Alasdair MacLeod

Head of Research, GoldMoney

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Alasdair has been a celebrated stockbroker and Member of the London Stock Exchange for over four decades. His experience encompasses equity and bond markets, fund management, corporate finance and investment strategy.

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The Eurozone’s Financial Disintegration

Friday, July 31, 2020 1:00 AM EDT

The Euro Crisis Monitor shows the increasing imbalances in the TARGET2 settlement system between all its members: the ECB (itself with a €145bn deficit) and the national central banks in the Eurozone.

In this article: EZU

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Explaining The Credit Cycle

Saturday, July 25, 2020 6:00 AM EDT

The credit cycle drives the business, or trade cycle. It should be obvious that changes in the quantity of money, mostly in the form of bank credit, has an effect on business conditions.

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The Pound’s Future In A Dollar Collapse

Thursday, July 16, 2020 5:30 PM EDT

Despite having the most libertarian government for the last forty years, there is little sign any senior ministers really understand monetary affairs.

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The New Deal Is A Bad Old Deal

Thursday, July 9, 2020 8:14 PM EDT

The current economic situation, together with the response by major governments, compares with the run-in to the depression of the 1930s. Yet to come in the repetitious credit cycle is the collapse in financial asset values and a banking crisis.

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A Potential Crisis In Comex Gold

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 9:56 PM EDT

We are all used to the bullion banks covering their shorts on Comex by waiting until the speculators are over-bullish and vulnerable to mark-downs that trigger their stops.

In this article: GLD

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Prices Are Going To Rise — And Fast

Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:58 PM EDT

Transmitting money into the real economy is proving difficult, with banks wanting to reduce their balance sheets, and very reluctant to expand credit. Sooner or later bank failures are inevitable and will be a wake-up call for markets.

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ADRU	BLDRS Europe 100 ADR Index Fund
BNDX	Vanguard Total International Bond ETF
BWX	SPDR Barclays Capital International Treasury Bond ETF
BXUB	Barclays Bank PLC
BXUC	Barclays Bank PLC
CHN	The China Fund Inc.
CN	Deutsche X-trackers Harvest MSCI All China Equity ETF
CNY	Market Vectors-Renminbi/USD ETN
CXSE	WisdomTree China ex-State-Owd Entpr ETF
CYB	WisdomTree Dreyfus Chinese Yuan Fund
DBEU	Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Europe Hdgd Eq
DBEZ	Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EMU Hedged Eq
DBUK	Deutsche X-trackers UK Hedged Equity ETF
DEZU	iShares Adaptive Ccy Hdgd MSCI Euroz ETF
DRR	Market Vectors Double Short Euro ETN
DXPS	WisdomTree UK Hedged ETF
EEA	The European Equity Fund Inc.
EGF	BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund Inc.
EPS	WisdomTree Earnings 500 Fund
EPV	UltraShort MSCI Europe ProShares
EUFX	ProShares Short Euro
EUO	ProShares UltraShort Euro
EURL	Direxion Daily FTSE Europe Bull 3x Shares ETF
EWU	iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund
EWUS	iShares Trust
EZU	iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund
FCA	First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund 2
FEEU	Barclays ETN+ FI Enhanced Europe 50
FEP	First Trust Europe AlphaDEX ETF
FEU	SPDR DJ Stoxx 50
FEUZ	First Trust Eurozone AlphaDex ETF

Title:	Head of Research, GoldMoney
Company:	GoldMoney
Time Period:	January 2012 - Present (8 years 9 months)
Description:	GoldMoney is one of the world’s leading providers of physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium for private and corporate customers, allowing users to buy precious metals online. The easy to use website makes investing in gold and other precious metals accessible 24/7.

School Name:	Strathallen
Degree:
Time Period:	1961 / 1964
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