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  • Global Markets in Review: Investors Favor Safe Havens [View article]
    If recent history has taught us one thing, it's there is no such thing as safe havens in investments. The more investors pile into gold or T-bills, the more bubbly they become.
    Jan 25 09:22 am |Rating: +2 -1 |Link to Comment
  • The Fallacy of Floating Exchange Rates [View article]
    The point is that we cannot have a hybrid system in the world economy where one part has a currency peg and another part has a floating rate. So, either the whole world agrees on some sort of ERM (Exchange Rate Mechanism) as they used to have in Europe or there is complete floating exchange rate. By having both, we won't have the self-correcting mechanism that floating exchange rate is supposed to provide.
    Jan 23 08:26 am |Rating: +3 0 |Link to Comment
  • Why Hasn't the Bank of Japan Intervened to Weaken the Yen? [View article]
    Japan's deflation is related to its protectionism. Had the country's internal market been more open to worldwide competition, it would not have to cope with its deflationary problem for so many years, if not decades.
    Jan 22 12:35 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • A Depression and Recovery in Internet Time  [View article]
    Most of the world foreign exchange reserves are in USD. So, if they stage a run on US assets, they are basically shooting themselves in the foot.
    Jan 16 06:55 am |Rating: +5 -5 |Link to Comment
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