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“Significant Slowdown” Spooks Maersk At Mediterranean’s Third Largest Port
“Significant Slowdown” Spooks Maersk At Mediterranean’s Third Largest Port Malta Freeport, the third largest transshipment port in the Mediterranean region and located on the island of Malta, has seen a “significant slowdown in business activity” since 2H18. One of its major clients, Maersk, the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world, has […]
In The Fed We Trust – Part 1
In The Fed We Trust – Part 1 This article is the first part of a two-part article. Due to its length and importance, we split it to help readers’ better digest the information. The purpose of the article is to define money and currency and discuss their differences and risks. It is with this […]
China Calls For “People’s War” Against The US, Vows To “Fight For A New World”
China Calls For “People’s War” Against The US, Vows To “Fight For A New World” While market mood has shifted diametrically from yesterday, with stocks sharply higher on Tuesday following what has widely been interpreted as conciliatory comments from both president Trump and various members of China’s ruling elite, one would be hard pressed to […]
The Trade War Is Back
The Trade War Is Back President Trump shocked markets yesterday when he announced that a new, heavy round of tariffs on Chinese goods will take effect this Friday. Complacent markets had assumed that a trade deal would get done, that it was just a matter of sorting out the details. Now that is far from […]
Seeds Sown for Major Transatlantic Trade War Starting in May
Seeds Sown for Major Transatlantic Trade War Starting in May Trump wants a trade treaty with the EU to include agriculture. France says no. It only takes one. Trump has made a considerable number of trade threats only to eventually back down. Will it play out that way again? For a number of reasons, I […]
Will the Trade War Lead to Real War with China?
Will the Trade War Lead to Real War with China? Five hundred years ago, Hernán Cortés began the European annihilation of the Mayan, Aztec, and other indigenous civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. Six months later, in August 1519, Magellan [Fernão de Magalhães] launched his circumnavigation of the globe. For five centuries thereafter, a series of […]
Does Washington Rule the World?
Does Washington Rule the World? One of the most disturbing aspects of the past two years of Donald Trump foreign policy has been the assumption that decisions made by the United States are binding on the rest of the world. Apart from time of war, no other nation has ever sought to prevent other nations […]
Canada Pauses Reporting Trade Data, Blames US Shutdown
Canada Pauses Reporting Trade Data, Blames US Shutdown Statistics Canada said today the release of their monthly trade statistics will be delayed indefinitely due to the current shutdown of the U.S. government. Statistics Canada: “Trade statistics without Canada’s exports to the United States have limited use as a current economic indicator, as these exports represent […]
The founder of the World Economic Forum shares what he sees as the biggest threat to the global economy
The founder of the World Economic Forum shares what he sees as the biggest threat to the global economy Economist Klaus Schwab is the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum which will be holding it’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 22-25, 2019. Schwab explains the theme of this year’s meeting, “Globalization […]
China Trade Data is Nail in the Coffin of Global Economy
China Trade Data is Nail in the Coffin of Global Economy Chinese exports and imports even though China’s trade balance with the US rose. Eamonn Sheridan at Forex Live has some interesting comments on China’s December Trade Balance. The export figures are a focus and they are poor indeed. But save some space in the […]
Money: How Its Past Predicts Its Future
Money: How Its Past Predicts Its Future What is money, where does it come from and more importantly where does it go? At first glance, it might appear inexplicable and bizarre that our governments and our rulers have managed to keep their stronghold over the monetary system for 2000 years, especially when one thinks about […]
If We Can No Longer Tell the Truth, We’ve Failed
If We Can No Longer Tell the Truth, We’ve Failed The Gulag Archipelago is not a distant memory; it lives on in every modern state, cloaked with modern-day technologies and the well-worn tools of suppression. The last thing addicts want to hear is the truth: the only thing more terrifying than the truth is the […]
Some Confucian Calm, Please!
SOME CONFUCIAN CALM, PLEASE! The United States and China look like two punch-drunk prizefighters squaring off for a major championship fight. They have no good reason to fight and every reason to cooperate now that both their stock markets have been in turmoil. Six hundred point market swings down and then up look like symptoms […]
