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Alasdair MacLeod

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Alasdair has been a celebrated stockbroker and Member of the London Stock Exchange for over four decades. His experience encompasses equity and bond markets, fund management, corporate finance and investment strategy.
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Oil For Gold – The Real Story
Friday, October 13, 2017 4:54 AM EDT
The ideal way for China to replace the dollar as the dominant currency for her cross-border trade is to encourage her oil suppliers to accept payment in her own currency, the yuan.
In this article: CNY, OIL, USO, GLD
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The Upcoming Increase In Interest Rates
Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:41 PM EDT
Central banks coordinate their monetary policies as much as possible, which is why we can take the view we are about to embark on a new policy phase of higher interest rates. The intention of this new phase must be to normalize rates.
In this article: GLD
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The Forthcoming Global Crisis
Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:32 PM EDT
The global economy is now in an expansionary phase, with bank credit being increasingly available for non-financial borrowers. This is always the prelude to the crisis phase of the credit cycle.
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Outlook For The Dollar Price Of Gold
Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:13 PM EDT
Whether this is the time physical gold demand begins to take over pricing leadership from futures markets, only time will tell. But there can be no doubt that the balance of interests for China is turning to now see a weakening dollar.
In this article: GLD, OIL, UUP
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Further Thoughts On Gibson’s Paradox
Friday, September 8, 2017 6:17 AM EDT
Gibson’s paradox tells us that the basis of monetary policy is fundamentally flawed. The reason this error has been ignored is that no neo-classical economist has been able to establish why Gibson’s paradox is valid.
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See No Evil, Speak No Evil
Thursday, August 31, 2017 1:39 PM EDT
What are the Fed and the ECB going to do with interest rates? And why is it still appropriate for the ECB to be injecting raw money into the Eurozone banks to the tune of $60bn per month, if the great financial crisis is over?
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Gold – Crossing The Rubicon
Thursday, August 24, 2017 1:48 PM EDT
Gold is challenging the $1300 level for the third time this year. If it breaks upwards out of this consolidation phase convincingly, it could be an important event, signalling a dollar that will continue to weaken.
In this article: GLD Also: OIL, UUP, CYB
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The Fiscal Benefits Of Free Trade
Thursday, August 17, 2017 1:54 PM EDT
Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating.
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Cryptocurrency - Its Status As Money
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 5:57 AM EDT
Supporters of cryptocurrencies claim they are money. If they are unable to substantiate this claim, then we must conclude that cryptocurrencies are only a medium for speculation, drawing on increasing numbers of the public to maintain their value.
In this article: BITCOMP
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Follow The Money
Thursday, August 3, 2017 1:33 PM EDT
The global economy has not imploded, as the bears have consistently warned. Systemic and other dangers still exist. The Bears now point to excessive valuations as the reason for staying out of the market.
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Why Economists Cannot Forecast Recessions
Thursday, July 27, 2017 11:12 AM EDT
Credit expansion is followed by a credit crisis, every time. Credit expansion is the root cause behind every subsequent recession.
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How Can The Fed Possibly Unwind QE?
Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:55 PM EDT
The only way assets on the Fed’s balance sheet can be reduced while interest rates are raised is to hope that borrowers in the private sector will be prepared to accelerate their borrowing, despite the Fed raising its FFR to normal levels.
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The Logic Of A Modern Gold Standard
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:42 PM EDT
By remonetizing gold into the monetary system of a large economic bloc, demand for gold will be increased.
In this article: GLD
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Time For A New Gold Standard For Asia
Thursday, July 6, 2017 1:03 PM EDT
Returning to a gold standard will be alien to Western observers, who will see it as a backward step, in denial of modern monetarism. For the large majority of Asia’s population, gold is superior money to government currencies.
In this article: GLD
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Understanding Money And Prices
Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:57 PM EDT
Very few people have a full understanding of the relationship between money and goods. This is the relationship that sets prices.
In this article: GLD
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Left Wing, Right Wing And Free Markets
Saturday, June 24, 2017 4:53 PM EDT
One of the saddest things about Britain’s recent general election was the level of ignorance displayed by all parties on the broad subject of political economics. I use the term to include both political philosophy and pure economic theory.
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