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Another Step Towards Collapse of Petrodollar
Another Step Towards Collapse of Petrodollar image/youtube screen grab For the past year and half a major topic throughout the alternative press has been the new Chinese oil futures contract settled/priced in yuan. The fact that China is directly challenging the Federal Reserve Note, U.S. dollar, is quiet a significant change. For those that have […]
Oil Market Volatility Set To Soar This Month
Oil Market Volatility Set To Soar This Month After two months of an almost uninterrupted increase, crude oil is set for even more volatility on a string of political events that could see it either touch US$80 or even higher by the end of June or, conversely, slump to deep lows again. President Donald Trump […]
Trump Pulls Out of Iran Deal – U.S. Determined to Become a Rogue State
Trump Pulls Out of Iran Deal – U.S. Determined to Become a Rogue State Let me cut to the chase. Every single world leader knows Trump’s full of shit. Even more importantly, the citizens of their nations also know it. Everyone with a functioning brain understands that pulling out of the Iran deal has nothing […]
Kafka’s Nightmare Emerges: China’s “Social Credit Score”
Kafka’s Nightmare Emerges: China’s “Social Credit Score” China is creating Kafka’s nightmare world as the perfection of centralized control of its citizenry. China is rapidly building out a Total Surveillance State on a scale that far surpasses any government surveillance program in the West. The scope of this surveillance is so broad and pervasive that […]
As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington
As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington Diplomatic work continues in some of the areas with the highest geopolitical tensions in the world. In recent days there have been high-level meetings and contacts between Turkey, Iran and Russia over the situation in Syria; meetings between Modi and Xi […]
Shifting energy import patterns enhance China’s clout in the Middle East
Shifting energy import patterns enhance China’s clout in the Middle East Subtle shifts in Chinese energy imports suggest that China may be able to exert influence in the Middle East in alternative and subtle ways that do not involve military or overt economic pressure. The shifts involve greater dependency of the Gulf states on oil […]
China’s Growing Oil Demand Has Created A Geopolitical Dilemma
China’s Growing Oil Demand Has Created A Geopolitical Dilemma China has become the world’s largest oil importer, and despite establishing the largely successful yuan-denominated oil futures, Beijing will have to grapple with an overlooked geopolitical and economic consequence as it seeks to quench its thirst for oil and gas. As China relies more on both […]
Your Privacy Is Over
Your Privacy Is Over A plausible case for a future with no privacy, and why it should concern you Three Things Should Frighten You In China, the government is using data to control the country’s population. By building a firewall around China and then replacing the blocked global tech services with locally owned versions it can […]
Russia Really Is America’s No. 1 Enemy – Depending on Who ‘America’ Is
Russia Really Is America’s No. 1 Enemy – Depending on Who ‘America’ Is US-Russia enmity is here to stay. Cold War II is a fact of life for the foreseeable future. The only questions are where, when, and how it might turn hot. That didn’t happen in Syria this past Friday the Thirteenth, for reasons yet to […]
China’s Oil Futures Are Gaining Momentum
China’s Oil Futures Are Gaining Momentum China’s new oil futures contract is gaining some momentum as a fixture on the global oil market, although hurdles remain before it can become a key benchmark for Asia. China launched its yuan-denominated oil benchmark in March to much fanfare, after years of planning and delays. The logic of […]
UBS: “The Petroyuan Will Undermine America’s Dominant Role And Create A Sea Change In Global Markets”
UBS: “The Petroyuan Will Undermine America’s Dominant Role And Create A Sea Change In Global Markets” From Hayden Briscoe, head of Fixed Income, Asia Pacific at UBS RMB-denominated oil contracts began trading for the first time in Shanghai on March 26. We believe that in the long term this will ultimately change how oil is […]
Things Work Until They Don’t
Things Work Until They Don’t As the world begins its next adventure in financial chaos and rolls over to expose its soft underbelly of lies and deceit that have been perpetrated on the public, those that see the truth have been warning the people once again. You can give people the truth but you cannot make […]
Taiwan To Simulate Chinese Invasion In Live-Fire Military Drill Starting Next Week
Taiwan To Simulate Chinese Invasion In Live-Fire Military Drill Starting Next Week As concerns about nuclear war with North Korea wane, Taiwan is reminding the world that its own relations with Beijing have been progressively deteriorating; to do that the small island nation will simulate a response to an “invading force”, along with using civilian […]
Eric Peters: “China’s Best Play Is To Let The US Stock Market Crash”
Eric Peters: “China’s Best Play Is To Let The US Stock Market Crash” As excerpted from the latest Weekend Notes from One River CIO, Eric Peters. “China’s best play is to let the US stock market crash,” said the CIO. “Trump is right, they can’t win a trade war.” So they won’t try. “But Xi […]
“Ice Nine” Comes to China
“Ice Nine” Comes to China The war on cash has been going on for decades. The U.S. abolished the $500 bill in late 1969. (The old $500 bill featured a portrait of President William McKinley, by the way. I remember seeing a few when I was a kid.) Today’s $100 bill is only worth 10 […]
