ASIA: China has announced a plan to boost its struggling economy by reducing the reserve ratio requirements for banks by 50 basis points, effective from February 5. This move, the first reduction in reserve requirements for the year, is expected to release 1 trillion yuan ($139.8 billion) in long-term capital. The decision was announced by […]
Ukraine is desperate. It cannot win on the battlefield, and Victoria Nuland’s sister-in-law, who runs the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), is the source of all the propaganda that keeps painting Russia as weak to get the West to attack it. Ukraine is now using drones and long-range missiles, violating the air space […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 291.09 points or -0.80% to 36,226.48 Shanghai increased 49.80 points or 1.80% to 2,820.77 Hang Seng increased 545.89 points or 3.56% to 15,899.87 ASX 200 increased 4.30 points or 0.06% to 7,519.20 Kospi decreased 8.92 points or -0.36% to 2,469.69 […]
ASIA: Chinese authorities are reportedly considering measures to stabilize the declining stock market, aiming to mobilize around 2 trillion yuan ($278.53 billion) from offshore accounts of state-owned enterprises. The funds would be used to create a stabilization fund, allowing the purchase of shares onshore through the Hong Kong exchange link. While Chinese stocks initially rose […]
President Vladimir Putin signed a new decree that will enable Russia to search, register, and provide legal protection to Russian assets and land abroad, including those located in the former USSR. Now, every article you search regarding this topic quotes the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), run and paid for by the neocons. […]
QUESTION: Dear Martin – you often speak of CONFIDENCE in the government and there are many arrays you share that indicate confidence or lack thereof (Interest rates, Gold, Bonds, Indexes, Forex and others). All of these are open to interpretation by Socrates subscribers, and of course your respective, priceless commentary you share with us. What […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 583.68 points or 1.62% to 36,546.95 Shanghai decreased 75.94 points or -2.68% to 2,756.34 Hang Seng decreased 347.51 points or -2.27% to 14,961.18 ASX 200 increased 55.40 points or 0.75% to 7,476.60 Kospi decreased 8.39 points or -0.34% to 2,464.35 […]
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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 497.10 points or 1.40% to 35,963.27 Shanghai decreased 13.50 points or -0.47% to 2,832.28 Hang Seng decreased 83.10 points or -0.54% to 15,308.69 ASX 200 increased 74.70 points or 1.02% to 7,421.20 Kospi increased 32.70 points or 1.34% to 2,472.74 […]
