Banks Archive

  • Central Banks Diversify

    Central Banks Diversify

    OK… Well, thanks to Chris for taking over the Pfennig on Friday. I was busy with other things for the day. I sent a note to Chris Friday morning about the Canadian Job report, and he replied that he had already written about it! WOW!...

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  • Avoid Banks Stocks

    Avoid Banks Stocks

    Credit risk always seems to come out of nowhere. But usually it comes out of somewhere…like the dirty, little recesses of a bank’s balance sheet – the places where bankers hide all their unrecognized losses. Ever since the suspension of rigorous mark-to-market accounting rules one year...

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  • Global “Pawn Shop” Loans Central Banks Cash for Gold at Record Rate

    Global “Pawn Shop” Loans Central Banks Cash for Gold at Record Rate

    The gold price level has pulled back of late and there’s a new reason to explain the move. Commodity Online suggests the price of gold could be taking a hit from the record rate at which the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has been growing...

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  • Governments and Banks Making Sure Everyone’s Underwater

    Governments and Banks Making Sure Everyone’s Underwater

    It seemed simple enough… “bailing” out a few megabanks to keep the entire financial system afloat. And yet, it turned out to be not so simple to save the world. Instead, global governments may have only managed to flood their own balance sheets with bad...

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