Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded, the credit ratings of Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Oman. SAUDI ARABIA: The downgrade of Saudi Arabia credit rating by rating agency S&P, of Wednesday February 17, was the country’s second downgrade in four months: On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, S&P[…]
Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, In this weekend blog article we want to discuss with you why investing in phosphorus which plays a key role in most life processes, va Phosphorus is a nonmetallic chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15. There are several forms of phosphorous, called white, red and black phosphorus, although their colours are more likely to be slightly different. White[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of September 28, 2015: ALCOA to split into 2 separate public companies. Carl Icahn, warns that markets are overpriced.[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of September 7, 2015: Brazil downgraded to Junk rating by Standard & Poor’s. Huge outflow of gold held for[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the current correction cycle, that has all the potential of becoming a bear market, which might lead to a global recession or even depression. DEFINITION OF A CORRECTION: A correction is a decline or downward movement of a stock, or a[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the biggest sell-off on Wall Street since November 2011. DOW-JONES INDEX: The USA blue chip Index, the DOW-Jones Industrial, declined from 17,545.18 points on the close of Monday August 17, to close at 16,459.75 points on Friday, August 21st, a decline of 1,085.43 points[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, On Friday, July 17, China ended years of speculation about its official gold holdings by revealing an almost 60 percent jump in its reserves since 2009. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, announced on Friday, that its gold reserves have grown by 57% to about 1,658 metric tonnes (53.31[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, After six months of chaos, and Eyeball to Eyeball negotiation between Greece and its Creditors, it looks like Greece has blinked in a showdown with European leaders over its financial crash. Before analyzing the events of last week, after the July 5th, referendum, where 61% of the Greeks voted “NO” or “OXI”[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In the early morning of Saturday, June 27, 2015, the July 5, 2015, referendum was announced by Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and ratified the following day by the Greece Parliament and President. Voters will be asked whether they approve of the proposal made to Greece by the EU, the IMF and the[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, On Monday, April 20, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) published its official reserve assets report that indicated, that the country has added 30.5 tonnes of gold (981,500 troy ounces) to its reserves in March 2015. The massive purchase is the largest since September last year and is valued at[…]