THE THIRD WAVE: CORONAVIRUS MUTANTS ARE SPREADING FAST / DER SPIEGEL

The Third Wave Coronavirus Mutants Are Spreading Fast The coronavirus mutants are spreading at breakneck speed in Germany. They have left pu...

SINOVACILLATE: CHINA´S ROLL-OUT OF COVID-19 VACCINES IS SLOWER THAN PLANNED / THE ECONOMIST

Sinovacillate China’s roll-out of covid-19 vaccines is slower than planned Production bottlenecks and a perceived lack of urgency don’t help...

WE EXPECT ITALY TO DO ITS HOMEWORK: DRAGHI AND THE EU RECOVERY FUND / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

‘We expect Italy to do its homework’: Draghi and the EU recovery fund Brussels has a huge amount of money to spend on its member states. So ...

CREDIT-CARD COMPANIES SHOULD OPEN THEIR WALLETS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Credit-Card Companies Should Open Their Wallets Bank investors appear to be focused on expenses right now, but that might not be the right w...

BUILDING BACK BROADER / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Building Back Broader Developed countries are spending enormous amounts of money in an attempt to recover from the pandemic, and should not ...

THE FAR EAST AS AN OBSTACLE TO RUSSO-CHINESE RELATIONS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Far East as an Obstacle to Russo-Chinese Relations Territory and geography help to explain why the two neighbors can never seem to embra...

WHY THE WALLSTREETBETS CROWD ARE ABLE TO PROFIT FROM PREDATORY TRADING / THE ECONOMIST

Buttonwood Why the WallStreetBets crowd are able to profit from predatory trading Textbooks say it can’t happen. But there are times when fr...

TEXAS WEATHER / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Texas Weather Thoughts in and around geopolitics. By: George Friedman Somewhere I heard the saying that climate is what you expect, and weat...

TESLA AND BITCOIN: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Tesla and Bitcoin: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Elon Musk’s bitcoin purchase for Tesla is another warning for investors in the wake of Game...