ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 112.52 points or 0.40% to 27,954.85 Shanghai decreased 2.72 points or -0.09% to 3,176.33 Hang Seng increased 132.57 points or 0.68% to 19,596.20 Kospi decreased 0.62 points or -0.03% to 2,372.40 ASX 200 increased 22.50 points or 0.31% to 7,203.30 […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 58.68 points or -0.21% to 27,842.33 Shanghai decreased 27.91 points or -0.87% to 3,179.04 Hang Seng decreased 437.24 points or -2.20% to 19,463.63 Kospi decreased 16.02 points or -0.67% to 2,373.02 ASX 200 decreased 32.40 points or -0.45% to 7,180.80 […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 326.58 points or 1.18% to 27,901.01 Shanghai increased 9.60 points or 0.30% to 3,206.95 Hang Seng increased 450.64 points or 2.32% to 19,900.87 Kospi increased 17.96 points or 0.76% to 2,389.04 ASX 200 increased 37.70 points or 0.53% to 7,213.20 […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 111.97 points or -0.40% to 27,574.43 Shanghai decreased 2.27 points or -0.07% to 3,197.35 Hang Seng increased 635.41 points or 3.38% to 19,450.23 Kospi decreased 11.73 points or -0.49% to 2,371.08 ASX 200 decreased 53.90 points or -0.75% to 7,175.50 […]

  ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 199.47 points or -0.72% to 27,686.40 Shanghai decreased 12.91 points or -0.40% to 3,199.62 Hang Seng decreased 626.36 points or -3.22% to 18,814.82 Kospi decreased 10.35 points or -0.43% to 2,382.81 ASX 200 decreased 61.90 points or -0.85% to […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 65.47 points or 0.24% to 27,885.87 Shanghai increased 0.72 points or 0.02% to 3,212.53 Hang Seng decreased 77.11 points or -0.40% to 19,441.18 Kospi decreased 26.16 points or -1.08% to 2,393.16 ASX 200 decreased 34.30 points or -0.47% to 7,291.30 […]

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has warned in its latest quarterly report that there is $80 trillion dollar in off-balance sheet dollar debt in the form of FX swaps. This has involved pension funds and other ‘non-bank’ financial firms. What they do not explain is that each “debt” has a counterparty that has an […]

Europe is trying to impose a cap on Russian oil at $60 a barrel. Russian authorities rejected a price cap and threatened to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it. Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States and the 27-nation European Union agreed to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60-per-barrel. The […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 42.50 points or 0.15% to 27,820.40 Shanghai increased 55.67 points or 1.76% to 3,211.81 Hang Seng increased 842.94 points or 4.51% to 19,518.29 Kospi decreased 15.01 points or -0.62% to 2,419.32 ASX 200 increased 24.10 points or 0.33% to 7,325.60 […]

  A second usurper from the Danube region, which today they claim is Ukraine.  Sponsianus appears to have come to power briefly in Dacia defending the area from an invasion of Germanic tribes of the Alamanni in 244AD during the early reign of Philip I (244-249AD) based upon coin finds bearing the name Sponsianus who […]