debasement
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“We were rightly skeptical about this so-called Sell America trade. As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Shares in some of the world’s biggest mining companies have fallen victim to cracks in two of Wall Street’s most powerful trades: artificial intelligence and dollar debasement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, the Fed’s hawkish stance “appears to have derailed the debasement trade, where assets such as gold were favored over currencies vulnerable to inflation, fiscal and monetary excess.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The debasement trade had already been struggling before last week.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
When other entrepreneurs created jukeboxes by arranging for a phonograph to play popular music at the drop of a coin, Edison objected to this debasement, which apparently detracted from serious office use of his invention.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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