In the United States, local governments and states often use their own budgets to purchase investment vehicles. States are permitted to invest in foreign bonds,...
QUESTION #1: Hi Martin, Since the international war array started picking up in 2022 but peaks in 2026 with a panic cycle, do we in fact expect a serious...
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Peace talks are a moot point between Russia and Ukraine. Security guarantees for Ukraine have been at the forefront of Ukraine’s discussions but they are actually...
COMMENT: Thank you for the private blog on the sovereign debt crisis. With both the UK and France in trouble and the possibility of the IMF bailing out these two...
Twenty-five nations have declared a temporary suspension on all postal shipments to the United States amid tariff uncertainty. As of August 29, 2025, the United...
QUESTION: Marty, you have mentioned that at some point in history, when Italy could not pay off its 30-day short-term paper because it could not sell the new debt...
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A group of 70,000 Cambodian Buddhist monks conducted a peaceful march to nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Some of the monks broke their vows of...
Poland’s president has vetoed a bill that would extend aid to Ukrainian refugees. Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist conservative, commented that Ukrainians “make...
