Category Archives: Money and finance

Fractional reserve banking V bitcoin

Lets try and light up the argument a bit…. anyone with any thoughts? Money is a medium used for the transfer of goods. The premise is that fractional reserve banking is an unfair system that benefits banks by allowing them … Continue reading

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Why is PAYPAL SO SCREWED AND AN ALTERNATIVE NEEDED

This is what you get from Paypal if you mail them saying you don’t understand Italian can they change your language setting to English We need an alternative to these wankers! Gentile Anthony Dawson, grazie per la tua email. Per … Continue reading

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Paul Tustain’ message to investors – a bit gloomy :D

Dear BullionVault user, The end of 2011 feels unusually dark. Things are getting worse. There is now maybe a 30 percent chance of a steep financial and commercial decline on a par with the Great Depression. Our governments are very … Continue reading

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What to do with your spare money besides blowing it on nice things :-)

Assuming you have a home and perhaps even a spare one, with money as cheap as it is, it’s not worth paying down mortgages but indeed rather the opposite. If u can find a bank to give you a loan these days you should borrow more! Continue reading

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