Bitcoin > Silver
Ian Reynolds
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It's official: the market capitalisation of Bitcoin is greater than that of Silver.? Actually they flipped in March and were similar for 6 months, but now BTC is way ahead.
The real winner of the US election was Bitcoin, and it was always going to be.
Biden has left the US finances in a total mess and Trump will have a big job to fix them.
Trump has always been friendly to private money but, of course, has always preferred the good, old US Dollar. But the US Dollar is past it's sell-by date. Far too much of it in existence, purchasing power totally collapsed, and a relic in the face of the digital money of the Internet.
Only the old recidivists of the Biden administration and the US deep state would get in the way of the next big thing. And the US is about to pay for their stupidity.
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In Focus
Bitcoin
Bitcoin continued upwards to almost 100,000 USD. And a wave of companies are adopting it for their balance sheets along with countries for their strategic reserve (supposedly).
I mean it's obvious isn't it. If the Swiss National Bank can buy US tech stocks then why not Bitcoin.
The realisation is that it's the continued devaluation of fiat currencies that is at play here. Why put your money in the bank when the Govt debases the currency quicker than the interest rate can keep up.
China
The PBOC left Loan Prime Rates unchanged as it seems the almost continual stimulus has finished now. But stock markets fell Friday. There have been many hedge funds (and others) piling into China but stocks and property falling further may cause a rush for the exits.
China's bond issuance this week in Riyadh is a big, fat red herring. Europe has been printing USD for decades - it's just another offshore dollar bond and the only interesting thing was that the Saudi push as a banking centre is coming along nicely.
Japan
Famously, Winston Churchill defined Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."?
Surely Japan's monetary and fiscal policies are even more inscrutable.?
Q. Who hikes rates and has a stimulus package at the same time ?
A. The country where the central bank owns more half of the country debt ( Debt to GDP higher than 250% ).
US
Source Federal Reserve Bank of NY?
The story that the US economy is falling apart is everywhere. Credit card rates and delinquencies, auto loans, buy now pay later schemes, mass layoffs, bankrupt municipalities and government.?
But that recession still hasn't happened, the jobs market hasn't fallen apart and the US Govt can still find buyers for it's debt. As can China. Despite well know investors shorting treasuries and poor auction results, treasuries are still the "risk-free" asset for the world.
The Biden administration was great at kicking the can down the road, but will Trump and new boy Bessant be able to pick up Biden's poisonous legacy? The debt ceiling reappears on 1st Jan but Trump won't be in power until 20 Jan.
There is still a lot of potential for the deep state to disrupt the new president's first few months.
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CRE / Banks / CLOs
Chicago's PMI report on Friday will tell us the current state of the US's big city horror story.
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Canada
Thursday's average weekly earnings may be a concern for the Bank of Canada. Anything near 5% will give the BoC cause for concern and may stop the rate cuts in their tracks. CPI and IPPI higher this week support this call.
For the fragile real estate market, this is not good news. Activity had seemingly picked up with the rate cuts but it going to be fickle.
United Kingdom
Higher inflation with lower retail sales tell us the UK will have a long journey trying to fix the economy.
UK Prime Minister Starmer is surely the most unpopular leader (from any country) ever. Liz Truss was a heroine by comparison. And ( maybe ) 2 terms of a Labour Government is? a horrifying thought. Remember the UK in the 70s. 3 day week | Arthur Scargill | IMF bailout | Wilson | Callaghan - the UK doesn't want to go there again. And there's no Maggie Thatcher to save the country.
Europe
EU officials were sounding the alarm on the economy this week as CPI and German PPI came in slightly higher than expected ( they had already told us this ). PMIs Friday were really poor and consumer confidence is low. Should retail sales? come in lower than expected on Friday, a rate cut is almost certain when the ECB meets on 12 Dec.
Certainly the market is pricing in further rate cuts as EURO/USD look to test par if it can break support at 1.0350.
Zooming out the World Bank's latest report on global fertility rates, has the EU's collapsing in 2022 (latest known year ) making the future even more uncertain.
Australia
More political fiddling with the financial laws of Australia demonstrates the similarity betwen the UK and Australia's governing labour parties. Whereas Australia's finest appear to be incompetant at least they are not manevolent like in the UK.
What's Next ?
Probably thin markets this week ahead of Thanksgiving, but also look out for position squaring as we head to Christmas and the end of the quarter.?
Much, much more Bitcoin buying is coming and a pause in price would be good. 100k is going to be hard to break before Xmas.
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