September 19, 2019
I recently discussed the future of Monetary Policy with Hunter Thompson, the host of the Cash Flow Connections podcast. It was an interesting and timely conversation. This week, the Fed injected more than $125 billion of liquidity into the financial markets and cut the Federal Funds Rate by an additional 25 basis points. Last week, the European…
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September 6, 2019
Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest and most successful hedge fund. In May, he published a paper called “It’s Time to Look More Carefully at “Monetary Policy 3 (MP3)” and “Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)”. In that paper Dalio defined MP3 as “fiscal and monetary policy working together, with fiscal policy producing…
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August 22, 2019
A debate that could determine whether our economic future is prosperous or impoverished has taken place between Ray Dalio and John Mauldin, two of the world’s most influential economic thinkers. The debate can be summarized as: MP3 vs. VAT. Ray Dalio, the founder of the legendary hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, published two articles in which…
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August 13, 2019
On August 5th, the Chinese Yuan fell below Yuan 7 per Dollar for the first time in eleven years. Later that day the US Treasury Department designated China a currency manipulator. Financial journalists around the world concluded that these developments signaled that the US-China Trade War had expanded into a Currency War. Some journalists argued that…
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