Central Banks - Money Morning Australia

11/01/2021

Biden, Bitcoin, and the Future of Money — When Fiat Currency Fails

Massive spending and tax hikes will have huge implications for the future of money and the global monetary system, which is why I’m tipping Bitcoin [BTC] to beat all other asset classes again this year...

Ryan Dinse

27/11/2020

Clean Energy Collision — the Biggest Investment Story of 2021?

In today’s Money Morning…the country of Kazakhstan could be about to become both an energy and financial powerhouse…cryptos and energy intersect…the end of the petrodollar and the start of something new…

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

19/11/2020

Bitcoin Price to US$318,000 by 2021? This Bank Says It’s Possible

If you haven’t already heard, bitcoin has been on a tear lately. In fact, it’s been on a tear for most of 2020. Overnight bitcoin briefly breached the US$18,000 mark for the first time since 2017. Rising just over 15% in the past week alone...

Lachlann Tierney

04/11/2020

QE and Rate Cuts: Three Things to Look for after More RBA Funny Money

The RBA has not so quietly unleashed a storm of funny money. Announcing an interest rate cut and $100 Billion in quantitative easing (QE). The consequences will take years to fully understand, but the RBA’s determination to give the beast what it wants...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

25/09/2020

More Debts Won’t Save the Big Banks — No More Responsible Lending

Josh Frydenberg seems to think that debt is the solution. And he’s going to make that happen by scrapping ‘responsible lending’ laws. In my opinion though, this lending reform won’t save the banks...

Lachlann Tierney

07/09/2020

RBA Interest Rate May as Well Be Zero — The Impact of Negative Rates

It’s not quite negative yet. But it’s getting mighty close. More money printing hijinks are afoot and a cash rate of .1% may as well be zero. What can we learn from countries that went negative though?

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

28/08/2020

Jerome Powell, the Inflator — The US Fed’s Policy on Inflation

Jerome Powell has abandoned any care about inflation... The US Federal Reserve Chair confirmed this at this year’s (virtual) Jackson Hole summit. Stating that the Fed would no longer be strictly targeting an average 2% inflation rate for the US economy...

Murray Dawes

18/08/2020

What the Hell Is Going on? — Looking at Inflation and the US Bond Market

We’ve all been amazed by the path of markets since the COVID crisis hit. A mind-bending crash and then a relentless rally after the US Fed rode to the rescue once again. What is going on!?!

Lachlann Tierney

14/08/2020

Think ASX Bank Stocks Are Cheap? Only if Nothing Changes

Whether it's by directly holding Big Four bank shares or part of your super — a significant portion of Australians have a piece of the banking oligopoly pie. Today I discuss bank stocks relative to resources and the risk that CBDCs pose to traditional banking...

Lachlann Tierney

12/08/2020

Is Gold an Exponential Trend? — Rooting for the Apocalypse

Rooting for gold is like rooting for the apocalypse! I see it as more an inexorable trend than anything. Exponential means the gold price would need to go truly ballistic...