Book Review: The Golden Revolution

There are many books on the market today about the coming collapse of the global dollar-based monetary system.  Many of them purport to help the reader “profit” from the collapse(!)  Others are filled (just like the blogosphere from which they often come) with dark, conspiratorial whispers, psychologizing of leaders in government and finance, and preposterous [...]

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CPI And The Parable Of The Pie Maker

As I have done before on occasion, with this edition of the Amphora Report, I take a break from my usual doom and gloom and offer up an economic parable, this time for the summer holidays. I encourage interested readers to consider the morals of this story.

The Tale of Jack [...]

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Caught In A Debt Trap

As with much of the euro area, the US is in a debt trap. All the politicking in DC does not change this economic fact. The federal debt is going to be devalued. Yet even now, amid a new economic slowdown, US consumer price inflation is set to remain positive following [...]

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Why Bankruptcy Is The New Black

OK, OK, I’m not exactly one to write about fashion, but fashion is about trends, and investment analysis is frequently about identifying trends early, if possible even before they properly begin, to assume the vanguard position prior to a dramatic outperformance of a given asset, or investment style. And so, in [...]

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The Buck Stops Here: A BRIC Wall

Already on the defensive due to a persistent failure to achieve its stated policy aims, the US Fed was subject to much fresh criticism over the past week, including from the BRIC nations, collectively the largest foreign holders of US dollar reserves. While the dollar remains the world’s pre-eminent reserve currency, [...]

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“Broken Window” Investment Strategies

The Daily Capitalist welcomes new contributor John Butler of Atom Capital in London. John has 18 years’ experience in the global financial industry, having worked for European and US  investment banks in London, New York and Germany. Prior to founding Amphora Capital he was Managing Director and Head of the Index Strategies [...]

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