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Month: August 2022

South Korea Offers Olive Branch to the North

Russia recently claimed that it had been a close friend of North Korea since World War II, when Japanese forces were expelled from the peninsula. In a celebratory...

IRS Agents Training to Raid Homes

The Internal Revenue Service 2021 report contains a bit more information about who the IRS aims to target – you. These special IRS Criminal Investigation agents...

National Bank of Romania Hires Fortune Teller

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) is turning to ancient rituals to predict future economic movements. Gabriela Dima, 64, often referred to as Minerva, holds two...

Market Talk – August 16, 2022

ASIA: The move to delist five Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) signals that Beijing may be willing to compromise to...

PRIVATE BLOG – Beware of September

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Desperate Times in Lebanon

Desperate times drive people to desperate measures. A Lebanese man made international headlines after holding 10 people hostage in a seven-hour standoff with...

North Korea Forms Alliance with Russia

On Korea’s liberation day, President Vladimir Putin responded to Kim Jong-Un’s request to join the fight in Ukraine. In a letter to the North Korean dictator,...

The Inflation Reduction Act is “Orwellian”

Experts have stated that the Inflation Reduction Act will not reduce inflation in any meaningful way. So why is the White House spending $739 billion on this failed...

Market Talk – August 15, 2022

ASIA: China’s central bank surprisingly cut key interest rates on Monday to revive demand as data showed the economy unexpectedly slowed in July, with factory...

Argentina Raises Interest Rate to 69.5%

Argentina is out of options. I reported on the ongoing widespread protests occurring across the country. The majority of the nation is unemployed, and the currency...