WILL CHINA REALLY SUPPLANT U.S. ECONOMIC HEGEMONY? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Will China Really Supplant US Economic Hegemony? Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – As China and the United States engage in their latest tr...

GOLD TEST RESISTANCE -- AGAIN / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Gold Tests Resistance – Again Ju st when everyone was getting used to gold sitting around and doing nothing while tech stocks provid...

ISRAEL AND THE SEARCH FOR A BALANCE OF POWER / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Israel and the Search for a Balance of Power By Jacob L. Shapiro   While the rest of the world was focused on the ...

THREE MINI-BUBBLES BURST. IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES NEXT? / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Three Mini-Bubbles Burst. Is One Of The Big Ones Next?    Financial crises tend to start at the periphery and work their way into a sys...

IN THE WORLD BEYOND FINANCE, SOME GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  In The World Beyond Finance, Some Great Things Are Happening    It’s easy to get lost in the shadows of the coming financial crisis and...

THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DROWNING IN DEBT / SAFE HAVEN

The American Dream Is Drowning In Debt By Michael Scott Life is good, but it’s being...

CONFUSING MARKET SIGNALS CREATE A MINEFIELD FOR CENTRAL BANKS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Confusing market signals create a minefield for central Banks Volatility and investors’ swings on the inflation threat complicates life f...

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Whatever Happened to Saving for a Rainy Day? Carmen M. Reinhart CAMBRIDGE – More than a decade ago, I undertook a study, together wit...

MARIJUANA STOCKS COULD BE A BUZZKILL / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Marijuana Stocks Could Be a Buzzkill By Bill Alpert   .     Photo: Mark Sommerfeld   A cold rain beat down recently on the boarde...

WHAT DO HIGHER INTEREST RATES MEAN? NO MORE REFIS / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  What Do Higher Interest Rates Mean? Part 1: No More Refis The developed world has lived with unnaturally-low interest rates for so long ...