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Month: December 2025

Market Talk – December 3, 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 561.23 points or 1.14% to 49,864.68 • Shanghai decreased 19.712 points or...

PRIVATE BLOG – Venezuela & The Quest for War

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The World’s First AI State is Doomed

Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov declared that his nation will become a “sovereign AI state” after partnering with Nvidia to create...

India to Begin Tracking All Cell Phones

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated smartphone manufacturers to install the government Sanchar Saathi portal app on all new devices to...

Putin Ignores Maduro’s Request for Help

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in another proxy war. The Association of Tour Operators of Russia confirmed that the government is sending...

Market Talk – December 2, 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 0.17 points or 0.00% to 49,303.45 • Shanghai decreased 16.295 points or -0.42%...

Europe’s Love Affair with Capital Controls

COMMENT: You mentioned that the EU would impose capital controls at the WEC. I was in the banking industry in Sweden. The capital controls that were imposed in 1939...

Maduro Refuses to Flee – US to Attack Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has two options: flee immediately or propel your nation into a one-sided war with the United States. President Donald Trump...

Feeding Our Future Fraud Scandal

Federal child nutrition program guidelines were loosened during the COVID-19 pandemic to the benefit of corrupt NGOs that stole over $1 billion from the Feeding Our...

Swiss Say NO to Inheritance Taxes

Governments believe the people should pay for their shortfalls. Switzerland proposed a 50% inheritance tax on fortunes above $62 million USD (50 million Swiss...