The Chinese Market is vast. With a population of a billion it is a marketplace of  unimaginable depth. And that's the “carrot” that has enticed American politicians and businessmen for nearly 50 years.

The Chinese "Meme" Is Crashing.

Today, in so many ways the War in Ukraine has brought us back to the ugly, on-the-ground reality of War the way it used to be.

What Is The Wagner Group

What Is The Wagner Group?

There is a process, a set of circumstances that are so eerily similar that I've come to call this the work of a demon. It has that same malevolence and reeks the same harm as the demonic. Perhaps I've overstated my case; I'll let you decide.

The Demon In The Bureaucracy

Put all this together, making America the fittest nation on earth. Or at least we should be. But here's where things get strange. If Americans are in tip-top shape, as you'd think they would be after spending all that time and money on Fitness, then why are so many staying home from work?

America The Sickly

I've seen nothing in American Corporate History that has divided companies from their customers like the Woke Movement. Social reformers, sitting in their executive offices, have elected to endorse new social norms. Norms and values that are antithetical to a majority of Americans.

A Woke Suicide

Let me introduce you to the World of AUM. It's a world that exists only in the Financial Sector, and unless you happen to be employed in that particular part of reality, you'll likely find what I'm about to tell you is more than a little strange.

AUM is an acronym for Assets Under Management, and today we will hear from 5 of the most significant residents of this very exclusive World. In order of significance, those five institutions are State Street Bank, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Bank, JP Morgan Chase, and Blackrock, Incorporated.

The World Of AUM

On Friday, Wall Street celebrated one of the best monthly readings for Consumer Sentiment that we've seen in a very long time. The report was the monthly survey by the University of Michigan of the American Consumer's Sentiment, whether consumers are upbeat or downbeat about their economic futures. This particular sentiment indicator is so important because consumers, retail buyers like you and me, make up about two-thirds of the economic activity in this country.

How Americans Are Feeling, The Long Road Back From Covid

It's the Ukrainian soldiers and the munitions and the supplies from the United States that are battling the Proxy War In Ukraine. For the War to continue, that relationship must stay in place: Ukraine fighters, US supplies. President Biden repeatedly assured Ukraine and the NATO coalition that the United States would support Ukraine "for as long as it takes."

America's Strategic Supplies Are Running On Empty

The country is nearing a series of strikes by Drivers at United Parcel Service (UPS), Yellow Freight, and potentially the US Postal Service. These strikes would promise to devastate commerce and industry across the country.

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How The Threatened UPS Strike Would Devastate The Economy

I get that very American, upbeat response when I ask people how things are going. "Things are great," "Couldn't be better." It's all part of the essential American character. By nature, we tend to be optimists, seeing the glass as half full. And that robust, positive outlook continues today, but with some reservations.

What A Change In Sentiment Can Do

So are you a High-Frequency Trader? A Standard Time Investor? Or A Long-Term Investor? It can make all the difference in how you view the financial world.

Wall Street's Three Dimensions Of Time: High-Frequency, Standard, And Long-Term

So, I just received my monthly home "Energy Report." You may receive something similar from your electric company. It's a report that shows me how much electricity I used last month and how my home compares to all the others in the neighborhood.

How Biden's Plan To Go All Electric Isn't Working

The rot in America is palpable; it oozes from the halls of our schools, drips like rancid water from the floors of Washington, and destroys the "unworthy." In our uniquely American version of Reform, there is an implied "moral" component that allows its promoters to accumulate power for themselves. Under the "reform" banner, the United States has been transformed from a nation designed to restrain centralized power to likely the most concentrated control-mechanism of all time.

How "Reform" Has Become Weaponized

This inability by the Fed to change from stimulus to restriction in considerable measure began the rapid rise in prices. Today, the opposite may be the case. If the Recession does begin, the Fed will need to move quickly from a restrictive monetary policy back to stimulus.

Inflation: The Fed's Great White Whale

Just as they did last year around this time, the Energy Reliability Council of Texas recommends that everyone turn up their thermostats and reduce their energy usage. Why? Because the Texas energy grid cannot supply the peak demand created by another hot Texas summer. Texas has run out of Energy.

The Bitter Irony, Texas Runs Out Of Energy

Thus, an ad hoc invitation by the Russian Foreign Minister began what is rapidly becoming one of the most influential Confabs of Nations worldwide. The 15th BRICS Summit, which began with just Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, had nearly 50 countries in attendance yesterday. Including the man who started it all, Sergei Lavrov, who will represent the Russian Federation.

The BRICS Take Aim At America's Glass House

There is no doubt that employment will be one of the significant issues in the upcoming Presidential Election. In Wednesday's Republican Presidential Debate, US Senator Tim Scott touted the employment record of the Republican-led Senate two years ago—that fit right in with Washington's overall view of the economy.

Revised: The Economy Lost 70K Jobs In March

In the history of Western Civilization, tensions have nearly always existed between the power and authority of the citizens and that of the State. It's easy to forget that Rome began as a Republic and only later transitioned into the Roman Empire. Power transferred, as if on a great Pendulum, from the people,  to the Caesar. For Rome, this move toward autocracy was due primarily to the life and death of one man, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.

When The Future Of The Republic Depended On The Fate Of One Man

When this conflict in Ukraine began, it all seemed so black and white, so clear cut. Russia, in a wanton act of aggression and with no provocation, had invaded Ukraine. And, as has often been the case throughout our history, America rode to the rescue of Ukraine.

Ukraine, The Twisted Road To War

As you've no doubt guessed, the organization we're referring to is our Government and its budget process. September is the final month in the Federal Fiscal Year and the time when a budget must be prepared and approved for next year.

How The  United States Spends Its Money

And so the exodus began. American factories, by the droves, moved across the Pacific. The elites were happy, as profit margins, driven chiefly by this low-cost Chinese production, continued to increase. The overall effect on the American economy was profound. Consider this: the most profitable companies, the ones with the most significant incomes, all follow this business model, American marketing with offshore (principally Chinese) production. Almost the entire US Tech Industry now has its manufacturing facilities in Asia.

The American-Chinese Business Model Is Ending

On this day, September 11, 1990, the American President announced the beginning of the New World Order. Appropriately enough, it was President George HW Bush who made the announcement. After all, he was its chief architect. Before a special Joint Congress session, Bush outlined his vision for this New Order of the Ages.

September 11th Is The Birthday of the New World Order

September 11th Is The Birthday Of The New World Order

These are the most difficult days for Cities in America, ever. Daily, we see the symptoms of their struggle with crime, the homeless, and the drug-addled on their squalid sidewalks. The internet is full of videos of the "trank" addicted in Philadelphia, the muggings and fights on New York Subways, and the "Shooting galleries" in San Francisco. It's not a pretty picture. Most of us, myself included, are overwhelmed by the human degradation of these suffering people.

Why American Cities Are On Their Knees

It's a world in which each "partner" along the way must rely on all the rest. And, if you follow the logic, that's how a local tragedy, like the closing of the neighborhood store, becomes a national financial crisis when up the ladder first the owner, then the lender (banks) aren't paid.

A Brief History of Our Developing Cities

A Brief History of our Developing Cities

The occasion was the 15th anniversary of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. The halfway point of a program that was envisioned to be completed in the year 2030, just over six years from now. That's just the sort of precision investors look for specific goals with a set time to achieve them.

The UN's Goals For Sustainable Development

The occasion was the 15th anniversary of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. The halfway point of a program that was envisioned to be completed in the year 2030, just over six years from now. That's just the sort of precision investors look for: specific goals with a set time to achieve them.

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