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Chinese Banks Face Up to Funding Squeeze Household deposits, long the foundation of China’s economy, are fleeing the banking system By ...

GOLD: WHOEVER HAS THE GOLD, MAKES THE RULES / SAFE HAVEN

Gold: Whoever Has the Gold, Makes the Rules by: John Ing Leaked memos, recorded conversations, impeachment talk and a plunging sto...

THE TRUTH BEHIND TODAY´S U.S. INFLATION / PROJECT SYNDICATE

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SOARING DEBT = SLOW GROWTH = EVEN MORE DEBT = SYSTEMIC CRISIS / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Soaring Debt = Slow Growth = Even More Debt = Systemic Crisis     It’s just common sense: Borrow too much money and the weight of th...

THE ASIAN VIEW ON INVESTING / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Wall Street's Best Minds Byron Wien: the Asian View on Investing The strategist describes the mindset of Far East institutional in...

THE SURPRISING THREAT TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMY / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Barron's Cover The Surprising Threat to the American Economy Unemployment hits new lows and stocks hit new highs. So why aren’t Am...

TRUMP´S ROGUE AMERICA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

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BUSINESS NEEDS TO SHOW THERE IS MORE TO THE U.S. THAN DONALD TRUMP / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Business needs to show there is more to the US than Donald Trump     The world will watch to see if words and deeds prove an irrevocable ...

THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS OF A KOREAN WAR / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Devil in the Details of a Korean War Summary       If the devil is in the details, then war is par...