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Market Talk – October 2, 2023

ASIA:   Business sentiment in Japan improved in the third quarter, according to a central bank survey. This suggests that the conditions for a strong economic recovery are coming together, despite global economic challenges. Companies also maintained their plans for robust spending and faced a tight labor market, indicating that the Bank of Japan may […]

Sweden Conference 9/30/23

Costa Rica Declares State of Emergency

President Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency, but not due to anything happening in his nation per say. People across the globe are passing through Costa Rica en route for the USA as the borders are open to all. Our president is not concerned, but other nations see the threat […]

Canada to be Short 3.45 Million Homes by 2030

The demand for housing in Canada drastically outweighs the supply. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has confirmed that fewer new builds are expected for 2024. In fact, the agency anticipates that Canada will be short by 3.45 million homes by 2030 – right on time. Better yet, the gap is certain to widen […]

California Raises Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers to $20 per Hour

Effective April 1, fast food workers in California will receive a minimum wage of $20 thanks to a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. This law does not extend to all minimum wage workers, only those at fast food establishments. Why? Newsom needs to buy votes and labor unions and chain restaurants have been […]

Star Tessera 4th Century AD

ANONYMOUS, time of Constantius II. Circa 330 AD. Silver & Bronze Tokens from the Constantinople mint(?). Eight-pointed star / Laurel-wreath S. Bendall, “An Anonymous Constantinian Coinage,” NFA Journal 32 (1986), pp. 2-3;

Constantinoplis & POP ROMANUS Issues

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (18mm, 2.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-333. Laureate, helmeted, and mantled bust of Constantinople left, holding scepter over shoulder / Victory standing left, foot on prow, holding scepter and resting hand on shield set on the ground to the right: CONSZ. RIC VII […]

COMMEMORATIVES OF TWO CAPITALS

These one-third silver siliqua were issued for the grand opening of Constantinople with the “K” noting Constantinople and the “P/R” stood for Rome. Constantine I (307-337AD) issued this series of Silver 1/3 Siliqua. Anonymous Commemorative Series. They were struck at the Mint of Constantinople, struck for c. May 11th, 330AD.

Putin Interview 2020 Prewar

  Zelensky insisted, thanks to Victoria Nulan, that the Minsk Agreement had to be terminated to Justify his conquest of Russia. This is why I warned Zelensky was the man who history will remember as the next Hitler for World War III

Be Happy – From Klaus