COMMENT: Marty, Re: Biden’s Abuse of the Military My biggest concern right now is that if we do foolishly purge our military degrading readiness, does China’s President Xi take advantage and seize Taiwan amid the chaos in our ranks much like how the Germans took advantage of a Soviet military purge to time their invasion […]

ASIA: Japan’s economy likely shrank over the summer as a Covid surge and supply bottlenecks slammed an already feeble recovery, according to estimates by several economists just two days before the nation goes to the polls. The economy likely contracted by 1.1% on an annualized basis in the three months to September, Yoshiki Shinke, chief economist […]

(Nord Stream Pipeline) European Union leaders are scrambling for solutions to the energy crisis, but their feared friend from the East has reminded them that a solution exists. According to the Associated Press, gas prices in the EU have spiked to 95 euros from about 19 euros per megawatt-hour in the past year. Around 90% […]

These are some of the highlighted reports for this year’s WEC providing all the details and sources where applicable. In addition, there will be the usual market reports written by Socrates covering the world share markets from Europe, American markets, and Asia, the currencies, agricultural, commodities focusing on Energy. You will receive an email with […]

 ASIA: The risk of stagflation is “very real” in China over the next couple of quarters as factory gate prices rise at a quicker pace and an ongoing power crunch hurts economic growth, Charlene Chu, senior analyst for China macro financial at Autonomous Research said Wednesday. Stagflation refers to a situation in which the economy […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 7.77 or -0.03% to 29,098.24 Shanghai decreased 35.33 or -0.98% to 3,562.31 Hang Seng decreased 409.53 points or -1.57% to 25,628.74 ASX 200 increased 5.30 points or 0.07 to 7,448.70 Kospi decreased 23.59 points or -0.77% to 3,025.49 SENSEX decreased […]

Michael Leunig was sacked by the Australian newspaper “The Age.” Vaccines mandated by government have never taken place in history. How dare someone call into question such dictates of governments. Then to have the audacity to equate such tactics to the practices of Communist governments where liberty was never even a privilege, no less a […]

QUESTION: Do you think Trump was a better president? He was a moron! HJ ANSWER: I really think you are too caught up in this idea that the president is actually in charge of the country. I have said from the outset, the 2020 election was NEVER about Trump v Biden. If you really think […]

ASIA: Singapore will allow people arriving from Australia and Switzerland to enter without having to quarantine from November 8, as the Southeast Asian nation takes another step in reopening borders and reviving its economy and status as an aviation hub. Fully vaccinated travelers from the two countries will be able to enter Singapore freely after […]

ASIA: Shares in China Evergrande Group’s electric vehicles (EV) unit rose on Monday as the embattled property developer moved to prioritize the growth of its nascent EV business over its troubled core real estate operations. Evergrande rose as much as 6% during the session before closing down 0.7%. China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd […]