HONG KONG'S PRESENT IS TAIWAN´S FUTURE / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Hong Kong’s Present Is Taiwan’s Future China’s complacency is a sign of confidence, not weakness. By Jacob L. Shapiro After three m...

CENTRAL BANKS ARE THE FALL GUYS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Central Banks Are the Fall Guys For decades, the freedom of monetary policymakers to make difficult decisions without having to worry abo...

PROFOUNDLY LOW INTEREST RATES ARE HERE TO STAY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Profoundly low interest rates are here to stay Investors and policymakers must recalibrate their assumptions on capital and investment ...

TRUMP KILLS THE TEA PARTY / EUROPACIFIC CAPITAL

Trump Kills the Tea Party By: Peter Schiff After claiming to be the greatest at just about everything, Donald Trump has finally found a...

GLOBAL TRADE WAS SLOWING DOWN BEFORE THE TARIFF WAR STARTED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Global trade was slowing down before the tariff war started Since the crisis, financing has become much more costly Gillian Tett At t...

4 REASONS WHY GOLD WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE / SEEKING ALPHA

4 Reasons Why Gold Will Continue To Shine by: Andrew Hecht Summary   - A bullish reversal. - Reason one: Central bank poli...

CURRENCY INTERVENTION: HOW WOULD THE U.S. DO IT, AND WOULD IT WORK? / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Currency intervention: how would the US do it, and would it work? Washington’s FX policy has oscillated between heavy interventions and be...

WHO WILL WIN THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Who Will Win the Twenty-First Century? For years, Europeans were lulled into thinking that the peace and prosperity of the immediate post...

GOING TO THE MOON AND GOING TO INDIA / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Going to the Moon and Going to India By George Friedman   Last weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11...

WHY WEAK CORPORATE EARNINGS DON´T SIGNAL A WEAK ECONOMY / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Why Weak Corporate Earnings Don’t Signal a Weak Economy Tepid results from multinationals don’t necessarily signal trouble at home By J...