Will COVID-19 Lead To A Gold Standard?

By StevieRay Hansen | February 23, 2020

Even before the coronavirus sprang upon an unprepared China the credit cycle was tipping the world into recession. The…

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Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, And An Epic Trail Of Destruction

By StevieRay Hansen | February 17, 2020

The Institutional Risk Analyst, we review the new book by David Enrich, “Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and…

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“Tankers, Tankers. Everywhere!” – Virus Causes Historic’ Traffic Jam’ Across Asian Supply Lines

By StevieRay Hansen | February 16, 2020

Covid-19’s effect on global energy markets has been disastrous. OPEC slashed its oil demand forecast last week, and Goldman…

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Will The Coronavirus Outbreak Cause A Massive Stock Market Crash?

By StevieRay Hansen | February 15, 2020

Could it be possible that this coronavirus outbreak will be the trigger that finally bursts the biggest stock…

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The Dilemma Facing China Is Truly Awful

By StevieRay Hansen | February 7, 2020

As has been the case since Monday’s sell-off, there is an attempt to try to look on the…

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Coronavirus Triggers “Biggest Shock” To Oil Markets Since Lehman Crisis

By StevieRay Hansen | February 7, 2020

Update: The Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard warned that the collapse in Chinese oil consumption is “the biggest shock to oil markets since…

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Former Co-Head Of Investment Banking At Goldman Asia Banned For Life By The Fed

By StevieRay Hansen | February 5, 2020

Former Goldman Sachs partner Andrea Vella has been barred from the industry over his involvement in the Malaysian…

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China Bloodbath: Stocks Crash; Oil, Iron Limit Down Despite Emergency PBOC Intervention, Rate Cuts

By StevieRay Hansen | February 3, 2020

 previewed on Friday and again earlier today when we noted the latest trades in China’s A50 futures… … China’s reopening…

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Coronavirus And The “Unsinkable” Titanic Analogy

By StevieRay Hansen | January 30, 2020

Unthinkable doesn’t mean unsinkable. As we all know, the “unsinkable” Titanic suffered a glancing collision with an iceberg…

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Fed Policy And The Wuhan Coronavirus

By StevieRay Hansen | January 28, 2020

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Abe Maslow, the same fellow who developed…

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