Map: The World in 1922
More-or-less the peak of the British and French empires, the beginnings of the ‘Italian Empire’ and the ‘Japanese Empire’, and the legacy of the Russian Empire
David Rosenberg: US Economy Has Bottomed, Recovery Will Be ‘Stunted’
“It’s going to be a stunted recovery.”
Map: The Intricate Geology of the Moon
Looking to starting a space-mining enterprise?
Fed Slows QE-Unlimited Further. Now ‘Just’ $65 Billion a Week
The Fed is moderating its massive monetary response to the ongoing economic crisis and reverting back to a more ‘traditional’ form of QE
Steve Yates: China Approaching New Tiananmen Square Moment
the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, the internment and organ harvesting of Uighurs, the mass-protests in Hong Kong, and the sharp contraction in the Chinese economy
Sam Zell: Time to Wait-And-See What Happens
No need to stake out a position yet
Image: Attack on a Galleon
From Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates
Mark Mobius: We Are on Cusp of Another Bull Market
“You’ve really got to think about equity so that you’re in an asset that is going to be moving with the rise in inflation.”
Highest Ever Percent of Jobless Are Temporary Layoffs
The opposite happened during the Global Financial Crisis
Map: Pangea with Modern-Day Borders
In another roughly 250 million years, a new ‘Pangea Proxima’ is expected to be created