Greater Scrutiny of American Bank Transactions
March 30, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher It would appear we are commemorating Woodrow Wilson’s tattle policies by reinstituting them… with a British twist. What happens when Wilson-era policies (A) and British banking policies (B) give each other a “special hug”? Well, that’s an experiment I hoped would never come to pass given the unethical […]
The New Best Offshore Banking Jurisdiction, Accounts Online?
Offshore Bank Accounts Online by Bobby Casey About three weeks ago a buddy of mine came for a visit in Riga, Latvia. He was looking for a getaway for a couple of weeks and wanted to explore the region I have called home for several years now. A few weeks ago he read one of […]
$1 Billion International Bank Heist
February 23, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I found it a little hard to believe when I first heard of it, but indeed there was a global bank heist of approximately $1 BILLION that was recently uncovered. By “global” we’re talking 30 countries and about 100 banks. And yes, it was “uncovered” because unlike regular […]
Walls Going Up… and Closing in
February 16, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The tax code is like a growing zit. It’s painful and I want so desperately to pop it. There are nearly 74,000 pages in that code. And code it is, because you need attorneys, CPAs, and computer algorithms to decipher it. Ever hear the old adage, “Ignorance of […]
The Beauty of Deflation
January 30, 2015 By: Claudio Grass, Managing Director at Global Gold Switzerland The Eurozone has been hovering around a 1% inflation rate, getting closer to zero during 2014, nothing close of the ambitious 2% benchmark set by central banks. Any small downward adjustment in the inflation rate will put it in the negative territory, allowing […]
The Swiss Surprise
January 19, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher So an interesting headline crossed my path the other day: “Swiss National Bank unexpectedly scrapped its three-year policy of capping the Swiss franc against the euro.” The move shocked many in the EU, especially many Swiss exporters. The Swiss Frac soared, while business stocks were sent in the […]
Steen Jakobsen: Things Are About To Take A Different Turn In 2015
January 16, 2015 By: Claudio Grass, Managing Director of Global Gold This article is based on an interview conducted by Claudio Grass, the Managing Director of Global Gold based in Switzerland, with Mr. Steen Jakobsen. Mr. Jakobsen is the Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer at Saxo Bank, where he has served for a total […]
What Do Record Profits for U.S. Treasury Mean?
January 12, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Well, this week, the news came to me! I usually have to root around the financial corners of the internet to find something to write about, but this one just dropped in my lap. I was scrolling through Facebook, and this one self-proclaimed liberal Democrat posts this article […]
Money, Gold, Liberty In 2015 And Beyond
January 9, 2015 By: Claudio Grass, Global Gold 2014 was quite an eventful year for global markets: Janet Yellen became the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve; we were on the brink of war in Crimea, and Germany won its fourth world cup title. Many countries around the world held elections, the Scotts and the […]
Developing Plots Around the World
January 5, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Happy New Year! Have you ever seen the movie Pulp Fiction? One of the notable features of that film was how it started off following various unrelated events and characters, but as the movie continued, it shows how those characters and events would culminate into one plot. This […]
