U.S. GOLD CONFISCATION / VON GREYERZ

US Gold Confiscation By Alasdair Macleod A topic which keeps on cropping up is that the US Government might confiscate its citizens’ gold.  ...

TOTAL VICTORY IN GAZA IS A DELUSION / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Total Victory in Gaza Is a Delusion Even if Hamas is ultimately “defeated" in Gaza, the blow it has dealt to Israel amounts to a psycho...

FAR FROM IT / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Far From It Doug Nolan  A snooze fest the October FOMC meeting was not. “…Far from it.”  An inebriated Wall Street didn’t see that coming.  ...

WOULD INFLATION-LINKED BONDS SURVIVE AN INFLATIONARY DEFAULT? / THE ECONOMIST

Would inflation-linked bonds survive an inflationary default? A thought experiment on the nearest thing to a safe asset Illustration: Satosh...

TRUMP`S TARIFFS WON`T DELIVERMANY JOBS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

  Trump’s tariffs won’t deliver many jobs Nostalgia is not a strategy: the past cannot return Martin Wolf © James Ferguson Will Donald Trump...