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Why monkeys do better than professional forecasters….

The attached graph has powerful information and might make a good addition to our website or marketing materials. The dark blue line is the actual path of interest rates on the 10-year Treasury note from 2000-2018. The lighter colored lines are a consensus of professional forecasters, color-coded by year, with recent forecasts going out to 2020. So,

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One Crisis Cools Off, But Another Crisis Turns Red Hot.

There’s never a dull moment in geopolitics. The North Korean crisis has calmed down, at least temporarily. Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump are preparing for a peace summit, probably in early June at a location yet to be determined. Kim Jong Un is making verbal concessions about denuclearizing the Korean peninsula and discontinuing nuclear

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The Cashless Society is No Longer Optional. You Go Digital or Do Without.

We’ve written frequently about the cashless society. Basically, physical cash is being replaced with completely digital means of payment including credit and debit cards, online bill paying, direct deposits from your employers and alternative systems including Apple Pay, PayPal and cryptocurrencies. These digital payment systems allow all financial transactions to be tracked by the government

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Trump’s Shots at Russia and China Are Really Aimed at the Fed

On Monday, April 16, President Trump sent the following tweet: “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game as the U.S. keeps raising interest rates. Not acceptable!” The tweet received widespread media attention as shown in this article. But, let’s unpack Trump’s tweet a bit. Superficially it reads like a criticism of China and Russia

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Return to the Pentagon

Return to the Pentagon Accredited investors interested in learning more about Jim Rickard’s private placement in the world’s first predictive data analytics startup that combines human and artificial intelligence with complexity science should check out his offering at Meraglim Holdings. Click the link to learn more.

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“Ice Nine” Comes to China

“Ice Nine” Comes to China Accredited investors interested in learning more about Jim Rickard’s private placement in the world’s first predictive data analytics startup that combines human and artificial intelligence with complexity science should check out his offering at Meraglim Holdings. Click the link to learn more.

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