Financial markets

2021: The year of the Black Swans?

2021-04-122021-04-12
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Central banks, Eurozone, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Inflation

A “Black Swan” is best defined as an unforecastable, low-probability,… Read More »2021: The year of the Black Swans?

Is hyperinflation on the horizon?

2021-02-242021-02-24
by Tuomas Malinen
Bonds, Central banks, Credit, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Inflation, Recession

From time-to-time historically, national authorities have resorted to financing by… Read More »Is hyperinflation on the horizon?

Are Central Bank Digital Currencies a threat to the financial system?

2021-02-132021-02-13
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Central banks, Digital currencies, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global economy

Recently there has been an increased interest in digital currencies.… Read More »Are Central Bank Digital Currencies a threat to the financial system?

The Fed and the looming capital market meltdown

2020-08-282020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Bonds, Central banks, Crisis Preparation, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Stock market

The Federal Reserve system made a future financial panic or… Read More »The Fed and the looming capital market meltdown

What now?

2020-08-172020-08-24
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, China, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global economy

A year ago, we published a piece entitled “Where from… Read More »What now?

Financial markets are becoming unhinged

2020-03-172020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
English, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Global economy, Recession

The massive emergency easing measures enacted by the Fed over the weekend to inject liquidity into the global financial system are a sign of sheer panic. Both their sheer scale, and radical extent–including cutting rates to zero, $700 billion in new…

Prepper’s Bunker: Coronavirus update II

2020-03-122020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Bonds, Coronavirus, Credit, English, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Global economy

We have been warning about the impending economic crisis since March 2017. Central bankers and Chinese leaders have been able to postpone the onset of the crisis for…

Repo-market turmoil: staring into the financial abyss?

2019-12-142020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Central banks, English, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression

One thing has been bothering us for six years. How can so many economists and economic commentators dismiss the ever-increasing market meddling of central banks so lightly?

The first time we warned about this possible threat to financial markets w…

Towards the crisis

2019-10-152020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, English, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Global economy

The world economy has not been in a more precarious situation in over a decade. Growth is faltering everywhere, with the Eurozone flirting with recession, while central banks have returned to monetary easing after just one year of global tightening.

Will central banks survive?

2019-08-262020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Central banks, English, Financial markets, Global economy

Almost all economists and the vast majority of the general population erroneously believe that central banks are, basically, indestructible. And most fail to appreciate that central banks are different from normal commercial banks in just two respect…