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Investors Have Fallen Into a False Sense of Security

In January 2018, two significant market events occurred nearly simultaneously. Major U.S. stock market indexes peaked and volatility indexes extended one of their longest streaks of low volatility in history. Investors were happy, complacency ruled the day and all was right with the world. Then markets were turned upside down in a matter of days.

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Member of Economic Elite Comes Clean

Many of those who warn of near-term economic collapses or market panics are consigned to the fringes of economic analysis. The mainstream analysts at university faculties or Wall Street banks are almost unanimous in saying, “All is well.” Most predict years of strong growth ahead, higher stock prices and higher interest rates. To read more

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Think the Trade War Is Over? It’s Just Getting Started

For months, I have listened to Wall Street analysts and the business media claim that the new U.S.-China trade war is a nonevent. They claim that Trump is not serious about seeing through on his threatened tariffs on China. They also claim that China is just posturing in its retaliation. The expectation is that once

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Even in a World of Media Spin, the Facts Still Matter

We all know how the mainstream media treat Donald Trump. The coverage from The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC and other outlets is relentlessly and exclusively negative. Trump gets no credit for reducing unemployment, cutting taxes, boosting growth, achieving a breakthrough with North Korea, defeating ISIS and standing up to the dictators in

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When You’re on Top, There’s Nowhere to Go But Down

For months, the world has been witness to the ascendancy of Xi Jinping. He’s the president of China, general secretary of the Communist Party, head of the Politburo and head of the Chinese military. Recent party congresses have gone even further and enshrined Xi’s writings on a par with Mao Zedong and removed term limits

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Even the Academic Geniuses Are Warning of a New Collapse

Many of those who warn of near-term economic collapses or market panics are consigned to the fringes of economic analysis. The mainstream analysts at university faculties or Wall Street banks are almost unanimous in saying, “All is well.” Most predict years of strong growth ahead, higher stock prices and higher interest rates. Of course, these

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