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Mega deals, MAGA propaganda and Netanyahu ghosted
For his first diplomatic tour, instead of visiting the European allies/victims, Trump spent 4 days in the Gulf countries – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. The visit doesn’t appear important at first glance and resembles in many aspects a special Dubai episode of The Apprentice, where Trump spent his time signing contracts with his…
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Has the time come to buy physical gold?
On December 2023 1st, the price of physical gold set a new record by increasing to $2,150 an ounce (35grams). Over the past two years, gold has repeatedly broken its past records, meanwhile the US Federal Reserve’s federal funds effective rate was raised from nearly 0% to 5.33% between November 2021 and November 2023. Despite…
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One lecture – Principles for dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations rise and fall, by Ray DALIO (4/4)
Picture: Pudong District, Shanghai. Shanghai reflects China’s path over the past 500 years described by Ray Dalio; once dominant power under the Ming and Qing dynasties, the country experienced sharp decline from 1850’s to 1978 before re-opening and re-becoming the world largest economy. Ray Dalio last chapters are arguably the most important of his book…
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