Tag Archive: US

Looking at Uranium

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The uranium sector was hit hard in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, then came another crisis in 2011, when a massive earthquake damaged nuclear facilities in Japan. That caused another big… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – Wake up America, the Cold War did not end in 1991

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“…the [Russian] Ministry of Defense said it would consider stopping international inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to threatened sanctions from the West…” http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-crimea-interim-government-says-it-has-no-plans-to-cede-to-russia/2014/03/08/df1261d0-a6c3-11e3-9cff-b1406de784f0_story.html At first sight, it seems like America and… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – Monetarists should sit back and let Keynesians do infrastructure

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Larry Summers, perhaps best known for making foot-in-mouth remarks about women while a Harvard president, had recently remarked in polite circles that: “…we may well need in the years ahead to think about… Continue reading

De- Americanizing Today

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*DAGONG DOWNGRADES U.S. LOCAL, FOREIGN CURRENCY CREDIT RATINGS *DAGONG DOWNGRADES U.S. SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATING   EUR/USD POST SHUTDOWN AUD/USD POST SHUTDOWN USD/JPY POST SHUTDOWN GOLD POST SHUTDOWN It a global rebellion. Trouble is… Continue reading