Adrian Ash

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• Black Monday for Bond Yields

  Published 21 August 2007 | viewed 5,517 times

  "...Monday this week marked the biggest move in Treasury bond yields since Black Monday in Oct. 1987 destroyed more than one-fifth of the US stock…

• Well, Bless Poole's Beautiful Hide!

  Published 16 August 2007 | viewed 5,043 times

  ONLY A "CALAMITY" would justify an interest-rate cut now, says St. Louis Federal Reserve chief William Poole. In which case, he either liquidated his personal…

• Autumn in August?

  Published 15 August 2007 | viewed 5,104 times

  "...In a credit crunch, it's often said, cash is king. In which case, gold's just been crowned emperor..." AT LEAST THE weather here in London…

• A Bull Market in Fools

  Published 13 August 2007 | viewed 8,292 times

  "...All financial bubbles need the rabble to pile in before the bubble goes bang. But something's amiss this time round..." DAY TRADERS in spring 2000,…

• Polonium, Politics and $100 Oil

  Published 03 August 2007 | viewed 4,151 times

  "...If you fear that we're only a couple of headlines away from $100 oil, be careful how you buy into Russia's huge energy reserves..." A…

• Back to Banking Basics

  Published 27 July 2007 | viewed 4,702 times

  Ye wise Philosophers explain What Magick makes our Money rise, When dropt into the Southern Main; Or do these Juglers cheat our Eyes? Jonathan Swift,…

• Gold: Insurance or Risk Asset?

  Published 25 July 2007 | viewed 3,172 times

  "...Could the trend of gold up, everything else up, have just reached its end...?" IT TOOK A WHILE for the financial media to catch on.…

• Stop! Or the Economy Gets It

  Published 20 July 2007 | viewed 4,057 times

  "...If only consumers hadn't taken the world's central bankers at their word..." WE ONLY have ourselves to blame. Consumers in the West, rich in credit…

• Bish, Bosh, Loads of Dosh!

  Published 17 July 2007 | viewed 5,165 times

  "...Wasn't Bear Stearns supposed to report the losses at its two mortgage-bond hedge funds on Monday this week...?" "BEAR STEARNS Investors Await Tally on Losses,"…

• When Bad Debts Attack

  Published 13 July 2007 | viewed 4,735 times

  "...Memo to the US Fed: When the Dollar collapse comes, you might not get chance to even give money away..." BEN BERNANKE has his helicopter.…

• The Dash for Cash Goes Global

  Published 10 July 2007 | viewed 4,765 times

  "...How much intangible debt now needs to be squeezed into how much real money...?" IS THIS WHAT a credit crunch feels like on the ground?…

• Gold: The Fundamental Rules

  Published 06 July 2007 | viewed 4,410 times

  "...Asia's booming economies are colliding with its traditional love of gold. If you like unstoppable investment trends, it might pay to take note..." SO THE…

• Dollar Dependence on the Fourth of July

  Published 04 July 2007 | viewed 6,884 times

  "...Has the United States confused the cause and effect of monetary vs. military dominance? To mark Independence Day 2007, let's count the cost..." ON THIS…

• The Golden Lunch

  Published 27 June 2007 | viewed 4,985 times

  "...The commodity view of gold fails to explain WHY people buy gold, whether it's rough jewelry in India or investment-grade bars stored in Swiss vaults..."…

• Fear of the Future, 18 Years On

  Published 25 June 2007 | viewed 4,984 times

  "...If depression is short-hand for fear of the future, then here's a glimpse of what lies beyond today's bubble in credit, debt and financial confidence..."…

• Damned If You Do...

  Published 20 June 2007 | viewed 5,112 times

  "...The central bank in New Zealand now presents the absurd spectacle of raising its lending rates while trying to depress its own currency by selling…

• Super Heroes of Central Bank Policy

  Published 18 June 2007 | viewed 4,335 times

  "Is it a bird, is it a plane...or is it a central banker wearing his underpants over his trousers...?" JUST HOW POWERFUL are the world's…

• Feeling Normal Yet?

  Published 14 June 2007 | viewed 3,598 times

  "Might this bubble in debt really have grown so enormous that somehow it can end - as no bubble before it - without bursting...?" "TOO…

• Boo! Spot the Shocker in UK Inflation

  Published 12 June 2007 | viewed 5,839 times

  "...When this bull market in 'luck' runs out, shorting the Pound might prove a wise course instead of buying fixed-income gilts..." GOOD NEWS for lucky…

• What Will the Fed Make of the Bond Market Panic?

  Published 08 June 2007 | viewed 6,023 times

  "...If US consumers and Washington can't borrow cheap at the long end this summer, then they'll just have to get cheap money at the short…