Monthly Archives: August 2016
Wikipedia defines Financial repression refers to “policies that result in savers earning returns below the rate of inflation” in order to allow banks to “provide cheap loans to companies and governments, reducing the burden of repayments”. It can be particularly effective at liquidating government debt denominated in domestic currency. It can also lead to a large expansions in debt “to levels evoking comparisons with the excesses that generated Japan’s lost decade and the Asian financial crisis” in 1997. Savers are…..
In today’s Zero Hedge article, “… Foreign demand for US treasuries has disappeared.” This can be seen as a ‘buyers strike,’ when a large number of buyers stop buying in order to reduce the price. In this case, US treasury prices fall, and yields rise. Mrs. Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain in the 1980’s and nineties, always said that “market forces will always prevail.” The US government is increasing its indebtedness, the national debt is growing faster than real…..
A Tournament of Shadows presents enough twists and turns, and possesses just the right amount of realism, to hook those who salivate over a good global conspiracy theory. http://www.tournamentofshadowsnovel.com/ MEAGAN LOGSDON
“… provocative and exciting tale with a message about the vulnerability of the United States’ economy.”
“… this potent, intelligent thriller has the magnetic qualities to please wide audience.”
Listen to Michael Hyman on Dwight Lilly Show http://kcorradio.com/KCOR/Podcasts/The-Dwight-Lilly-Show/2016/July/July-28-2016-Michael-Hyman-Money-Meltdown-The-Dwight-Lilly-Show-KCOR-Digital-Radio-Network.mp3
“Tournament of Shadows” By Michael Hyman and Andrew Capon TORONTO – Modern warfare is constantly evolving. National security focuses primarily on preventing terrorist attacks and maintaining a strong, secure cyber network. Economic security is typically an afterthought to the general public, but the destabilization of global markets could be more devastating than any physical or digital attack the world has ever seen. Few people understand this better than Michael Hyman and Andrew Capon, with over 50 years of experience in…..
Watching Russia, purportedly, hack into the Democratic Party’s e-mail systems leads one to believe that a financial attack on the United States is more than possible. Hackers have also recently stolen bitcoins in Hong Kong as banks around the world see their systems hacked more often than not. Given the weaknesses of the United States and other countries, the idea of actual military conflict is financially unaffordable, mutually assured destruction of each parties economies, (MAD on another scale –…..
TITLE INFORMATION TOURNAMENT OF SHADOWS Michael H. Hyman and Andrew Capon Archway Publishing (316 pp.) $37.95 hardcover, $19.99 paperback, $15.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1-4808-2746-2; March 23, 2016 BOOK REVIEW Hyman (New Ways for Managing Global Financial Risks: The Next Generation, 2005, etc.) and debut author Capon offer an ambitious thriller involving international financial markets and global security threats. Financier Saul Linderman, under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, dies during a…..