CHINA FIGHTS THE TRADE WAR AT HOME / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

China Fights the Trade War at Home Beijing is preparing the public for the coming storm. By Phillip Orchard   The first round...

THE DOLLAR WILL EVENTUALLY PAY THE PRICE FOR U.S. DEFICITS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Dollar Will Eventually Pay the Price for U.S. Deficits In the long run, the dollar should be weaker. But when will the long run arri...

AMERICA THE LOSER / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America the Loser J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY – The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell recently recalled that when US President Do...

DONALD TRUMP HAS SOUNDED AMERICA´S GLOBAL RETREAT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Donald Trump has sounded America’s global retreat Russia and China will be the big winners from the end of US leadership Philip Stephen...

EUROPE´S NATIVIST SWING CASTS SHADOW OVER ESTABLISHMENT / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Europe’s Nativist Swing Casts Shadow Over Establishment German immigration shift, rise of Italian far right pressure continent’s status ...

IS CYBER THE PERFECT WEAPON? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Is Cyber the Perfect Weapon? Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE – For years, political leaders such as former US Secretary of Defense Leon Panet...

CAN U.S. TRIPLE C-RATED BONDS STAY AHEAD OF THE PACK? / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Can US triple C-rated bonds stay ahead of the pack? High-yield debt is looking vulnerable after strong outperformance in the first half ...

DONALD TRUMP´S WAR ON THE LIBERAL WORLD ORDER / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Donald Trump’s war on the liberal world order The president has broken with seven decades of US foreign policy Martin Wolf We have...

BERNANKE WARNS AGAINST READING WRONG YIELD CURVE SIGNAL / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Bernanke warns against reading wrong yield curve signal Distortions mean an inversion does not necessarily point to recession, says forme...

DEFUSING THE U.S.-CHINA TRADE CONFLICT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Defusing the US-China Trade Conflict Wing Thye Woo DAVIS – Every year since 2000, when then-presidential candidate George W. Bush ca...

CASH GAINS AN EDGE OVER S&P 500 DIVIDEND YIELDS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Cash gains an edge over S&P 500 dividend yields Three-month Treasury bill above 2% for first time in more than a decade Peter Wells...

WHY MOM AND POP SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM BANK´S BAILOUT BONDS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Why Mom and Pop Should Be Kept Away from Banks’ Bailout Bonds Two new ETFs will let ordinary investors buy risky bank debt, which isn’t ...

WHY CHINA NEEDS TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Why China Needs to Manage Expectations Beijing has let the gap between the myth and the reality of its power grow too wide. The ...