An unexpected specter is haunting the streets throughout the capitals of North Africa and the Middle East. Although revolution has been quelled for many years, dollar devaluation has caused prices of basic goods to soar in emerging economies like these. Young people are unemployed and face little opportunities in autocratic societies. Tens of thousands of [...]
An unexpected specter is haunting the streets throughout the capitals of North Africa and the Middle East. Although revolution has been quelled for many years, dollar devaluation has caused prices of basic goods to soar in emerging economies like these. Young people are unemployed and face little opportunities in autocratic societies. Tens of thousands of [...]
An unexpected specter is haunting the streets throughout the capitals of North Africa and the Middle East. Although revolution has been quelled for many years, dollar devaluation has caused prices of basic goods to soar in emerging economies like these. Young people are unemployed and face little opportunities in autocratic societies. Tens of thousands of [...]
An unexpected specter is haunting the streets throughout the capitals of North Africa and the Middle East. Although revolution has been quelled for many years, dollar devaluation has caused prices of basic goods to soar in emerging economies like these. Young people are unemployed and face little opportunities in autocratic societies. Tens of thousands of [...]
I coined a term called the “Chinamese Twins” for my readers. I advised my readers that two separate dinners were to be held at the White House, the feast receiving the most publicity was held as the “Grand State Dinner.” I regarded this banquet as window dressing held for the benefit of the world press [...]
With weather beaten gaze the fisherman scans the waters, watches and waits and then at the perfect moment, he casts his line. So we who are anglers for fish of silver and gold study the swirling waters and heave our hooks of small bait in hopes of catching the Big One. The marketplace in precious [...]
The top officials of the two most powerful nations on earth are to meet today and tomorrow in matters of far-reaching significance. Behind the photo-ops and the speeches there is one basic reality: China and America are joined inseparably at the hip, like conjoined twins. As in all such pairings, each head can have its [...]
How did the world-champion chess players take over prime mining land in Wyoming and Texas in a brilliant tactical maneuver? Well, who would’ve thought it? In broad daylight and without a shot being fired, Russians have taken possession of rich American uranium assets. Figuring out how they managed to do this requires the skills of [...]
Bill Gross, the PIMCO money manager, to whom it is often worth listening, cautioned this week that our nation’s leaders really don’t know where they’re going. They’re mired in the fiscal quicksands of perpetual trillion dollar deficits. I believe, as he does, that there will be more agony ahead after the present euphoria in the [...]
He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is battle slain Can never rise to fight again. – Oliver Goldsmith Traders entered the new year exiting their commodity positions on fear of growing austerity measures and possible exit strategies out of Central Bank quantitative easing strategies. There has [...]
