BUDGET 2017: THE U.K. CHANCELLOR HAS PLAY HIS BAD HAND CLEVERLY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Budget 2017: the UK chancellor has played his bad hand cleverly Hammond could do little else in the face of fiscal constraints and grim e...

WHO AUDITS THE AUDITORS?: AMERICA´S PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING BOARD GETS A NEW BOSS / THE ECONOMIST

Who audits the auditors? America’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board gets a new boss A new regime at America’s audit watchdog c...

THE PLATFORM ECONOMY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Platform Economy ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER , AUBREY HRUBY WASHINGTON, DC – Hardly a day goes by without another article, conference, ...

IT´S NOT THE LEVERAGE, IT´S THE ILLIQUIDITY THAT WILL HURT / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

It’s Not the Leverage, It’s the Illiquidity That Will Hurt How insurers and pensions could give investors a fright in the next market do...

HOW THE DEEP STATE SQUEEZED AMERICA´S WEALTH / CASY DAILY DISPATCH

How the Deep State Squeezed America’s Wealth by Bill Bonner NEW YORK – Salvator Mundi, said to be by Leonardo da Vinci, is the world’...

THE NEW FED CHAIR / CASEY DAILY DISPATCH

The New Fed Chair By Doug Casey, founder, Casey Research A few words are in order about the likely new Chairman of the Federal Reserve...

INCONVENIENT TRUTHS ABOUT MIGRATION / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Inconvenient Truths About Migration ROBERT SKIDELSKY LONDON – Sociology, anthropology, and history have been making large inroads int...

A WOBBLY MERKEL MEANS A WEAKER EUROPE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

A wobbly Merkel means a weaker Europe Problems on the continent remain, and the chancellor’s travails will exacerbate them Gideon Rachm...

THE FED GETS IT RIGHT, FOR NOW / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Fed Gets It Right, for Now The central bank raised rates as much as promised in 2017; the risk is it needs to raise them more than e...

FINALLY, GOLD SPECULATORS START TO BAIL, SETTING UP A BIG Q1 2018 / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Finally, Gold Speculators Start To Bail, Setting Up A Big Q1 2018   It took a lot longer than it should have, but gold futures traders ...

BLACKROCKS´S FACTOR GURU FAVOR MOMENTUM STOCKS / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

BlackRock’s Factor Guru Favors Momentum Stocks By John Kimelman     BlackRock’s Factor Guru Favors Momentum Stocks Photo: Getty Ima...

SOARING DEFICITS FORCE TREASURY INTO FOOLISH GAMBLE: PART 1 / SAFE HAVEN

Soaring Deficits Force Treasury into Foolish Gamble: Part 1 By: Michael Pento The Treasury opened the fiscal year 2018 with an Octobe...

VENEZUELA DEBT TALKS: CARACAS PLAY ITS LAST CARDS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Venezuela debt talks: Caracas plays its last cards Restructuring negotiations will feature a complex geopolitical poker game involving th...