The Oil & Ruble Crash, Declarations of War Against Russia and Connecting Some of the Dots
Today on The Janssen Report (#90): as we move towards the end of the year, let’s connect a few dots on the global economic and geopolitical chess board. US Congress passed a few bills this year cornering Russia with severe sanctions. And very recently the OPEC decided to intervene in …
The international monetary system & systemic risk: when will the SHTF?
Today on The Janssen Report (#89): there has been a lot of talk about the collapse of the global economy or monetary system, but when will it actually happen? Although nobody knows for sure, the signs of the accelerating unwinding of the system are there: de-dollarization, humongous banking systemic risk …
Derivatives 10 times the size of the global economy: trigger to a global financial meltdown?
Today on The Janssen Report (#88): the financialization of pretty much everything has caused incredible systemic risk on top of so-called collateral. In fact, this collateral is the true value upon which most derivatives are based, such as gold, silver, oil and real estate. It turns out that even the …