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Axel Merk

Axel Merk

Merk Funds

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

Biography

Axel Merk, President & CIO of Merk Investments, LLC, is an expert on hard money, macro trends and international investing. He is considered an authority on currencies.

  • Yen's Kamikaze Flight Trajectory

    Published 19 January 2010 | viewed 2,769 times

    Forget about the flight to the dollar at the peak of the financial crisis: the yen was the ultimate beneficiary. The endlessly quoted unwinding of…

  • ECB - Greece No California

    Published 14 January 2010 | viewed 2,859 times

    At its monthly press conference, European Central Bank (ECB) President Trichet was assertive in calling for fiscal discipline in its 16 member states that comprise…

  • Fed Tightening? Give Us a Break!

    Published 16 December 2009 | viewed 3,496 times

    At the end of its scheduled two-day meeting, the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) confirmed it will leave its target range for the federal…

  • ECB - The Reluctant Hawk?

    Published 03 December 2009 | viewed 2,450 times

    The European Central Bank (ECB) kept its main refinancing rate unchanged at 1%, but announced that it will phase out its six-month and one-year refinancing…

  • Dollar Implications of Dubai Jitters

    Published 02 December 2009 | viewed 3,227 times

    Thanksgiving eve, Dubai World, Dubai's state-owned development company, rattled the world by releasing a statement that it seeks a moratorium on its debt and interest…

  • Strong Dollar Policy: What??

    Published 17 November 2009 | viewed 3,458 times

    "I believe deeply that it's very important to the United States, to the economic health of the United States, that we maintain a strong dollar,"…

  • Who Cares About the Dollar?

    Published 05 November 2009 | viewed 4,710 times

    Who cares about the dollar? It turns out quite a few do, except for those who could put it on a course to long-term recovery.…

  • Bernanke: Central Bankers Bob the Builder?

    Published 27 August 2009 | viewed 2,600 times

    First, the good news about Bernanke's nomination for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve (Fed): we know what we are getting and…

  • Inflation or Hyperinflation?

    Published 24 June 2009 | viewed 4,315 times

    Inflation is dead - long live inflation! We hear about the threat of hyperinflation in the media - is this for real, can it happen…

  • U.S. Dollar: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Published 16 June 2009 | viewed 4,093 times

    Russian President Medvedev suggests the dollar is on its way out; Russian Finance minister Kudrin says there is no substitute for the dollar. The Chinese…

  • Merkel Cautions Central Bankers

    Published 03 June 2009 | viewed 4,177 times

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel caused a stir when warning the European Central Bank not to engage in asset purchases. She has received a lot of…

  • Bernanke's Math - Does It Add Up?

    Published 03 June 2009 | viewed 3,307 times

    The current account deficit is down as we are less reliant on foreigners to finance our deficits; the government's deficit is increasingly covered by the…

  • Geithner and China: Who Are You Fooling?

    Published 02 June 2009 | viewed 5,040 times

    Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's trip to Asia has been heralded as a sales trip aimed at convincing the Chinese to keep buying U.S. Treasuries and…

  • Market-Based Stress Test May Relieve Anxiety

    Published 06 May 2009 | viewed 2,919 times

    The stress test may be causing more harm than good. Why? Regulators should always have a good assessment of the health of financial institutions. If…

  • Pearls Before Swine - Perils of Free Money

    Published 02 May 2009 | viewed 2,708 times

    April 30, 2009 The swine flu could not have come at a worse time. Just when there were signs of a nascent recovery, confidence takes…

  • (Un)Intended Consequences: Uncertainty, Inflation and Inflexibility

    Published 20 April 2009 | viewed 3,461 times

    Present policies may be sowing the seeds for the next financial crisis. Despite recent market optimism, we believe present interventions could produce significant future adverse…

  • Bailout Economics: Politics of Self Destruction

    Published 31 March 2009 | viewed 4,360 times

    The patchwork of attempts to prop up the financial system has taken on a life of its own - we call it bailout economics. At…

  • Reflation Investing - Which Currencies Benefit?

    Published 18 March 2009 | viewed 3,798 times

    Reflation refers to policy makers' attempts to "reflate" the economy, to prop up what many would consider a broken system. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Ben…

  • Depression Investing - Which Currencies to Hide in?

    Published 10 March 2009 | viewed 5,056 times

    The world's a mess and in our eyes policy makers are inadvertently doing their best to worsen a bad situation. Let's assume you've had it…

  • Toxic Securities - Wanted: Market Based Prices

    Published 03 March 2009 | viewed 3,356 times

    Shaken insurance giant AIG has argued that fair value accounting is what got the world into this financial crisis. This debate is flaring up once…