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Month: October 2017

Private Blog Updates as Necessary

Many people have written in thanking for the more frequent Private Blog Updates. There is no schedule for these updates. They will appear as the markets dictate. So...

Cars Sales Dropping as Taxes Rise

The demand for cars has been declining rapidly in Britain and that is impacting German car sales rather sharply. All price levels in cars have been declining, not...

The Way to the Future – Cryptos Move Over

The Maldives has introduced what may become the next innovation. Maldives Immigration has introduced a new type of ID card that replaces your credit card, passport,...

China Moving to Take the Lead in Technology

China is moving rapidly to advance and take the lead in technology from the United States and they will accomplish that in the years ahead. China is moving very...

Market Talk- October 25, 2017

As you probably expected, Asia opened firmer following the strong US performance. For the majority this remained the trend for the day but not for the Nikkei....

Private Blog – Dow for October 25th, 2017

Private Blog – Dow Jones Industrials for October 25th, 2017 Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or...

New Zealand to Foreigners – Get Out!

The New Zealand Prime Minister that took the country back into Marxism, has fired its first shot across the bow.  The Labour party have formally signed a coalition...

Diamonds replacing Gold?

  There has been an effort to use diamonds in place of gold since you can travel with them without setting off metal detectors. But the real problem has been...

Hillary’s What Happened – She Lost & It Was Her Fault!

Hillary is running around pitching her book – What Happened. Of course, we all know the answer – she lost. The problem is that she takes no blame for...

Saudi Arabia in Search of Cash

QUESTION: I read your blog about the Saudi’s potentially selling a large private equity position from China in Aramco rather than accessing the public...