WHAT PAST EMPIRES TELL US ABOUT THE FUTURE / MAULDIN ECONOMICS

What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro Spanish essayist George Santayana once wrote, “Thos...

CAPITAL GROUP TAKES ON THE PASSIVE INVESTORS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Capital Group takes on the passive investors Once secretive asset manager embarks on an uphill battle against index funds by: Robin Wig...

THE CHALLENGE AT MAR-A-LAGO: WOOING CHINA TO DROP ITS TARIFFS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Challenge at Mar-a-Lago: Wooing China to Drop Its Tariffs Beijing joined the WTO in 2001 on terms that no longer make sense for an in...

GOLD - THE WAIT IS ABOUT TO BE OVER / SEEKING ALPHA

Gold - The Wait Is About To Be Over by: Nikhil Gupta   Summary   - Gold is once again testing the 200-day SMA near $...

$20 TRILLION IN DEBT -- AND WHY WE NEED EVEN MORE OF IT / SEEKING ALPHA

$20 Trillion In Debt - And Why We Need Even More Of It by: Long/Short Investments   Summary   - The federal governm...

THE DANCING BEARS / CASEY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL MAN

The Dancing Bears by Jeff Thomas In the early 2000s, I recommended to associates that we were in for a major gold boom. Most thought...

NYSE ARCA SUFFERS GLITCH DURING CLOSING AUCTION / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

NYSE Arca Suffers Glitch During Closing Auction At least $150 billion of exchange-traded funds said to be affected, including world’s lar...

DAS KNOWHOW KAPITAL / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Das Knowhow Kapital Ricardo Hausmann .   JOHANNESBURG – It has been a quarter-century since apartheid ended, and 23 since the Africa...

CHINA AND THE U.S.: AN ODD COUPLE DOOMED TO CO-OPERATION / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

China and the US: an odd couple doomed to co-operation        It might take a communist leader to convince Donald Trump of the merits of ...