Trading | August 16

Authored by Per Bylund via The Mises Institute, The Scandinavian countries, and primary among them Sweden, are commonly referred to as anomalies or inspirations, depending on one’s political point of view. The reason is that the countries do not appear to

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Trading | August 15

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The past weeks have shown how part of the American establishment is weighing the pros and cons of the Trump administration’s strategies around the world. I have a strong feeling that in the

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Trading | August 15

Authored by Judith Bergman via The Gatestone Institute, In July, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Most Europeans, however, are unlikely to have heard about the Union, let alone the anniversary. The media rarely reports on the

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Trading | August 15

The United Kingdom is to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, but a final deal has yet to be agreed between Westminster and Brussels. In the event of a “no-deal Brexit“, the UK leaving the EU single market and

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Trading | August 15

Authored by Viktor Katona via Oilprice.com, It took more than 20 years for littoral states of the Caspian Sea to reach an agreement that would lay the legal foundations for the full utilization of the region’s resources. The Fifth Caspian Summit

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Trading | August 14

Submitted by Russell Napier of ERIC Regular readers of the Fortnightly will know that The Solid Ground has long forecast a major debt default in Turkey. More specifically, the forecast remains that the country will impose capital controls enforcing a near

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Trading | August 14

China has been stepping up its maritime combat readiness, according to analysts responding to official reports that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had staged at least three naval drills over the past week.  On Monday, the Southern Theatre Command acknowledged over social

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Trading | August 14

Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz), a controversial internet pirate and cryptocurrency advocate, recently urged all 736k followers to immediately buy gold and Bitcoin because President Trump is sleepwalking into a tremendous fiscal collision. “1 TRILLION DOLLARS in additional US Govt debt PER

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Trading | August 14

Authored by Philip Giraldi via American Herald Tribune, There has been some reporting in the United States mass media about the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Ankara and what it might mean. Such a falling out between NATO members has not

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Trading | August 14

According to the latest numbers from Acadata Ltd., a housing bubble in the UK is steadily deflating due to the economic uncertainties surrounding Brexit, along with tighter monetary conditions via the Bank of England, which could alleviate lingering affordability issues. British home values

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