Dinner Table Economics

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My view on what's going on in the financial markets and the global economy, and a few other things that might interest me from time to time.

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Mar 17, 20228 min read

Will the US dollar remain the global reserve currency?

It is fashionable to espouse the end of the US dollar as the leading global reserve currency, but this will not occur anytime soon.

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Feb 24, 20227 min read

With oil approaching $100/bbl, it is hard to imagine that demand and supply were so out of line in April 2020 that oil prices went negative!

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Feb 8, 202218 min read

This is a primer on corporate bonds, investment grade & high yield. It also discusses the pandemic and its effect on the corp bond market.

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Feb 4, 202123 min read

The purpose of this article is to provide you with a basic understanding of inflation – what it is, why it can derail a stable economy, and

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Jul 1, 20209 min read

108 billion people have been born since the beginning of the “modern” human race around 50,000 years, and 7.2% of those are alive today!

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Jun 18, 20207 min read

This is the first of a series Entitled "Dinner Table Economics", and looks at the meaning and use of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP.

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May 1, 202011 min read

This article is about gold, a unique precious metal and perhaps the perfect follow-up to my last article on oil.

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Apr 29, 202013 min read

"Texas Tea" is oil, and this article looks at many of the industry dynamics affecting the global demand for and supply of oil.

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