Highlights in the week of September 7, 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 September 7, 2015: Brazil downgraded to Junk rating by Standard & Poor’s. Huge outflow of gold held for[…]

DOW Jones Index lost more than 1000 points in 4 Days

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[…]

Highlights in the week of August 10, 2015

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the following financial news out of China, that has impacted the Global Financial Markets last week: China has devalued its Yuan with approx. 3 percent against the US-Dollar. China has slashed approx. 180 billion US-Dollars in US-Treasuries securities. CHINA HAS DEVALUED ITS[…]

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[…]

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:[…]

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[…]

Highlights of the Week of April 13, 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 April 13, 2015: On Wednesday, the US-Treasury Department said that Japan overtook China in February as the top[…]