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Fed Up Friday: Rate Hike Likely, But Fed Still Recession-Deniers

Across the world this week, many different political strains were generating economic challenges. Venezuela is producing a cautionary tale about hyperinflation, while Italy began expressing its own populist movement. Meanwhile, the Fed has begun nervously testing the waters of the future Trump administration. Venezuela Issuing 20,000 Bolivar Notes to Combat Worthless Currency Venezuela’s Runaway Inflation […]

Housing Bubble Floating Towards Sharp Drop in Demand

On Wednesday, the Mortgage Bankers Association released data showing a sharp drop of 0.7% in mortgage applications from a week prior. The MBA’s report blamed higher interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages as the cause for the downturn. Currently, these rates are at a two-year high.

The Currency Crisis In India Seeking Alpha Predicted Is Here

This article was submitted by Shubhendu Pathak, a finance professional working in the Bay Area. Past: Capital One Shubhendu earned his Bachelors (B.Tech) and Masters (M.Tech) from IIT Delhi, and MBA with a concentration in Finance from Emory University. Seeking Alpha published my two articles Will India Be The First Domino To Fall? and You Can’t Just […]

Investors Continue Misguided Selloff of Gold Despite Coming Inflation

Monday saw a drop in gold prices as investors look to the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week. The misguided selloff comes despite almost certain future inflation levels, and many traders are likely to backtrack their bets in the coming months. Higher interest rates will add to inflationary pressures. Leveraged businesses will find […]

Gold Prices Expected to Move Up With Sharia Law Revisions

Since it was first proposed last April, trading gold as a commodity within Islamic finance is now a reality. The pro-gold law was first adopted on November 19 by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, which sets Sharia Law standards for finance groups. Historically, Islamic investments have been guided by Sharia Law, which […]

Fed Up Friday: Trump’s US Treasurer Pick Mnuchin Wants to Slash Taxes

Trump has pegged the next US Treasurer, Steven Mnuchin, who’s already begun making bold statements about tax cuts and revamping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Italy may hold the keys to a European market crisis and Bernanke tells the Fed to keep their economic predictions to themselves. This much and more in this week’s Fed […]

Trump’s Treasury Pick Looking to Privatize Fannie and Freddie

Donald Trump’s US Treasury nominee Steven Mnuchin sent mortgage markets into a frenzy when he said privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should begin and that the incoming administration would “get it done reasonably fast.” Comments about the two mortgage finance titans shot their stocks up over 30% according to Bloomberg. Both financial institutions […]

Man Finds Gold Horde Worth $3.7 Million in Deceased Relative’s Home

A man from the French region of Normandy recently inherited a house from a deceased relative, only to discover his newly acquired home was actually a secret gold depository. Throughout the house, the man found a total of 220 lbs (3208.33 Troy oz.) of gold coins and bars totaling $3.7 million. The man’s identity has […]

Zimbabwe’s New “Zombie Money” Bank Notes May Resurrect Hyperinflation

The southern African Republic of Zimbabwe knows all about currency crisis. In 2009, the country was forced to stop printing its own currency because inflation levels had grown to astronomical proportions. At its highest levels during 2008 and 2009, Zimbabwe’s inflation rate was estimated to have reached 79.6 billion percent. Eventually, the struggling republic was […]

Peter Schiff: Look for Fed to Return to QE with Trump’s Economic Plans

Peter Schiff recently appeared on CNBC’s “Future’s Now” program to discuss what the Federal Reserve will likely do during a Donald Trump presidency. Peter said he sees a rate hike in December as too little too late given the ineffectual level of interest the economy has seen over the last several years, and because of […]