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13th April 2018 Bill Bonner

Trump and China Are on the Same, Wrong Side

MIAMI – This week, we’ve been exploring how mock battles can go wrong. In one corner, we have The American Dreamer: the Blond Bombshell himself, Donald J. Trump. In the other, there is Xi Jinping of the Great Red Hope,…

12th April 2018 Bill Bonner

The Economy Will Lose a Few Teeth…

MIAMI – Guggenheim investment fund’s global chief investment officer Scott Minerd predicts a 40% decline for the Dow… mostly in 2019. He says the U.S. economy is on a “collision course with disaster.” He’s right – at least about the…

10th April 2018 Nickolai Hubble

The prospects of the US dollar

Let’s delve deep into the future of the US dollar. That’s another way of saying we’re talking about everything at once. Because the US dollar is the world’s reserve currency, the currency of the biggest economy, the currency of international trade…

9th April 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Trade war alliances emerge

It’s bad news all round. Not that anyone can agree on what’s good or bad news these days. And even if we could, there’s no agreement on whether good or bad news makes the market go up or down. Perhaps,…

4th April 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Total control of the stockmarket

Donald Trump has replaced central bankers when it comes to financial market news. Instead of trying to second guess what the money printers will do next, we await Trump’s tweetstorms. And there’s been plenty of action lately. But first, consider…

19th March 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Crunch time comes for cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies are marketed as an anti-government and anti-establishment alternative. But can they survive a government and establishment onslaught? Because they’re getting one. Facebook, Google and potentially Twitter will ban cryptocurrency advertising on their platforms. That includes advertising of related products….

29th January 2018 Nickolai Hubble

How much bitcoin does Trump own?

Last night it hit me. With bitcoin well over the $12,000 mark thanks to his foreign policy, you have to wonder how much bitcoin President Donald Trump owns. There’s little question the awesome power of the US president includes the…

11th January 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Chinese whispers sink US bonds

Well, yesterday’s Capital & Conflict proved timely. A bear market in bonds is the top story right across the financial media this morning. The Financial Times, Bloomberg and others all feature stories about wobbly bond markets and jittery yields. Yesterday…

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