Sitemap - 2024 - Leading Thoughts: Geopolitics, Economics & Markets

Xi Jinping Prepares for 2025

The Nightmare Ahead for Central Bankers

Don't be fooled, Russia's economy is staggering

Investment Lessons from Damascus

Vive Gridlock!

Terrible Ideas, Part 1

Colin Powell's Advice on Starting a (Trade) War

The Next Crisis on America's Southern Border

Can Markets Price in Nuclear War?

Can Markets Price in Nuclear War?

The G-19 Takes Stock of America First

Ma chère Marie-Pierre,

Is Trump's America a Better Investment?

Best and Worst of Times

Are the Yard and Fence Coming into View?

Should Emerging Markets Root for Trump?

How Investors Waste Time on Geopolitics

"Triple Pivot" for the Global Economy

Is the BRICS Now a Thing?

Are Investors Ignoring the Election?

Country Without a Future

Why Financial Markets and Finance Ministers Fail to Communicate

Europe's Getting a Phone Number

Israel, Iran & the Oil Price

Mexico's Next Border Problem

What Comes After the Soft Landing?

How to Invest in a Trade War

Nowhere to Hide

Is It Time to Underweight the U.S.?

Punishing the No-Shows to the Dollar Party

How High a Fence? How Small a Yard?

"Double Top" or Double Down?

My Dreams of Geoeconomics - and Why They Should Be Yours

The Geopolitics of Crypto

What's Behind the Market Swoon?

What Global Investors Should Learn from the Olympics

The Jackson Hole News Hole

Lula’s Brazil: Geopolitical Linchpin or a Bridge to Nowhere?

Are We There Yet?

An Investor's Guide to the New Republican Party

Wait, Just What Is the "Trump Trade"?

What Happens After the Fed Sticks the Landing?

Why Is The "West" So Worried?

Don't Assume a Can Opener

Sound Advice from the Declaration of Independence

Investment Lessons from June

Buy France!

Unit of Account, Store of Value, Means of Exchange - and Diplomatic Tool

Learning to Trust Money

Investment Advice from the Committee to Save the World

Trump, Inflation, War, Apple & China

When Voters and Markets Clash

“The Fog That Thunders”

South Africa's Election Offers Welcome Relief, But Little Enthusiasm

Babies! Babies! Babies!

The Limits of "Chirussia"

The Geopolitics of Ants

Five (Mostly) Free Ways to Boost American Economic Statecraft

Will the Dollar Ever Weaken?

China Out, America In and Russia Down

What Jerome Powell Really Thinks

How Crypto Will Reinforce Dollar Dominance

Hey Class of 2024! Wanna Be a Banker?

IMF to the Rescue!

It's Not Spring Until the Spring Meetings

Fence Sitters Like the Fence

Friends Without Benefits

Europe's Recovering, But Don't Expect Miracles

Turkey Recognizes the Laws of Gravity

LinkedIn Bid for TikTok Marks Breakthrough

The Strange Coherence of Donald Trump's Economic Statecraft

How Much India Risk Is Too Much India Risk?

Our Own Worst Enemy!

The China Threat We Should Really Worry About

Investment Advice from America's Spies

Can Mexico Seize the Moment?

Emerging Markets Investors Understand the U.S. Election All Too Well

If You Had a Billion Dollars and a Crystal Ball ...

Short History of the Nikkei from Bubble to Boom

Russia Still Can't Defeat Ukraine

Money, Morality and Alexei Navalny

Why This Should Be the Moment for Emerging Markets -- But Isn't

If NATO Were a Bank ...

What Won't Cause the Next Recession -- and What Will

Is Inflation's "Last Mile" That Much Harder?

What If the Climate Threat Were a Klingon Attack?

Which Central Bankers Should Spike the Ball?

Europe Without America

Quick Math on Houthis, El Nino and Inflation

The Road to Freedonia

Crypto Will Only Succeed If Most of Us Never See It Coming

What We Know, What We Don't Now ...