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4th May 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Let’s play a game

It’s called “good news or bad news”. I’m going to reveal news to you. And you have to guess whether it’s good or bad. The point being that you’re guessing. I don’t know the answer either. So don’t try too…

2nd May 2018 Nickolai Hubble

The oldest threat will strike in 2018

At the last minute, Donald Trump rescued his allies from his own trade war. He extended the exemption from steel and aluminium tariffs for another 30 days. But it wasn’t enough to prevent US steel stocks from sliding about 5%….

1st May 2018 Nickolai Hubble

There will be a little pain in the stockmarket

Today is the day. By the time you read this, the temporary exemption to Donald Trump’s tariffs will expire. Much of the world will be subject to steel and aluminium tariffs when exporting to the US. Ironically enough, it’s also…

17th April 2018 Bill Bonner

Trump’s Deal With the Deep State

A cigarette that bears a lipstick’s traces An airline ticket to romantic places – Billie Holiday, “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)” BALTIMORE – South Beach… Last week, we were sitting in the hotel restaurant in Miami Beach having…

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,…

11th April 2018 Nickolai Hubble

The investment power of politically incorrect

That escalated quickly. 2017 was marked with extraordinary low volatility for the US stockmarket. But so far, 2018 is shaping up to be the opposite. Instead of record amounts of days without a move greater than 1% in either direction,…

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,…

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