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The residents of West Texas are accustomed to a life dependent on hydrocarbons. As Bloomberg reports, the small communities built into the flat desert are dotted with oil pumps and rigs, and the chemical smell of an oil field hangs in the air. Here the economy rises and falls on drilling. When the drilling is […]

By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at It was my daughter’s 10th birthday on the weekend and, aside from a raft of giggling girls high on sugar, there was a standout gift from Mum and Dad that featured. A pair of soccer boots? Yeah, I know. She’s a girl and soccer is a boys’ sport, but this girl loves soccer […]Read More

Authored by StraightLineLogic’s Robert Gore via The Burning Platform blog, It started in Vietnam. The men who chose to fight for America on Vietnam’s front lines did so for honorable reasons. While there was no immediate threat to the US, some were concerned about falling dominoes and the march of communism. Some were animated by […]

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The Aussies did it with their employment data (and then admitted it), and now we see Japan’s Economic and Social reserch Institute post the most ridiculous macro print ever. Over 4 standard deviations from expectations and almost double the highest expectations, Japan Machinery Orders spiked 15.0% MoM – the biggest since Jan 2003. Up 15% […]

It would funny to watch as Chinese policymakers attempt to pull off the impossible if it weren’t so downright frightening. Beijing, long the global engine for growth and trade, finds itself at a rather vexing crossroads. NBS protestations to the contrary, the Chinese economy is decelerating rapidly in the face of a massive rebalancing towards […]

Authored by Michael Klare via TomDispatch.com, Three and a half years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) triggered headlines around the world by predicting that the United States would overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s leading oil producer by 2020 and, together with Canada, would become a net exporter of oil around 2030. Overnight, […]

“There’s a giant bull in the [Turkey stock market] china shop,” exclaims one trader, but (unsually for Turkey), “nobody knows anything for sure” about who he, she, or it is. As Bloomberg reports, a mystery investor who first appeared a year and a half ago with $450 million of bets on a single day, almost […]Read More

Submitted by Andrew Korybko via OrientalReview.org, The Law Of Hybrid Warfare Hybrid War is one of the most significant strategic developments that the US has ever spearheaded, and the transitioning of Color Revolutions to Unconventional Wars is expected to dominate the destabilizing trends of the coming decades. Those unaccustomed to approaching geopolitics from the Hybrid War […]

11 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The office of the Nigerian Vice President has blasted an online newspaper, Sahararrporters.com, for claiming in a report that Mr. Yemi Osinbajo had cancelled his Indian trip because of a protocol error and fears that Senate President, Mr. Bukola Saraki, might perform the duty of acting President. The […]

Oil prices closed the week at $40 holding steady from the same price a week ago an indication that the worst is gone. For the better part of 2016, predictions have been gloomy for oil price and by extension oil producing countries like Nigeria. Analysts had predicted an oil price of $20 and at some […]

The market opened on a bullish note, extending its most recent bull run to 8-consecutive sessions of gains. This however broke on Tuesday. But the market shrugged off that brief interruption, continuing northward for the rest of the week. The positive sentiment was driven by markets expectations of earnings and corporate action announcement from the Banks. […]