Map: The Struggle for the Mediterranean
The various empires that vied for control over the Mediterranean during antiquity: the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Etruscans, etc…
Kraków Circa 1493
From the Nuremberg Chronicle
El-Erian: Market Isn’t Worried the Fed Will Tighten, It’s Worried It Won’t
Not even Venezuela could manage to pull off a bear market in equities and hyper-inflation at the same time
China’s Demand for Feed Grains Has Surged
Echoing the ‘Great Soviet Grain Robbery‘ that foreshadowed the rising inflation of the 1970s
Chart: The Fed Has Been MIA for Years
The cycle repeats
The Mania Loses Its Mojo
Looking for a peak in bubblelicious market euphoria? Keep an eye on Bitcoin.
Leland Miller: CCP Forcing Western Companies to Go “All In” on Party’s Priorities
What a headache it must be for ‘woke’ corporate America…
Pictish Symbol Stone
Three rows of figures which illustrate scenes from a battle
David Rosenberg Still Not Worried About Inflation
“Look, if we get another number like this next month, the Fed is clearly going to have to start changing it’s tone and I’ll be compelled to change my forecast…”
Map: The History of Cumania
An immediate foreshadowing for the Mongol conquests