RUSSIA´S VIEW OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE TALIBAN / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Russia’s View of Afghanistan and the Taliban Improving relations with the Taliban gives Moscow the ability to increase its bargaining pos...

BOND TRADING WAVE GETS HARDER FOR EUROPEAN BANKS TO CATCH / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Bond Trading Wave Gets Harder for European Banks to Catch Deutsche Bank and others have capital constraints and restructuring distraction...

AMERICA´S RUSSIAN HYPOCRISY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America’s Russian Hypocrisy Nina L. Khrushcheva .   NEW YORK – I hate agreeing with Vladimir Putin, even a little. Russia’s presiden...

A "MASSIVE SELLOFF" COULD BE AROUND THE CORNER / CASEY DAILY DISPATCH

A “Massive Selloff” Could Be Around the Corner Justin Spittler You better buckle your seatbelt. U.S. stocks could soon take a turn f...

THE ECONOMIC PERIL OF AGGRIEVED NATIONALISM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

The economic peril of aggrieved nationalism       Globalisation’s winners paid too little attention to the losers     by: Martin Wolf ...

THE GEOPOLITICS OF 2014 IN 4 MAPS / MAULDIN ECONOMICS

The Geopolitics of 2017 in 4 Maps By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro International relations and geopolitics are not synonymous…...

RUSSIA´S IMPERIAL INSTINCT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Russia’s Imperial Instinct Carl Bildt     WASHINGTON, DC – Russia is once again at the center of policy debates in many Western cap...

FED OFFICIALS SEE LESS NEED FOR TAX AND SPENDING TO BOOST SHORT-TERM GROWTH / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Fed Officials See Less Need for Tax and Spending to Boost Short-Term Growth Shift in thinking comes as economy improves, jobless rate de...

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT / CASEY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL MAN

Under New Management by Jeff Thomas . In 2008, the majority of Americans voted for “change,” and in some ways, they got it. They rec...

PULLING RETIREMENT CASH, BUT NOT BY CHOICE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Pulling Retirement Cash, but Not by Choice Baby boomers’ mandatory withdrawals from 401(k)s, IRAs and other tax-deferred retirement accou...

IT´S ALL ABOUT COMEX / SAFE HAVEN

It's All About COMEX By: Captain Hook   Why do gold and silver prices top overnight and come into New York cash market down si...