1. Luna a modern case of hyperinflation - 2023 March 19

    The complete implosion of LUNA is a fascinating example of hyperinflation in the modern world.


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  2. Bags of rocks at the LME warehouses - 2023 March 18

    The London Metals Exchange has had a number of issues with the Nickle market over the last few years, the most recent scandal however might be more amusing than all the others.


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  3. How cheaper computational power has changed banking - 2023 March 14

    The decrease in the cost of computational power has completely changed the modern world one industry at a time. Banking is no exception. To understand the current banking crisis understanding some of the forces that led us to here will help.


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  4. The markets for metals - 2023 March 04

    For any market there must be a way in which buyers are matched up with sellers, this article talks about how this happens with metals.


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  5. What is a commodity - 2023 March 03

    What is it that makes a commodity a commodity?


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  6. EBDITA and accounting games - 2023 February 18

    Accounting games seem to have become more common in the markets lately. People far wiser than me have been commenting on this from some time now, I was reminded of this when I came across a video from a Berkshire Hathaway public meeting that was filmed in 2003 that was talking about the impact of EBDITA on company reports.


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  7. Mindat.org is amazing! - 2023 February 18

    While researching for the series of posts about metals I found mindat.org which is an amazing open database of information about minerals and rocks along with information about where they are mined.


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  8. Central bank interventions and price discovery - 2023 February 18

    Do we really have free markets if there's ongoing large interventions being made into those markets even if it's under the guise of monetary policy?


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  9. What makes metals valuable - 2023 February 15

    What makes metals valuable to us?


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  10. Foundational chemistry ideas needed to understand metals - 2023 February 13

    To understand metals we need to understand some basic chemistry concepts.


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