Skip to content

James Alexander Michie

Personal Profile Site for James Alexander Michie
menu
  • About James Alexander Michie
  • Blog

Norway Unexpectedly Withdraws Cash From Massive Wealth Fund

October 7, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment
Norway Unexpectedly Withdraws Cash From Massive Wealth Fund Bloomberg | James Alexander Michie

This being the case, it is understood that this surprise withdrawal follows the fall in the price of oil to a minimum of 7 months. Certainly, Norway unexpectedly took almost $ 400 million from its sovereign wealth fund in August, marking the first withdrawal in more than a year, as […]

Read more

The Unstoppable Surge in Negative Yields Reaches $17 Trillion

September 2, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment

The global stock of negative yield debt now exceeds $ 17 billion, as the growing market volatility lends additional strength to this year’s unprecedented bond recovery. It should be noted that thirty percent of all investment-grade securities now have returns below zero, which means that investors who acquire the debt […]

Read more

We’re Running Out of Helium, and Two Geologists Might Have a Fix

September 2, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment
Grad student Karim Mtili (right) collects gas samples in Itumbula, Tanzania Bloomberg | James Alexander Michie

Helium is a chemical element. It belongs to group 18 of the periodic table of the elements since having the complete energy level presents the properties of a noble gas. That is, it is inert (does not react) and, like these, it is a colorless and odorless monoatomic gas that […]

Read more

These Are the Safest Cities in the World Right Now

August 30, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment
The Safest Cities in The World Bloomberg | James Alexander Michie

The city is where the population agglomerates and, therefore, space where the impact of social transformations on security must be analyzed. And, in this sense, we agree that the city is a space of risk.  Clearly, today cities have to respond to the challenges of a new economic base, urban […]

Read more

The Big Short’s Michael Burry Sees a Bubble in Passive Investing

August 30, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment

Michael Burry is an American physician, investor, and hedge fund manager. He was the founder of the hedge fund Scion Capital, which he directed from 2000 to 2008, before closing the company to focus on his own personal investments. Burry was one of the first investors to recognize and benefit […]

Read more

Buy Gold ‘At Any Level,’ Mobius Says as Central Bankers Ease

August 28, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment
Mark Mobius, co-founder and partner at Mobius Capital Partners | James Alexander Michie

It is already well known that gold is a soft yellow precious metal. It is one of the most used metals in jewelry stores because of its elementary composition and its rarity and because it is a difficult metal to find in nature and on earth, it is more abundant […]

Read more

Negative Mortgages Set Another Milestone in No-Rate World

August 23, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment

Where central banks led, mortgage loans continued in most markets. In this way, it is appropriate to say that the vertiginous fall of the world at zero or negative interest rates has just passed another milestone since homebuyers in Denmark are effectively paid to take out 10-year mortgages. For its […]

Read more

China’s Biggest Energy Company Shuns Venezuela Oil on Tighter U.S. Sanctions

August 21, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment
Major China Buyer Shuns Venezuela Bloomberg | James Alexander Michie

China’s biggest energy company is backing away from direct purchases of Venezuelan crude as the Trump administration tightens sanctions against the South American nation. China National Petroleum Corp. has canceled plans to load about 5 million barrels worth of Venezuelan oil onto ships this month in the aftermath of the […]

Read more

Asset Managers With $74 Trillion on Brink of Historic Shakeout

August 15, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment

The industry that led to the investment of the Titans Peter Lynch, Bill Miller and Bill Gross face an existential crisis. It could be said that, for years, family investors frustrated by the high rates and lower returns of renowned money managers have been transferring their savings to ultra-economic funds […]

Read more

The Dollar Looks Like a Wrecking Ball to Some Investors

August 15, 2019 Bloomberg Leave a comment

There is no doubt that the dollar has had a remarkable decade, surpassing other important currencies. In this way, Morgan Stanley, Brandywine warn that it is already causing economic damage. Certainly, US President Donald Trump makes the headlines, but he is not the only one worried that the remarkable rise […]

Read more

Follow James Alexander Michie

Recent Posts

  • Revealed: 5 More Dangerous Myths of Modern Finance Most People Still Believe
  • A Tsunami of Capital Is About to Move Into Gold
  • Gold always rallies when the Fed cuts rates in a stubborn inflationary environment – Bank of America
  • Panama’s Living Legend the Boxer, Roberto Durán
  • Is a Hard Currency Standard the Fix for Canada’s Wobbly Economy? Conrad Black Says Yes, But is He Right?

Copyright © 2025 James Alexander Michie | Theme by: Rara Theme | Powered by WordPress