries about Financial and Corporate scandals in the recent past. The Madoff Case Video: The Madoff Affair
Wall Street Scandals – Fraud and Delusion Read More »
Summary: Argentina won the Football World Cup 2022. (Source: The New York Times) Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
Week in Review: 19-22 December 2022 – Merry Christmas Read More »
Summary: On Tuesday, the annual inflation rate in the US showed signs of slowing down, for a fifth straight
Week in Review: 12-16 December 2022 Read More »
A strong leader, and perhaps too stubborn in the end of her career as a prime minister in the UK.
Margaret Thatcher – The Iron Lady Read More »
Summary: The ISM Services PMI was released and the number was higher than last month (56.5 in November of
Week in Review: 5-9 December 2022 Read More »
Summary: Well…the markets continue confused and the economy continues to slowly slow. In a conference this week, J. Powell
Week in Review: 28 November – 2 December 2022 Read More »
In this section I list my personal library, by order of increasing complexity (and sometimes by the chronological order by
Summary: Durable goods orders in the US which measure the cost of orders received by manufacturers for goods that meant
Weekly Review: 21-25 November 2022 Read More »
Summary: Retail sales in the US surged 1.3% month-over-month in October of 2022, the strongest increase in eight months, after
Week in Review: 14-18 November 2022 Read More »
Summary: This week’s highlights were the US midterm elections, the CPI report and the FTX crypto exchange bankruptcy. The annual
Week In Review: 7-11 November 2022 Read More »
Why gold? Why bother? Gold has no counter-party risk. Gold is a hard asset. You can but you don’t have
The History of Gold – Why Gold? Read More »
Summary: This was another exciting week, with the release of important numbers regarding the economic and financial situation. Monday and
Week in Review: 31 October-4 November 2022 Read More »
