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Market Talk – August 19, 2026

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 2,134.31 points or -3.16% to 65,326.42 • Shanghai decreased 95.881 points or...

PRIVATE BLOG – Japan & Pending Sovereign Debt Crisis

PRIVATE BLOG – Japan & Pending Sovereign Debt Crisis Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn...

Extra Welfare for Britain’s Polygamist Migrants

You really cannot make this stuff up. Britain does not permit people domiciled in the UK to enter into polygamous marriages, yet buried inside the...

South Korea Wants Military Independence — Good, Let Them Pay for It

South Korea has responded to Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises by talking about becoming more militarily independent. President Lee Jae...

The Bond Crisis

QUESTION: Marty, will you please issue a new bond report? Everything you laid out in the 2020 Bond Report you handed out at the 2020 WEC  has been amazing. You...

Europe Is Sanctioning Its Way Into Economic Irrelevance

Europe apparently believes it can sanction the entire world into submission. Eight countries outside the European Union have now agreed to align themselves with...

Market Talk – August 18, 2026

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,759.52 points or -2.54% to 67,460.73 • Shanghai increased 7.65 points or...

PRIVATE BLOG – Comment from Poland

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PRIVATE BLOG –War with Russia in Weeks?

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Trump Punishes South Korea for Refusing to Join the Iran War

Trump has ordered the Pentagon to reduce America’s joint military exercises with South Korea, but this is not simply about saving money or suddenly deciding...