INTEREST RATES ARE GOING HIGHER / MACLEODFINANCE

Interest rates are going higher It is gradually dawning on markets that lower dollar interest rates are a fantasy. But higher rates will des...

CHINA´S SHRINKING BRI AMBITIONS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

China’s Shrinking BRI Ambitions Corruption, delays and boondoggles are transforming the Belt and Road Initiative. By: Victoria Herczegh Last...

HOME SALES IN MARCH HAD BIGGEST DECLINE IN 16 MONTHS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Home Sales in March Had Biggest Decline in 16 Months Sales of previously owned homes decreased 4.3% from the prior month By Nicole Friedman ...

WE NOW KNOW WHY THE GOLD PRICE HAS SOARED / MACLEODFINANCE

We now know why the gold price has soared Here is the answer to the puzzle everyone has been trying to solve! MACLEODFINANCE We now know why...

XI JINPING´S MISGUIDED PLAN TO ESCAPE ECONOMIC STAGNATION / THE ECONOMIST

China and the world economy Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest o...

UPDATE ON BRETTON WOODS 3 CONCEPT / MACLEOD FINANCE

Update on Bretton Woods 3 concept You will have to prepare for your currency to buy less and interest rates to rise: how will your portfolio...

FOR ALL ITS FAULTS, DEMOCRACY IS STILL BETTER THAN AUTOCRACY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

For all its faults, democracy is still better than autocracy All the evidence shows that despotism cannot consistently deliver the economic ...

ISRAEL HAS NO GOOD CHOICES ON IRAN / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Israel has no good choices on Iran Its least bad options are a return to the status quo ante or carrying out a limited strike against milita...