At the present time, some 70 countries expressly ban heritable human genome editing, and no nation on earth explicitly allows it. But that’s unlikely to last. Prominent scientists and medical professionals are advocating for changes in laws, in the name of eradicating serious genetic maladies. It’s hard to argue with the prospect of humans no...
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THE FED IS THE CURVE, AND YOU ARE BEING LIED TO AGAIN
By Gregory Mannarino, TradersChoice.net The narrative coming out of the mainstream media outlets is laughable, especially regarding these so-called “monetary policy mistakes” being made by the Federal Reserve. The two main questions being proposed by mainstream media commentators/comedic actors as of late are these: Number one. How did the Federal Reserve get inflation so wrong? ...
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THE UKRAINE WAR: ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
OIL COULD TOP $200 A BARREL THIS YEAR, TRADERS WARN As Russian oil disappears from the world market and alternative energy sources are unable to make up the difference, crude oil prices may move well past $200 a barrel this year, a top hedger predicted. “Wakey wakey,” Pierre Andurand told the Financial Times Global Commodities...
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ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Since China launched the COVID War on Lunar New Year, The Year of the Rat, in January 2020, life has changed. “Business as usual,” is now the new ABnormal. There is nothing “normal” about it. Where the Trends Journal is based in historic Kingston, New York, the third Dutch settlement, at night, around 10 PM,...
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Each week, we report instances where the money junky hedge funds, private equity groups and the already big companies swallow another piece of the global economy. Here are some more of what the BIGS have been gobbling up and how the Bigs keep getting bigger and the rich keep getting richer. EU APPROVES AMAZON’S PURCHASE...
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BANK OF JAPAN BUCKS TREND, LEAVES RATES NEGATIVE
Japan is an outlier. Last month, Japan’s core consumer price index—which excludes fuel and fresh food costs—declined. Prices overall rose only 0.9 percent over the 12 months ending 28 February, far short of the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent inflation target. Hours after the February figures were released, the bank announced that it would continue to...
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JAPAN’S SPIRIT OF “NEW CAPITALISM”
Hitachi, Toshiba, Toyota, and other major Japanese corporations have increased annual salaries by the most in seven years as part of prime minister Fumio Kishida’s “New Capitalism” campaign to narrow the gap between rich and poor. However, only a few companies reached Kishida’s 3-percent target for the raises. NEC and Nippon Steel hit the target;...
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INDIA, RUSSIA FORMING NEW TRADE TIES
India is buying sanctioned Russian oil, the first step in what may become closer long-term trade ties. The two countries are talking about raising their two-way commerce from its $8 billion value in the 2021 financial year to $30 billion before 2025. India buys fertilizer, fuel, and gems from Russia and runs a trade deficit...
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CHINA STABILIZES FINANCIAL MARKETS
In the wake of a prolonged sell-off in Chinese stock markets, the government will take steps to “boost the economy in the first quarter” and implement policies “that are favorable to the market,” vice-premier Liu He, president Xi Jinping’s primary economic advisor, announced last week after a meeting of the State Council’s Financial Stability and...