RE: super super grades4 Mar 2022 11:37
But it still has to be backed by a physical holding somewhere, and even if the price is pegged, it can only be pegged to whoever controls the flow of the asset or who ever owns the most of it.
Who's going to hold the most of it would be the question? Even if the autocratic states decide to go their own way with a gold backed currency and the west goes their own way with a gold backed currency, each will need a central governing authority, and there'd likely be sanctions from buying commodities from opposing jurisdictions or investing in as each side battles to remain control of the flow of wealth. Maybe HUM's SMO initiative has a far bigger use than ESG than we realised?
Even in this mad polorized and unrealistic scenario the outright winner will still be the jurisdiction with the greatest purchasing power or GDP/per capita. A good example of this is the discount for oil and gas from Russia which hasn't attracted any bids since the 1st day of the war. Democracy is finally at work, forget the booths every 5 years that's but a thin veil. Money talks and where you vote to spend it matters, the self imposed "private sector sanctions" are doing much more damage than the government sanctions.
Freedom... The freedom to use of information and money to change the environment around you. It's worth dying for... Go Ukraine!!