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A Slight Hint Of A 2011 Feel

By |2018-06-07T18:53:54-04:00June 7th, 2018|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

Whenever a big bank is rumored to be in unexpected merger talks, that’s always a good sign, right? The name Deutsche Bank keeps popping up as it has for several years now, this is merely representative of what’s wrong inside of a global system that can’t ever get fixed. In this one case, we have a couple of perpetuated conventional [...]

Is Anyone Really Surprised DB’s Problems Had Nothing To Do With The DoJ Fine?

By |2018-05-31T17:03:13-04:00May 31st, 2018|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

You need only go back a little less than two years for an example. In later 2016, Deutsche Bank was a huge problem everyone was discussing if only because they couldn’t avoid it. Despite “reflation” then gripping much of the world, the German institution stood out for all the wrong reasons. Those were easily dismissed as nothing other than an [...]

The Big German Zombie

By |2018-02-02T18:23:21-05:00February 2nd, 2018|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

It’s kind of a cheap shot to go back and rehash corporate statements from way back in the past. Still, when the topic is banking and why the monetary system refuses more than intermittent and minor progress, it’s worth the revisit. What’s different now than before 2008, really August 2007, is far more than regulation. It’s the attitude that’s changed. [...]

Zeroing In On ‘Something’; Another Bank Anecdote

By |2016-10-06T17:16:13-04:00October 6th, 2016|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

If we objectively analyze what is taking place with global banks, it is that they are facing new constraints due to volatility and conditions across different capacities that are much different than modeled expectations. This was supposed to be the Hollywood ending but instead there is only “global turmoil.” This difference isn’t new; it has been ongoing at various speeds [...]

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