Poor Commodities: Assets Without a Central Bank
Commodity investors stung by the four-year bear market made one simple mistake: investing in an asset class not backed by a central bank. Whereas equities and bonds have benefited from very meaningful support, direct and indirect, from central bank asset-purchase programs, commodities have not. That may or may not be good policy; certainly you can argue that the current…
Insider Novel Sheds New Light on Oil Spills
A new novel, The Golden Tide, written by global shipping industry insider John Guy, is now available on Amazon as a paperback and ebook for Kindle. The fast-moving book is easy to read and puts a well-informed and human context on what happens when a coastal community confronts an oil spill. Green activist Simone struggles with her beliefs when she meets journalist Michiel, who shows her how an oil spill threatening Sicily is a bonanza for many locals.
