April 7, 2022 With the ramifications of the US lead sanctions against Russia playing out, an assessment of initial collateral damage can now be made. The collateral damage being looked at here is that for the US. Besides more fuel being poured on the inflation fire from the purposeful attack on key commodities, the debate regarding the future of the USD as global reserve currency[...]
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BLOWBACK – Sanctions Unleash Global Counter Attacks, Pent-up De-Dollarization Desires Emerge
March 31, 2022 For over two decades, numerous financial commentators have predicted the US Dollar status as global reserve currency would eventually diminish then end. While this position was dismissed by most in the mainstream financial media and academia, it should not be shocking since all past reserve currencies were eventually displaced. The abuses, manipulations, and chicanery[...]
Will Russia Turn to Gold to Save the Ruble? Possible Pivot in the Financial War.
March 24, 2022 Originally published by QTR's Fringe Finance Russia Will Backstop The Ruble With Gold. The backstopping of the Ruble with gold can come in many forms and doesn’t have to be a direct peg from the Ruble to gold - it can include accepting payment for oil in gold. Now that Russia has come right out and said it will only transact in Rubles when selling oil to[...]
China To Launch Yuan Swap Trading With Russian Rubles On Monday
The world was slow to wake up to the new reality in which China is now the de facto IMF sovereign backstop, as Zero Hedge described two weeks ago in "China Prepares To Bailout Russia" when we noted that a PBOC swap-line was meant to reduce the role of the US dollar if China and Russia need to help each other overcome a liquidity squeeze, something we first noted over two months ago in "China,[...]
Putin Is About To Rock The Gold, Oil & Currency Markets
from King World News Today a legendary trader and investor, who recently called the bottom in the U.S. stock market with remarkable precision, gave King World News a stunning interview where he laid out exactly how Russian leader Vladimir Putin is about to rock the gold, oil, and currency markets. Victor Sperandeo has been in the business 45 years, and has worked with famous individuals such as[...]