Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Convertibility Risk Rationale

The deception 
With tact
Just what are you trying to say?
--The Fixx

It appears that the growing argument for ECB buying of sovereign debt is to stave off 'convertibility risk' of the euro. This, of course, is nothing more than a rationalization for monetizing debt.

Gold jumped to 3 month highs today on the news.

position in gold

1 comment:

dgeorge12358 said...

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
~Alan Greenspan