GOLD: HAVE WE HIT BOTTOM YET? / SEEKING ALPHA

Gold: Have We Hit Bottom Yet? Taylor Dart   Summary   - Bullish sentiment on gold is trading at the lowest levels sin...

PUBLIC SPHERES FOR THE TRUMP AGE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Public Spheres for the Trump Age J. Bradford DeLong .     BERKELEY – In many societies, universities are the main bastions of ideol...

LUXURY CARS OFFER MORE MODELS, BUT FIND FEWER BUYERS / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Luxury Cars Offer More Models, but Find Fewer Buyers By NEAL E. BOUDETTE . The Mercedes CLA, which sells for about $30,000, premiered ...

GOLD AND SILVER ARE EVEN WEAKER THAN THEY LOOK / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Getting Technical Gold and Silver Are Even Weaker Than They Look Despite a weak dollar, precious metals are still struggling. Here’s w...

BOND SELL-OFF FAILS TO DERAIL FED UNWINDING PLANS FOR QE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Bond sell-off fails to derail Fed unwinding plans for QE US central bank appears unshaken by market turbulence and soft inflation reading...

THE COMPLICATED FAILURE OF TWO ITALIAN LENDERS / THE ECONOMIST

European Banks The complicated failure of two Italian lenders The splashing of taxpayers’ money is not pretty, but it is pragmatic ....

THE END OF THE BEGINNING: DONALD TRUMP AND XI JIMPING ARE NOT SO FRIENDLY AFTER ALL / THE ECONOMIST

The end of the beginning Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are not so friendly after all Was it wishful thinking to suppose they would be? ...

CONSOLIDATING LATIN AMERICA´S GAINS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Consolidating Latin America’s Gains Andrés Velasco .   SANTIAGO – At the time of last year’s failed coup in Turkey, I emailed a Turk...