GOLD AND SILVER OUTPERFORM / MACLEOD FINANCE

Gold and silver outperform In generally lacklustre financial markets, the standout winners have been gold and silver. This report looks at t...

THE U.S. ECONOMY TRUMP CARD / THE FINANCIAL TIMES MARKETS INSIGHT

The US economic trump card There is huge scope for householders to tap home equity lines of credit Meredith Whitney Since 2019, equity in US...

DON´T BLAME TRUMP FOR ALL OF THE STOCK MARKET´S PROBLEM / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Don’t Blame Trump for All of the Stock Market’s Problems Though the trade war has heightened uncertainty, slower earnings growth and a coole...

WHAT ROLE FOR THE BOND VIGILANTES? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

What Role for the Bond Vigilantes? Higher interest rates and growing government debts and deficits have led many financial commentators to w...

TRUMPONOMICS IS PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A POLICY PIG / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Trumponomics is putting lipstick on a policy pig How do technocrats expect the needed macroeconomic adjustments to occur? Martin Wolf © Jame...

ILLEGAL NARCOTICS: THE TECH BROS SELLING DRUGS BY DRONE / THE ECONOMIST

Illegal narcotics The tech bros selling drugs by drone How criminal innovators are mastering synthetic drugs, AI, the dark web and drones Il...

TRUMP IS MAKING EUROPE GREAT AGAIN / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Trump is making Europe great again The US president has provided the biggest stimulus towards European integration since the end of the cold...

AMERICA´S GROTESQUELY MEDIOCRE EMPEROR / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America’s Grotesquely Mediocre Emperor Is Caesarism – a term invented in the nineteenth century to describe Napoleon’s particular form of ru...