LOOKING BACK AT 100 / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Looking Back at 100 Three themes have dominated the author's analysis of global affairs in his previous 99 Project Syndicate commentar...

FINALLY, FOMO ARRIVES FOR GOLD / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Finally, FOMO Arrives For Gold by John Rubino     The past few years have been a feeding frenzy for most major asset classes. Sto...

VISITING CHINA / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Visiting China By George Friedman         I can’t explain China. I don’t know it well enough, and sometimes it seems to me that t...

REJOICING CENTRAL BANKER CAPITULATION / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Rejoicing Central Banker Capitulation Doug Nolan June 21 - Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed president: “In the Federal Open Market Com...

CENTRAL BANKS MUST SHUN FRUITLESS POLITICAL GAMES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIAL

Central banks must shun fruitless political games Both the ECB and the Fed should ignore bullying from Donald Trump The editorial board ...

BLACKSTONE LEADS GLOBAL SURGE IN PROPERTY INVESTMENT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Blackstone leads global surge in property investment New York group retains crown as world’s biggest property landlord with assets of €202...

VALUE OF NEGATIVE YIELDING DEBT HITS RECORD $12.5TN / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Value of negative yielding debt hits record $12.5tn Central bank dovishness has sent a jolt through fixed income markets Robin Wiggleswo...

BEHAVIOURAL BIOMETRICS: ONLINE IDENTIFICATION IS GETTING MORE AND MORE INTRUSIVE / THE ECONOMIST

Behavioural biometrics Online identification is getting more and more intrusive Phones can now tell who is carrying them from their user...

U.S.-CHINA CONFRONTATION WILL DEFINE GLOBAL ORDER / HOOVER INSTITUTION

US-China Confrontation Will Define Global Order Victor Davis Hanson Hoover Institution, Stanford University The United States is at ...

HAS AUSTERITY BEEN VINDICATED? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Has Austerity Been Vindicated? A correlation between fiscal retrenchment and economic growth tells us nothing about the underlying relatio...

WORLD LOOMS LARGE IN FED RATE PLANS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

World Looms Large in Fed Rate Plans Fed is world’s de facto central bank and world seems to be in trouble By Greg Ip Federal Reserve...