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Market Talk – January 3, 2024

ASIA:   China has unexpectedly issued oil import quotas for 2024, allocating 179.01 million tons (3.59 million barrels a day) to private refiners and traders. This nearly matches the total allowances for the previous year. The move surprised the market, and with a preliminary allocation in December, the total for 2024 now stands at 183.69 […]

Market Talk – January 2, 2024

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 75.45 points or -0.22% to 33,464.17 Shanghai decreased 12.66 points or -0.43% to 2,962.28 Hang Seng decreased 258.84 points or -1.52% to 16,788.55 ASX 200 increased 37.00 points or 0.49% to 7,627.80 Kospi increased 14.53 points or 0.55% to 2,669.81 […]

Has Europe Just Committed Suicide?

Europe has laid the groundwork for World War III and the destruction of Europe as a whole, all to save its failed fiscal management of the economy. Using the Ukrainian war that the West instigated by promising democratic elections to the Donbas in BAD FAITH just for being Russian, the European Union Council adopted a 12th […]

What Kind of American Are You?

This new movie coming out in the Spring of 2024 by A24 will be a blockbuster. The line “What kind of American are you?” is such a profound question that illustrates the deep division within this country. Historically, the army will split and choose sides. The proposition of the Great Taking is really a misconception […]

Understanding the Failure of QE

COMMENT: Thank you. That post finally opened my eyes. That’s why there has been no inflation with all the QE and negative interest rates since 2014 here in Europe. If I buy your house and we are in the same country, it’s just a poker game. The number of chips on the board just moved […]

Running for President?

COMMENT:  Hi Martin. You came to my attention via the documentary about your life and trials. It left me with the impression that you are very careful about what you do or say or make known in order to not really interfere. Things have to run their course, understood. Is it maybe time to harness […]

Central Banks & Complexity

  QUESTION: Why do you seem to be the only analyst who understands central banking? My son got an internship at one of the major banks in New York during the summer. I won’t say which bank, but he asked a senior-level guy there about you and the interest rates, explaining I had been following […]

Another Epstein Distraction – The Truth Will NEVER Surface

The turmoil of 2024 will be unprecedented. Scandals are certain to erupt after January 1 after a judge ruled to unseal court documents that will reveal 177 high-profile associates of Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Loretta Preska ordered the documents to be “unsealed in full” to reveal first and last names, along with previously unreleased documents regarding […]

Market Talk – December 20, 2023

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 456.55 points or 1.37% to 33,675.94 Shanghai decreased 30.28 points or -1.03% to 2,902.11 Hang Seng increased 108.81 points or 0.66% to 16,613.81 ASX 200 increased 48.80 points or 0.65% to 7,537.90 Kospi increased 45.75 points or 1.78% to 2,614.30 […]

Market Talk – December 19, 2023

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 460.41 points or 1.41% to 33,219.39 Shanghai increased 1.59 points or 0.05% to 2,932.39 Hang Seng decreased 124.23 points or -0.75% to 16,505.00 ASX 200 increased 62.70 points or 0.84% to 7,489.10 Kospi increased 1.69 points or 0.07% to 2,568.55 […]