The world’s largest pension fund, the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan, reported a $61.1 billion loss for the first quarter of the year. Half of the fund’s $1.5 trillion assets under management (AUM) are within overseas markets, and although susceptible to currency fluctuations, the true problem lies in the fund’s other 50% of its […]

COMMENT: Well, Iran voted to close the Strait of Hormuz. Thank you for explaining the Iran-China connection. I now understand how this becomes an option. Sam QUESTION: The last report you did on the cycle of war with Israel turned up on April 1, 2025. That was the precise day when Jerusalem police detained several […]

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rebuked Moody’s lowered rating of US credit from AAA to AA1. “First of all, I think that Moody’s is a lagging indicator, and I think that’s what everyone thinks of credit agencies,” Bessent said. “Larry Summers and I don’t agree on everything, but he’s said that when they downgraded the […]

Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the United States’ credit rating from a top-tier rating of AAA to AA1 due to rising government debt. Fitch Ratings lowered the US debt in August 2023 for the same reason in August 2023, and while Moody’s did not officially act at the time the agency warned that the US was […]

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There is much speculation about Germany withdrawing its gold holdings from the United States. We have seen this occur in recent history. In the 1960s, French President Charles de Gaulle began challenging the U.S. dominance in the global monetary system. Gold typically flows where capital feels safe, but in this case, France repatriated its gold […]

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Klaus Schwab, 87, announced he is stepping down from the helm of the World Economic Forum. Schwab’s departure is symbolic—a signal that the elite agenda of top-down control, championed under the guise of “stakeholder capitalism,” is starting to unravel. The Build Back Better nations will continue to push for Agenda 2030 and the Great Reset […]