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Market Talk – November 21, 2019

ASIA: China dismissed ‘external’ rumors about the progression of the US-China trade deal, a Chinese ministry spokesperson has said. Reuters reported...

Financial Planning When the Time Comes

QUESTION: Martin, love your blog! My wife and I are retired Americans with modest income, an ‘average’ middle lower class person. We own our home and...

Artificial Intelligence v Sophisticated Analytics

QUESTION: Socrates vs Aladdin I would like to start by saying thank you for all the knowledge in an altruist way you provide to the world. Reading your blog is part...

Neural Nets v Neuromorphic Computing v Something Else?

QUESTION: You have never actually stated what type of technology is behind Socrates. Is it a neural network? Have you accomplished something nobody else has yet...

Market Talk – November 20, 2019

ASIA: The Peoples Bank of China cut its one-year and five-year loan prime rates by 5 basis points. Yesterday, the central bank ordered banks to use the lowered rate...

PRIVATE BLOG – US Share Market

PRIVATE BLOG – US Share Market Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please...

QE v Managing Benchmark Rates

QUESTION: The Fed buying $60 billion in T-Bills each month is obviously not long-term QE. They are expanding their balance sheet, but this is clearly not the QE as...

Mother of All Financial Crises

QUESTION: The distinction between the Repo Crisis and Quantitative Easing is the duration and purpose as distinguished from 2007-2009? HS ANSWER: Yes. Under QE, the...

Is Trump Being Kept in the Dark?

QUESTION: Regarding the repo crisis blog. Surely president Trump would be interested in what you do. Am I just being naive? I mean if the administration were kept...

Labour Party in London Wants to Delist Any Company That Does not Comply with Climate Change

Britain has been a major center stage player in expanding the world economy every since the 17th century. The London Stock Exchange was the place to list your...