Markets Archives - Rethinking the Dollar

The Currency’s Push Gives Gold the Pull

Mar 13, 2020 | Gold

Gold is trading lower, but definitely not as bad as last night’s starting point with the trade at $1,586.30 down $4 after dipping down to $1,551.00 with the high to beat at $1,594.20. Silver is down 22 cents after yesterday’s “selloff” with the trade at $15.785 after...

Funding Markets Are Freezing: Global Dollar Shortage Hits Alarming Levels

Mar 12, 2020 | Markets, Repo Market, Stock Market

The surging demand for repo liquidity – and massively expanded bailout facility size by the New York Fed – suggests there is a major global scramble for USD funding, and today’s price action in the archaic money markets exposes it has now reached...

“If You Liked It Up There, Do You Love It Now?”

Mar 9, 2020 | Markets, Stock Market

Over the course of the last few hours, we have been moving back and forth between being aghast at the market carnage, and all it might imply, and feeling agonizingly anxious about missing out on the rebound sure to be coming. Those are big emotional swings even...

Tips For A Volatile Market

Mar 6, 2020 | Finance, Stock Market

These last couple of weeks have been crazy in the markets, last week we saw steady declines and this week we’re yo-yoing from one of the best days in the market to date to one of the worst. It seems like the sky is falling, it always does when we get into one of...

Harvard Trained Economist: The Real Black Swan

Mar 6, 2020 | Stock Market, World News

The Nasdaq crashed 13% from February 24-28. The three-month crash into late December 2018 was 20%+, but not this sharp. This crash is now the fastest in one week following a new high in stocks. The coronavirus is what I call a real “black swan.” Something that comes...