We are equal in all ways besides talent. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that it will end its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs because they simply do not work. Faculty at MIT will no longer be required to attend race-based training or be screened for such during the hiring process. MIT President […]

ASIA:   “Market Talk” will be temporarily postponed until June as our staff redirects efforts toward the London Seminar. Tickets to the seminar, both virtual and in-person, are still available for purchase.   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 132.88 points or -0.34% to 38,787.38 Shanghai increased 31.63 […]

Retail sales in the US fell short of expectations this month, according to data compiled by the Commerce Department. Retail spending decreased 0.6% from April to March, undermining forecasts of a 0.4% decrease. Yet, Americans are spending MORE on the essentials such as groceries. How is this a shocking admittance to anyone? Even online sales […]

Various cultures and religions have been concerned about the end of time looming throughout history. Aethelred II (978-1016 AD) was so convinced the world was about to end in 1000 AD that he removed his portrait from the coinage and placed the Christian symbol of the lamb on it. The world did not end, and […]

Putin keeps trying to warn the American Neocons that they are playing with World War III, which will be nuclear. They issued a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) that they will be firing missiles in a test just off the coast of northern California coast, thereby alerting pilots of Russian missile launches to LAND / […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 534.53 points or 1.39% to 38,920.26 Shanghai increased 2.50 points or 0.08% to 3,122.40 Hang Seng increased 302.82 points or 1.59% to 19,376.53 ASX 200 increased 127.60 points or 1.65% to 7,881.30 Kospi increased 22.66 points or 0.83% to 2,753.00 […]

Powell reiterated this week that he does not see any short-term need to lower interest rates. The Fed remains delicate in its speech to the public. They knew that inflation would continue rising due to various factors but had to say they were awaiting incoming data. The data is in for Q1 and nothing indicates […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 29.67 points or 0.08% to 38,385.73 Shanghai decreased 25.87 points or -0.82% to 3,119.90 Hang Seng closed ASX 200 increased 26.90 points or 0.35% to 7,753.70 Kospi closed SENSEX decreased 117.58 points or -0.16% to 72,987.03 Nifty50 decreased 17.30 points […]

President-elect Jose Raul Mulino of Panama is taking on the migrant crisis as one of his first pieces of legislation. “Panama and our Darien [Gap] are not a transit route. It is our border,” Mulino said, referring to the notorious Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia that has become a favored travel route for migrants […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 176.60 points or 0.46% to 38,356.06 Shanghai decreased 2.25 points or -0.07% to 3,145.77 Hang Seng decreased 41.35 points or -0.22% to 19,073.71 ASX 200 decreased 23.20 points or -0.30% to 7,726.80 Kospi increased 3.13 points or 0.11% to 2,730.34 […]