IF HISTORY REPEATS, GOLD IS HEADED TO $8,000 / SEEKING ALPHA

If History Repeats, Gold Is Headed To $8,000 by: Jason Hamlin Summary - Gold is in a well-defined uptrend channel with higher lows ...

CHINA´S EVER-GROWING BANK BAILOUT / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

China’s Ever-Growing Bank Bailout How to spend $14 billion without even trying By Nathaniel Taplin China is bailing out a larg...

IS IT TIME FOR SILVER STOCKS TO BLAST HIGHER / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Is It Time for Silver Stocks To Blast Higher? by John Rubino     Excerpted from Katusa Research : These days, silverbugs have ...

TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: PESSIMISM V PROGRESS / THE ECONOMIST

Technology and society Pessimism v progress Contemporary worries about the impact of technology are part of a historical pattern F...

IN SEARCH OF NATIONALISM: U.K. PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAS A CHANCE TO SHOW THIS IS NOT AN OXYMORON / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

In search of liberal nationalism UK prime minister Boris Johnson has a chance to show this is not an oxymoron Gideon Rachman © James ...

THE UNSPOKEN MISSION OF THE LEBANESE ARMY / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Unspoken Mission of the Lebanese Army By: Hilal Khashan   Since its founding in 1945, the mission of the Lebanese Armed Force...

TIME TO SELL THE NEWS? / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Time To Sell The News? by John Rubino Global stock (and bond and real estate) markets have been on a tear this year, apparently in ant...

RUSSIA, CHINA AND IRAN LAUNCH GOLF OF OMAN WAR GAMES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Russia, China and Iran launch Gulf of Oman war games US rivals project increased Middle East influence with first joint naval exercises ...

THE EU MUST RETHINK ITS APPROACH TO U.K. TRADE TALKS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The EU must rethink its approach to UK trade talks Brussels was wrong to treat Brexit as a threat, rather than grasping it as an opportuni...

THE POSH VERSUS THE BLOKES IN THE U.K. / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Posh Versus the Blokes in the UK By: George Friedman I arrived in London on Saturday afternoon. Traffic was heavy and it took nea...

A CHINESE REALITY CHECK FOR STOCK BULLS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

A Chinese Reality Check for Stock Bulls Some of the factors lifting markets in recent days aren’t quite what they seem By Nathaniel Tap...

SHOULD WE FEAR SINGAPORE-ON-SEINE? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Should We Fear Singapore-on-Seine? The phrase “Singapore-on-Thames” is shorthand for Britain becoming a low-tax, lightly regulated economy...