Highlights in the Week of August 3, 2015

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 August 3, 2015: DOW-Jones Industrial 7-day losing streak. Americans not in labor force rise to record 93.8 million.[…]

HighLights in the Week of July 20, 2015

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 July 20, 2015: Bad start of earnings season Q2-2015 DOW Jones Down YTD Gold falls below US$ 1,100.00[…]

China Reports an Increase in Gold Reserves By 57%

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[…]

Time is Running Out for Greece

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss with you the Time Line of Greece Debt Crisis since they have deferred the IMF payment due on June 4th, to next Tuesday June 30th. THE IMF PULLED OUT OF TALKS ON JUNE 11: The crisis intensified when, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dramatically pulled[…]

Highlights in the week of May 25, 2015

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 May 25, 2015: USA GDP shrank 0.7 percent in first quarter of this year. Brazil Economy contracted with[…]

Are Investment Gurus preparing for Hyperinflation

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog article we want to discuss with you the investment strategies of some world class investment gurus that might indicate that they are preparing themselves for a coming hyperinflation cycle. DEFINITION INVESTMENT GURU: An Investing Guru is someone who is considered an experts in their professional field of trade[…]

Highlights in the week of May, 11, 2015

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 May 11, 2015: USA April retail sales flat. Adecoagro S.A., Q1-2015, financial results. USA APRIL RETAIL SALES DISAPPOINTS:[…]

Highlights in the week of May 4, 2015

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 May 4, 2015: China overtook USA as world biggest Economy. Q1-2015 earnings report of Archer Daniels Midland Company[…]

Russian Central Bank bought 1 million Ounces of Gold in March

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[…]

The Biggest Oil Deal in a Decade: SHELL to buy BG

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to elaborate on the biggest energy deal in a decade: Royal Dutch Shell, (LSE:RDSA) buying BG Group plc (LSE:BG), for 70 billion US-Dollars. ABOUT ROYAL DUTCH SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell plc, is an Anglo-Dutch company that operates as an independent oil and gas company worldwide.[…]