US Federal Reserve - Money Morning Australia

07/08/2020

The US Dollar’s Days Are Numbered — The USD is Losing Value

Since 1920 ‘til today, the US dollar has become the centre of global trade. But, the question the US now faces is, when will it end? Because if history is any guide, then the US dollar’s days are numbered. The USD is currently down 9% from its March highs...

Ryan Dinse

03/08/2020

Are the Boomers Too Big to Fail? — Why Central Banks Prop Up Markets

Today, I want to take a step back from the here and now and instead take a look at the big picture. Because in a strange way the stock market reaction to the turbulent times of 2020 makes sense, when seen through the prism of one huge, overarching trend...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

17/07/2020

How the Next Banking Crisis Will Likely Unfold: Bank Bailouts or ‘Bain-Ins’

Too big to fail. It was the mantra that defined the GFC. Leading to extraordinary taxpayer-funded bailouts of banks across the world. Whenever the next banking crisis arrives, be it in a matter of weeks or years, bailouts won’t be on the table. Instead, we are likely to see ‘bail-ins’...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

10/07/2020

Watch Out: Weaponised Currencies Are Coming — Currency Wars

Money has become important not only as a tool for transactions, but as a means to exert influence and control. Make no mistake about it: money is a weapon. The US knows it, China knows it — and you need to know it too...

Lachlann Tierney

04/07/2020

The Trust Quotient: Gold and Bitcoin versus the Fed

Trust is an ethereal term, but one thing you can be sure of is that endless rate tinkering and debt-funded growth leads to the decay of it. And I think there is another asset which thrives in a low-trust environment. This is cryptocurrency, and Bitcoin...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

02/07/2020

You Won’t Believe Who’s Getting the Fed’s Free Money

Overnight the Fed released their minutes from their 9–10 June meeting. What was interesting was a new list put out by the Fed. One that detailed the nearly 800 companies which the Fed is pumping money into...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

26/06/2020

The US Fed Denies Investors Their Returns and Their Freedom

It was another wild night for markets. Either way, the volatility is likely here to stay. Well, that is, unless Jerome Powell has something to say on the matter. Overnight the Fed released an update on its latest bank ‘stress tests’...

Ryan Dinse

02/06/2020

Don’t Think the Stock Market Can Go Higher? Think Again…

Can the stock market go higher? — There are lootings, shootings, and protests all over the country. And the stock market moves up?! Yeah, it sounds crazy, I know. But that’s what’s happening. US stock markets edged up 0.36% overnight...

Ryan Dinse

11/05/2020

The US Dollar Money System in Meltdown, What Comes Next? — Bitcoin

I explain why the US dollar’s days are numbered. The Fed is putting out fires for now, hoping that the money system can resolve itself before it collapses. This leaves space for a new reserve asset. My money is on a cryptocurrency like bitcoin...

Ryan Dinse

14/04/2020

The Gold Standard, US Dollar and New Money System — Today’s ‘Philosopher’s Stone’

In the long term we’ll either see one of two results emerge A return to growth as a new bubble inflates into the next crisis, that outcome will put us into uncharted territory and could even signal the start of a new system of money...