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Market Talk – June 17, 2022

ASIA: The UAE has placed a ban on the export and re-export of all varieties of wheat from India for four months. The resolution applies to all varieties of wheat and wheat flour, which were imported into the country before 13, May 2022, the ministry of economy said in a statement issued on Wednesday. The […]

Market Talk – June 16, 2022

ASIA: India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the Asian economies, with a six-position jump from 43rd to 37th rank on the annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development, largely due to gains in economic performance. Japan’s Nikkei index fell for a third day on Tuesday amid risks to growth from […]

Market Talk – June 14, 2022

ASIA: The Japanese economy contracted in the first quarter, but at a slower pace than earlier estimated, the government data released  last Wednesday showed. The world’s third-largest economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.5 per cent, according to Cabinet Office data. That was smaller than the 1.0 per cent contraction in the preliminary estimate for […]

Market Talk – June 13, 2022

ASIA: Five global banks signed up as cornerstone members of the Alliance for Green Commercial Banks, a global green banking initiative established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). The five cornerstone banks are Bank of China (Hong Kong), Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, and Standard Chartered. […]

UN Tries to Blame Food Crisis on Putin

Honestly, these lies and propaganda coming from the United States and Europe is just a slap in the face and it demonstrates that they look upon us as the BRAIN-DEAD Great Unwashed. Too stupid to understand even how to live without their orders. The Biden Administration and the EU are desperate to blame everything on […]

Market Talk – June 9, 2022

ASIA: US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday that President Joe Biden had asked his team to look at the option of lifting some tariffs on China that were put into place by former President Donald Trump to combat the current high inflation. Biden has said he is considering removing some of the tariffs […]

Market Talk – June 8, 2022

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:   NIKKEI 225 increased 290.34 points or 1.04% to 28,234.29   Shanghai increased 22.03 points or 0.68% to 3,263.79   Hang Seng increased 482.92 points or 2.24% to 22,014.59   ASX 200 increased 25.40 points or 0.36% to 7,121.10   Kospi decreased 0.19 […]

Market Talk – June 7, 2022

ASIA: China is moving to spur spending that was depressed by COVID curbs in some of its biggest cities, but piecemeal measures such as vouchers, subsidies for car buyers and digital yuan payments have been modest compared with other big global economies. Policymakers have instead stuck to their preferred approach to stimulus, which focuses on […]

Market Talk – June 6, 2022

ASIA: Global markets fell sharply on Monday as fears over rising inflation and a slowdown in China’s export growth fueled worries about the health of the world economy. Analysts said the slowdown showed that the world’s second largest economy was suffering from the lockdowns in big cities such as Shanghai, which have affected factory production […]

Gold – Dollar – Inflation

The American view during the 70s was more concerned about gold rather than the value of the dollar against world currencies. Most Americans never traveled to Europe so their impression of currencies was the Canadian dollar which was about par with the dollar that Americans would encounter when visiting Niagra Falls. I remember as a […]