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These Are The Top Geopolitical Risks According To The World’s Largest Asset Manager
These Are The Top Geopolitical Risks According To The World’s Largest Asset Manager Like many others, the world‘s largest money manager with $5.9 trillion in (ETF) investments, BlackRock, is not too worried about a market which no matter what, promptly rebounds from any and every selloff, and seems to close at all time highs day […]
Bank Run Imminent: Catalan Separatists Urge Supporters To Pull Cash From Bank
Bank Run Imminent: Catalan Separatists Urge Supporters To Pull Cash From Bank As tension escalate in Spain, Catalan Separatists are potentially about to do some real damage and hit Spain where it really hurts. In a tweeted message to their 270,000 followers, Assemblea Nacional urged supporters to pull cash from CaixaBank and Banco Sabadell branches […]
If a North Korean EMP Could Kill 90% of Americans in a Year, Why Did the DoD Just Defund the Congressional EMP Commission?
If a North Korean EMP Could Kill 90% of Americans in a Year, Why Did the DoD Just Defund the Congressional EMP Commission? At a House hearing yesterday, experts warned members of Congress that a North Korean EMP attack could kill 90% of Americans within one year, calling it an “existential threat.” But despite this […]
Half A Million Bpd At Risk From Geopolitical Firestorm
Half A Million Bpd At Risk From Geopolitical Firestorm It’s been a long time since geopolitical developments caused major movements in the oil price, but the escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran, combined with the sudden military clashes in Iraq, has pushed geopolitical risk back on to the agenda for the oil market. “Geopolitical […]
If Catalonia Fails, We All Fail
If Catalonia Fails, We All Fail While I’ve touched on the Catalan independence movement in several recent posts, I want to make one thing clear from the start. I don’t have a strong opinion on whether or not independence is the right move for the region and its people. It would be completely inappropriate for […]
Busting Upward the Military Budget
Busting Upward the Military Budget The Trump administration and Congress are in accord on one thing: the budget constraints on military spending must be busted to sustain overseas bases and to fund local pork projects, writes Ivan Eland. Although the Senate and House of Representatives have both passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal […]
Global Powers Take Next Step to Dethrone U.S. and the Dollar
Global Powers Take Next Step to Dethrone U.S. and the Dollar China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are rapidly aligning in response to trade sanctions and political discord from western nations. Together, they could soon bring a dramatic end to the global supremacy of America and the U.S dollar. Foreign leaders have been laying the groundwork […]
Washington: The Bleeder of the ‘Free World’
Washington: The Bleeder of the ‘Free World’ Among the many self-flattering epithets it gives itself, the US has always claimed to be the “leader of the free world”. It’s a rather patronizing notion that America views itself as a selfless protector and benefactor of its European allies and others. This fairytale depiction of the world […]
North Korea Warns “Nuclear War Could Break Out At Any Moment”
North Korea Warns “Nuclear War Could Break Out At Any Moment” Less than a day after South Korean and US naval forces kicked off their latest round of joint military drills, which are slated to run until the end of the week, North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador claimed during a fiery speech at the UN […]
Washington Is Destroying American Power
Washington Is Destroying American Power Readers at home and around the world want to know what to make of the announcement that China henceforth will conduct oil purchases and sales in gold-backed Chinese currency. Is this an attack by Russia and China on the US dollar? Will the dollar weaken and collapse from being […]
