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Category: ECONOMICS
LME Suspends Trading in Nickel After Prices Spike over $100,000
This is the type of thing I was warning about in another thread and the Russians have not even announced an embargo on exports to […]
03.07.22 Financial Markets Summary: “DOINK!”
Meet Doink the Clown. A WWE staple who entertained everyone by being that evil clown which terrorized children, fans, and now, Godspeed to him, investors […]
03.07.22 00:00 UTC Financial Markets Open= P-A-I-N
Just holy flirkingschmidt. I thought to myself hours ago, “yeah, it could be ugly,” but not this FUGLY! Let’s start with everyone’s favorite subject, the […]
Will Putin Launch his Financial Nuke Monday Morning?
There is a weapon which President Vladimar Putin has not launched yet, but the time is coming where by backing his nation’s economy into a […]
The PPT Opens a 2nd Front in the Financial War
As many of my readers may or may not know, I’m a cynical old SOB. I do not, have not, and will not believe in […]
The War Comes Home to America’s Economy
No, there are not nuclear weapons exploding in New York, nor bombers overflying Washington, D.C. (yet). But the Russia-Ukraine War has come home to America […]
03.02.22 A Quick Market Note
This is the Reader’s Digest condensed market story of the three bears. Baby bear said “hi” and no one heard her squeaky voice and bought […]
03.01.22 Russia-Ukraine War: Did Putin Go Full Metal Stalingrad?
In 1942, another dictator made fateful decisions which in the end destroyed his leadership and in the end, his nation. Adolf Hitler could have won […]
02.28.22 07:30 ET BREAKING NEWS: US Bans Almost All Transactions with Russian Central Bank
At 07:30 ET the United States Government banned all transactions with the Russian Central Bank except for a few minor exceptions for energy related sales. […]
This is Normal; IF the Date is October 2008
H-o-l-y smokes. I never, ever, ever, thought it was possible to repeat stupidity of this magnitude twice in 20 years, but by God our Western […]
The Plunge Protection Team Goes to War
What, what, what????? America’s Banksters went to war over the Russian invasion of Ukraine? First, let’s identify who went into battle today, with the PPT […]
02.24.22 Gold, Oil, Commodities Indicate that Inflation is About to Skyrocket Higher
The average America is pretty much ignorant about where or what Odessa is, the Donbas, or if Kiev is anything but a meal made with […]
02.24.22: WAR 22:00 UTC Update is Up!
Tonight, as the United Nations Security Council met to “stop” Russian military aggression in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin declared military operations are to commence against […]
02.22.22 War Drums: 2100 UTC UPDATE – Ukraine Launches Full Mobilization
02.21.22 23:58 UTC UPDATE: Two minutes to midnight. Literally. Iron Maiden sums it up and yeah, still popular with us old timers. Russian troops are […]