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Image | Off The Cuff: An Important Shoe Just Dropped In Europe
Off The Cuff: An Important Shoe Just Dropped In Europe
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • Greece: What Will The Syriza Win Bring?
    • A rejection of kow-towing to the Troika
  • Stresses Across The Eurozone
    • Running out ways to delay the inevitable
  • Gold & Inflation
    • Rising prices for both are likely from here
  • Slowing Global Growth
    • But a deflationary wave may need to sweep the globe first
Off The Cuff: An Important Shoe Just Dropped In Europe
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • Greece: What Will The Syriza Win Bring?
    • A rejection of kow-towing to the Troika
  • Stresses Across The Eurozone
    • Running out ways to delay the inevitable
  • Gold & Inflation
    • Rising prices for both are likely from here
  • Slowing Global Growth
    • But a deflationary wave may need to sweep the globe first
Image | Off the Cuff: Gold Wars
Off the Cuff: Gold Wars
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • The Swiss gold referendum and the extraordinary lengths to which the Swiss National Bank is going to prevent its passage.
  • The World Gold Council's bizarre under-reporting of Chinese gold demand
  • Fuzzy numbers:  GDP is both distorted and not representative of actual economic progress
  • Russia moving toward putting the ruble under a gold standard?
  • Provoking Russia.  The aims of the west are not clear, probably because there's no real strategy in place.

There are very big movements happening in the world of physical gold, with the dutch somehow getting their 120+ tonnes of gold back from the US Federal Reserve over just three months while Germany continues to insist 5 tonnes over an entire year was reasonable.  A major political figure in France has written a letter to the French central bank demanding that all French gold be repatriated while Russia's central bank continues to accumulate gold in preference for dollars.

Yet the price for physical gold remains stuck in a tight band between $1190 and $1200.  

But what if Russia is moving towards a gold standard?  This would make sense for them on a lot of levels and would be a true game changer for a world that currently revolves around the petrodollar.  Alasdair and Chris discuss the hows and the whys.
Off the Cuff: Gold Wars
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • The Swiss gold referendum and the extraordinary lengths to which the Swiss National Bank is going to prevent its passage.
  • The World Gold Council's bizarre under-reporting of Chinese gold demand
  • Fuzzy numbers:  GDP is both distorted and not representative of actual economic progress
  • Russia moving toward putting the ruble under a gold standard?
  • Provoking Russia.  The aims of the west are not clear, probably because there's no real strategy in place.

There are very big movements happening in the world of physical gold, with the dutch somehow getting their 120+ tonnes of gold back from the US Federal Reserve over just three months while Germany continues to insist 5 tonnes over an entire year was reasonable.  A major political figure in France has written a letter to the French central bank demanding that all French gold be repatriated while Russia's central bank continues to accumulate gold in preference for dollars.

Yet the price for physical gold remains stuck in a tight band between $1190 and $1200.  

But what if Russia is moving towards a gold standard?  This would make sense for them on a lot of levels and would be a true game changer for a world that currently revolves around the petrodollar.  Alasdair and Chris discuss the hows and the whys.
Image | Off the Cuff: Market Mayhem
Off the Cuff: Market Mayhem
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair MacLeod discuss:

  • The Market Meltdown
    • What the heck just happened?
  • The Next Round of Bailouts
    • If you hate the problem, wait till you see the solutions
  • Gold
    • Ready for a return to the limelight?
  • Ebola
    • Is the media selling us too much fear?
Off the Cuff: Market Mayhem
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair MacLeod discuss:

  • The Market Meltdown
    • What the heck just happened?
  • The Next Round of Bailouts
    • If you hate the problem, wait till you see the solutions
  • Gold
    • Ready for a return to the limelight?
  • Ebola
    • Is the media selling us too much fear?
Image | Off the Cuff: A Look Across the Pond
Off the Cuff: A Look Across the Pond
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • Independence For Scotland
    • The implications of this week's historic vote
  • Gold's Depressed Price
    • The establishment benefits from a low price
  • Europe vs Russia
    • Why the EU holds a losing hand
  • The Evils of Central Banking
    • Creating worse problems than they're supposed to solve
Off the Cuff: A Look Across the Pond
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair Macleod discuss:

  • Independence For Scotland
    • The implications of this week's historic vote
  • Gold's Depressed Price
    • The establishment benefits from a low price
  • Europe vs Russia
    • Why the EU holds a losing hand
  • The Evils of Central Banking
    • Creating worse problems than they're supposed to solve
Image | Off the Cuff: A European Perspective On The Conflict With Russia
Off the Cuff: A European Perspective On The Conflict With Russia
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair discuss:

  • Europe's Quizzical Acquiescence
    • Acting like the junior partner to the US agenda
  • The Significance of Russian Energy
    • Europe has no real Plan B if Putin turns off the gas
  • The Role of Gold
    • Russia has been dramatically increasing its gold reserves. To what end?
  • The Vulnerability of the Global Economy To Russian Hardball
    • Russian defaults would ripple through the banking system
Off the Cuff: A European Perspective On The Conflict With Russia
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair discuss:

  • Europe's Quizzical Acquiescence
    • Acting like the junior partner to the US agenda
  • The Significance of Russian Energy
    • Europe has no real Plan B if Putin turns off the gas
  • The Role of Gold
    • Russia has been dramatically increasing its gold reserves. To what end?
  • The Vulnerability of the Global Economy To Russian Hardball
    • Russian defaults would ripple through the banking system
Image | Alasdair Macleod: All You Need To Know About Negative Interest Rates
Alasdair Macleod: All You Need To Know About Negative Interest Rates
by Adam Taggart

On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) took the historically unprecedented step of lowering certain of its interest rates below 0%. In a report to our premium subscribers immediately following the announcement, Chris likened the move to the policy equivalent of dropping a neutron bomb.

In the days following, despite the ECB attempting to clarify its stance further, many questions still linger; most notably: What exactly will the implications of this negative interest rate (NIRP) policy be?

 

Alasdair Macleod: All You Need To Know About Negative Interest Rates
 by Adam Taggart

On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) took the historically unprecedented step of lowering certain of its interest rates below 0%. In a report to our premium subscribers immediately following the announcement, Chris likened the move to the policy equivalent of dropping a neutron bomb.

In the days following, despite the ECB attempting to clarify its stance further, many questions still linger; most notably: What exactly will the implications of this negative interest rate (NIRP) policy be?

 

Image | Off the Cuff: Europe Is A “Train Crash In The Making”
Off the Cuff: Europe Is A “Train Crash In The Making”
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair discuss:

  • The Insane UK Housing Bubble
    • Courtesy of central bank-driven low rates & hot money
  • EU Banks Are As Vulnerable As Ever
    • None of the issues from 2008 have been resolved
  • The Coming EU Energy Drought
    • Worsened by Russia's new gas deal with China
  • The Lack of Churchills
    • Strong leaders are needed, but nowhere in sight
Off the Cuff: Europe Is A “Train Crash In The Making”
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week's Off the Cuff podcast, Chris and Alasdair discuss:

  • The Insane UK Housing Bubble
    • Courtesy of central bank-driven low rates & hot money
  • EU Banks Are As Vulnerable As Ever
    • None of the issues from 2008 have been resolved
  • The Coming EU Energy Drought
    • Worsened by Russia's new gas deal with China
  • The Lack of Churchills
    • Strong leaders are needed, but nowhere in sight
Image | Alasdair Macleod: Currency Crisis Dead Ahead
Alasdair Macleod: Currency Crisis Dead Ahead
by Adam Taggart

This week's podcast interview introduces a new monetary measurement developed by Alasdair Macleod: the 'Fiat Quantity of Money', or FMQ. Alasdair explains how FMQ is derived, as well as what it can tell us about the true levels of fiat money supply. In the case of the dollar, it reveals that levels are far above what is commonly appreciated – so far, in fact, that a currency crisis could arrive sooner than even many dollar bears expect.
Alasdair Macleod: Currency Crisis Dead Ahead
 by Adam Taggart

This week's podcast interview introduces a new monetary measurement developed by Alasdair Macleod: the 'Fiat Quantity of Money', or FMQ. Alasdair explains how FMQ is derived, as well as what it can tell us about the true levels of fiat money supply. In the case of the dollar, it reveals that levels are far above what is commonly appreciated – so far, in fact, that a currency crisis could arrive sooner than even many dollar bears expect.
Image | Alasdair Macleod: Europe is a Hot Mess
Alasdair Macleod: Europe is a Hot Mess
by Adam Taggart

It's almost August, the month everyone in Europe takes off on holiday to forget their troubles. This year may be different, though, as not only can many not afford a vacation, but Europe's troubles loom so large that forgetting them won't be easy…
Alasdair Macleod: Europe is a Hot Mess
 by Adam Taggart

It's almost August, the month everyone in Europe takes off on holiday to forget their troubles. This year may be different, though, as not only can many not afford a vacation, but Europe's troubles loom so large that forgetting them won't be easy…
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