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Top Things I Learned About Life While Day Trading Millions

James Altucher
December 11, 2019
Entrepreneur James Altucher shares the lessons he learned from his chaotic life as a day trader.

Wall Street woes

Tanya Agrawal, Reuters
April 22, 2015
After mediocre earnings and awaiting housing numbers, U.S. stocks opened relatively flat Wednesday morning,

The world has a currency defacing problem

Mark O'Byrne
March 4, 2015
From “Spocking” in Canada to overtly political imagery in Greece, paper currency is growing in popularity. Defacing notes is illegal and a criminal offence in the EU, U.S. and most countries

Is bitcoin dying, or transitioning to ultimate purpose?

Noah Smith, Bloomberg
January 21, 2015
Noah Smith of Bloomberg evaluates in practical terms what the performance of bitcoin means for the future.

Understanding the Fed/gold relationship

Matt Machaj
February 7, 2014
The Fed's money creation has reached ridiculous amounts in recent years -- or has it, and what effect is there on gold?

The Fed doesn’t seem worried about inflation, but should you be?

Alasdair Macleod
January 24, 2014
By December, the most recent month for which statistics are available, the U.S. dollar Fiat Money Quantity (FMQ) had grown to $12.48 trillion. This is $5.05 trillion more than if it had grown in line with the established average monthly growth rate from 1960 to the month before the Lehman Crisis.

The Fed doesn’t seem worried about inflation, but should you be?

Alasdair Macleod
January 24, 2014
By December, the most recent month for which statistics are available, the U.S. dollar Fiat Money Quantity (FMQ) had grown to $12.48 trillion. This is $5.05 trillion more than if it had grown in line with the established average monthly growth rate from 1960 to the month before the Lehman Crisis.

Why the West sells gold and China buys it

Alasdair Macleod
January 17, 2014
A number of readers and bloggers have recently suggested there must be collusion between America and China over the transfer of physical gold from Western capital markets. They assume that governments know what they are doing, so there is a bigger game afoot of which we are unaware.

Why the West sells gold and China buys it

Alasdair Macleod
January 17, 2014
A number of readers and bloggers have recently suggested there must be collusion between America and China over the transfer of physical gold from Western capital markets. They assume that governments know what they are doing, so there is a bigger game afoot of which we are unaware.

Gold undervalued compared to fiat money quantity

Alasdair Macleod
December 20, 2013
In these adjusted terms, gold at $1,200 nominal is now trading at 64% of its price in July 2008. At that time systemic risk was not fully understood by investors, and FMQ has since hyper-inflated.