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by Daniel Lacalle via Mises.org In this world of monetary insanity, defenders of central bank constant easing try every day to convince you that inflation is caused by numerous factors, not by currency printing. Many blame inflation on cost-push factors or even speculation, but ultimately all those are consequences, not causes. Rising prices are always caused by […]
by Doug Casey via International Man International Man: Commodity prices go through cycles. Where are we in this cycle, and what do you think comes next? Doug Casey: Commodities, historically, are the worst investment in the world. The price trend of commodities for the last 5,000 years has been down. In neolithic times, a caveman […]
Russian economic sanctions are by no means as surgical or precise as the Biden Administration would hope. Sanctions on Russia will negatively impact the United States. There will be blowback. Brace yourself. From Zero Hedge, Several weeks ago, when Biden instituted a wholesale ban on Russian energy exports, he explicitly carved out Russian uranium suppliers […]
by Egon von Greyerz via Gold Switzerland When the sh-t hits the global fan, it often does it at the optimal time for the maximum amount of damage and with the worst kind of sh-t to soil the world. For years I have been clear that the world is reaching the end of an economic, […]
by Niccolo Conte via Visual Capitalist The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns (2022 Edition) For investors, 2021 was a year in which nearly every asset class finished in the green, with commodities providing some of the best returns. The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) was the third best-performing asset class in 2021, returning 37.1% […]