Dinner Table Economics

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.

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.

Oil update: prices skyrocket

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!

Corporate bonds: why you should care about this market

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

Inflation

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

Dinner Table Economics: Global Population

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!

Dinner Table Economics: What is GDP?

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

"Yellow Dust" (Gold)

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

"Texas Tea" (Oil)

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