Nick Hubble

Next week the world’s central bankers head to Jackson Hole for the annual Economic Policy Symposium. And the financial world is fretting over their words more than ever in anticipation of what might be said at the event. Mario Draghi’s…

What a glorious day. It has happened at last. Health and safety’s overzealousness has struck Parliament where it hurts – right in the bong. Big Ben’s bong, to be precise. According to various accounts of an enormous parliamentary furore, nobody…

Last night it hit me. With bitcoin well over the $4,000 mark thanks to his foreign policy, you have to wonder how much bitcoin President Donald Trump owns. There’s little question the awesome power of the US president includes the…

Be careful in the bitcoin market. The price has recovered from the fork, and the implementation of SegWit is progressing well too. We’re well over US$3,000, the previous peak before a major correction. But three of bitcoin’s biggest markets are…

The EU goes about sabotaging itself as expected. Last week I explained how the EU’s proposed new rules on bank runs would cause bank runs: The EU is considering new rules to prevent a bank run in the wake of…

A bizarre version of democracy drives modern geopolitics. The number of nations supporting an international policy determines its legitimacy instead of morality or any legal basis. As a result, invasions, sanctions and economic agreements are pursued based on the support…

What makes a nation go from being incredibly rich to incredibly poor? The London Investment Alert’s Tim Price is out with a warning for Britain. He’s predicting we’re in for a new national crisis. One that you need to be…

Fear is pulsing through the markets. Analyst after analyst at investment banks around the world are pointing out that only central bank money printing has kept the stockmarket afloat. And central bank money printing is set to decline in 2018….