KIM JONG UN OUTMANOEUVRES DONALD TRUMP IN SINGAPUR / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Kim Jong Un outmanoeuvres Donald Trump in Singapore The North Korean leader has proved himself the cannier deal maker Jamil Anderlini ...

TOO SOON TO PARTY: HOW A STRIKE BY LORRY DRIVERS WILL SHAPE BRAZIL´S ELECTION / THE ECONOMIST

Too soon to party How a strike by lorry drivers will shape Brazil’s elections The stoppage has made sober fiscal policies more necessar...

SAUDI ARABIA PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Saudi Arabia Playing a Dangerous Game By Jacob L. Shapiro   After months of relative silence from Saudi Arabia , t...

CHINA´S MILITARY ESCALATION / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

China’s Military Escalation Mattis and Congress push back against Beijing’s South China Sea deployments. By The Editorial Board Chin...

CENTRAL BANKERS VERSUS THE MARKET: WHO WOULD LEND BETTER? / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Central Bankers Versus the Market: Who Would Lend Better? A radical idea from the 1930s about controlling credit growth is being put to a...

LATE-CYCLE SADNESS: VALUE INVESTORS GIVE UP AND BUY NETFLIX, APPLE / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Late-Cycle Sadness: Value Investors Give Up And Buy Netflix, Apple Back in the late 1990s I interviewed for an analyst job with a value-...

ITALY, DEMOCRACY AND THE EURO CAGE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Italy, democracy and the euro cage It is not just the Italians who are trapped by the single currency Gideon Rachman Opera-goers st...

WILL THE FED SET OFF A RECESSION ALARM? / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Will the Fed Set Off a Recession Alarm? The Federal Reserve’s expected rate increase this week will take the yield curve one step closer...

HOW SUICIDE QUIETLY MORPHED INTO A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS / THE NEW YORK TIMES

How Suicide Quietly Morphed Into a Public Health Crisis By Benedict Carey . A candlelight vigil by family members of a young man who k...

GLOBAL MARKETS: A NEW, MORE DIFFICULT STAGE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Global Markets: A New, More Difficult Stage The Italian bond panic is the latest in a series of upsets to challenge investors who had got...

THE NEW TECH THAT TERRIFIES OPEC / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The New Tech That Terrifies OPEC U.S. shale oil drillers are boosting efficiency with giant pads and walking rigs, lowering prices to a p...

THE ASSET WE CANNOT AFFORD TO NEGLECT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Asset We Cannot Afford to Neglect Kevin Watkins LONDON – “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” wrote Benjamin Fran...

DEBT CLOCK TICKING / JOHN MAULDIN´S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Debt Clock Ticking By John Mauldin   Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt. —Benjamin Franklin   What can ...