Investing & Trading
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Beijing in October to mark the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two countries, it appeared that Japan and China have put aside territorial disputes in the East China Sea as part of a new effort to improve ties. But all those efforts are about to […]
... written on Dec 12 2018Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi dropped a bombshell on Monday (Dec 3) – Doha would leave OPEC on January 1, 2019. Clearly, it was a big news, considering that the small kingdom has been an official OPEC member since 1961. The timing of the announcement was suspicious – just days before OPEC and its allies are scheduled […]
... written on Dec 04 2018Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures skyrocketed 463 points after the world’s two biggest economies – United States and China – agreed to a ceasefire on their bilateral trade war at the G-20 summit in Argentina. Stocks in Asia, as do commodities like oil and copper, also jumped higher on hopes a possible new China-U.S. […]
... written on Dec 03 2018What do these 21 states – Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia – have in common? They have joined the US$1.99 club – where at least 1 station sells fuel at less than two bucks a […]
... written on Nov 30 2018As President Donald Trump embarks on a record sale of Treasury bills, notes and bonds to pay for its big tax cuts and spending, the United States hopes foreign buyers would scramble to get a chunk of American I.O.U. papers. Sadly, foreign investors appear to give a pass on the U.S. debt securities. And this […]
... written on Nov 28 2018Taiwan-China relations flourished when the KMT (Kuomintang) ruled Taiwan from 2008 to 2016. Interestingly, the Kuomintang was the same ruling party in mainland China until 1949, when it lost the Chinese Civil War to the rival Communist Party. But under Taiwan’s then-president Ma Ying-Jeou, Taiwan enjoyed a friendly relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The relations between […]
... written on Nov 26 2018Carlos Ghosn has been considered the hero of the Japanese automotive industry for the last 20 years. After successfully restructuring Renault through a cost-cutting plan in 1998-2000, he earned the nickname “Le Cost Killer.” His radical restructuring of the Renault – reducing workforce, revising production processes and pushing for new models – successfully contributed to […]
... written on Nov 23 2018Trump Willing To Give Saudi Crown Prince A Free Pass On Khashoggi’s Murder – In Exchange For Rewards
Donald Trump appears willing to give a brutal murderer a free pass, because his administration has everything to gain by pretending that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wasn’t involved at all in the gruesome murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. From the beginning, the U.S. president has made it known that he isn’t a fan […]
... written on Nov 22 2018After a record 12-session consecutive declines, oil prices finally finished higher on Wednesday last week. But it could only crawl up for 3 days before giving up. That’s not a very convincing bull after the black gold plunged about 25% since early October, essentially entering the bullish market. The commodity won’t enter a bull market until […]
... written on Nov 20 2018Sorry Folks, None Of Goldman Sachs Bankers Will Go To Jail – They’re Untouchable White Collar Crooks
Attending the 33rd ASEAN Summit, Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest prime minister has been having fun condemning everyone he does not like – including Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and US President Donald Trump. But the biggest culprit the 93-year-old Prime Minister of Malaysia has criticised was the 149-year-old bank Goldman Sachs. He said bankers […]
... written on Nov 14 2018
