QUESTION: Socrates picked up the Hamas attack, marking July as the high with a directional change, then another directional change in September before the attack, a panic cycle into November, and another directional change. The market then bounced. NBC reported that people were speculating in advance of the attack, and it may have been Hamas […]
Rumors have been circulating that Tucker Carlson would become Donald Trump’s selection for vice president. The rumors gained traction after former First Lady Melania Trump said that Carlson would be the best for the job. In a recent interview with Megyn Kelly, Carlson confirmed that he has no aspirations for the White House. The good […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 240.10 points or -0.73% to 32,686.25 Shanghai decreased 9.77 points or -0.33% to 2,958.99 Hang Seng increased 173.44 points or 1.07% to 16,402.19 ASX 200 increased 120.10 points or 1.65% to 7,377.90 Kospi increased 33.52 points or 1.34% to 2,544.18 […]
Some have asked if there wasn’t also a lot of fraud behind the collapse of S&Ls. Many allegations were that they squandered money buying expensive art, etc. They did not tell the public that the art more than doubled in value. Take the prosecution of the poster boy Charles Keating (1923– 2014). A Federal judge […]
Whenever those in Congress mess with real estate, they have ALWAYS, and without exception, caused a major crash. The Entire Savings & Loan (S&L) Crisis was a catastrophic disaster that wiped out nearly one-third of all the 3,234 savings and loan associations in the United States between 1986 and 1995. I previously mentioned that hedge […]
South Korea hosts one of the lowest birth rates in the modern world. The nation’s population began decreasing significantly in 2021. Statistics Korea reported that only 249,000 babies were born in 2022, marking a 4.4% decline from 2021. The birth rate needs to stay at 2.1 to maintain the current population of 52 million, however, […]
Government officials do not understand why Americans are disappointed with Bidenomics. Biden’s own team did not realize the term “Bidenomics” was intended to mock the president’s policies and they have adopted it as their own. “Bidenomics is about growing the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down,” Joe Biden […]
Blue cities across the US are contemplating banning masks. A few years ago these cities would not allow people to enter public establishments without a mask. But now, after Soros-backed DAs blindfolded themselves to the drastic uptick in crime, cities such as Philadelphia, Atlanta, and New York are banning face masks to prevent criminals from […]
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ASIA: In November, foreign investors significantly increased their bond purchases in key Asian markets due to a notable decline in U.S. Treasury yields and a shift in expectations for potential Federal Reserve rate cuts. They made their largest monthly net purchase since May, buying a total of $6.36 billion in South Korean, Indian, Malaysian, Indonesian, […]
