Asia – Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from China have exceeded inflows for the first time, largely due to tensions with the U.S. related to semiconductor technology and concerns about increased anti-spying activities. In the July-September quarter, FDI in China reached a negative $11.8 billion, reflecting more withdrawals and downsizing than new investments for factory […]

COMMENT: Hey, you always say that republican forms of government are terrible. So WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? What is better? Also could you have Socrates’s create a list of all the things we could fix to be better for next time? Why don’t you blog about solutions so we can set goals and move towards […]

    ASIA:   The Bank of Japan has removed its 10-year bond yield ceiling of 1%, challenging the long-standing belief in a central bank ‘put.’ This belief, dating back to the days of Alan Greenspan, suggested that central banks like the Federal Reserve would always step in to support falling asset markets with monetary […]

  ASIA:   China’s economy faces instability post-lockdown, with slowed trade and a substantial $9 trillion debt burden. Additionally, there’s a concerning issue with employing young college graduates, as the youth unemployment rate for ages 16 to 24 reached a record 21% in May 2023, compared to the US rate of 7.4% in the same […]

The embers of war are igniting. Everyone is using the ongoing turmoil as an opportunity to attack their enemies. Belarus and Lithuania are akin to Russia and Ukraine in that the people living there have many genetic and cultural similarities. Lithuania has partnered with the West, joining NATO in 2004, while Belarus has shown loyalty […]

  ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 294.73 points or -0.95% to 30,696.96 Shanghai increased 3.77 points or 0.12% to 3,021.55 Hang Seng increased 7.63 points or 0.04% to 17,406.36 ASX 200 decreased 54.00 points or -0.79% to 6,772.90 Kospi increased 7.74 points or 0.34% to 2,310.55 […]

Biden has been escalating tensions in the Middle East since he entered politics. In 2013, then-Vice President Biden used his favorite line: “If there were not an Israel, we would have to invent one to make sure our interests were preserved.” Now, our models noted that the beginning of the global conflict we are facing […]

  Some claim that the stories from the Bible are just stories. Academics have been famous for saying the same thing about Historia Augusta even attributing the fraud to a monk hundreds of years before since it contained names of Roman Emperors they claim never existed. Then, two gold coins were discovered in a hoard […]

  Just for the record, they were Russians in America. Back in the U.S.S.R., there was little demand for a Chicago concert during the Communist Days. But Russia’s Leonid & Friends has made people smile in the U.S.A. This song, “I’ve Been Searching So Long,” was released in 1974 as part of their album “Chicago […]

ASIA:   Japan is expected to slip from the third to the fourth position in the world in terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in US dollars, with Germany surpassing it this year, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund. This change is primarily attributed to the depreciation of the yen, which has […]