The dramatic jump in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant has forced companies to rethink their approach to bringing employees back into the office, with several large companies announcing a shift in strategies. The Trends Journal has reported extensively on how the COVID-19 has forever changed what it means to work from home and...
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AMAZON HELPED XI SOLIDIFY GRIP ON CHINA
Who would’ve guessed—big tech profiteers not only manipulated the 2020 American election, they helped Xi Jinping cement dictator for life status in China. According to newly released documents, Jeff Bezos and Amazon haven’t just been busy using illegal tactics to compete with businesses using their selling platform, and suppressing info that might turn down the...
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BANKSTER BANDITS: “SERIAL CRIME WAVE AT THE LARGEST U.S. BANK”
The Wall Street Journal, in its edition of 18-19 December, reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has fined the brokerage arm of JPMorgan Chase $125 million, the largest fine ever for violating SEC rules requiring brokerages to document communications and make such records available to regulators. Having access to such records is essential to...
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U.S. STOCKS CLOSE LOWER LAST WEEK
All three major U.S. stock indices trended down last week, digesting news that the U.S. Federal Reserve will end its multi-trillion dollar bond-market scheme in about three months, start raising interest rates next year and the fear of possible economic damage from the Omicron virus. Last Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up 1.5...
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IS THE WORLD ADOPTING THE WAYS OF NAZI GERMANY?
By Michael J Talmo When it comes to resisting any form of tyranny, a common assertion is that if you make any comparisons to Nazi Germany you lose the argument. Really? Consider this: On August 25, 2021 “We For Humanity,” an international association of doctors, scientists, lawyers, journalists, and other professionals, wrote a letter to...
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA
CHINA SETS EXPORT, IMPORT RECORDS IN NOVEMBER China exported nearly $326 billion worth of goods and services in November, a record, and imported $254 billion to satisfy its roaring demand for fuel and metals, Bloomberg reported. Imports shot up 30 percent compared to a year earlier; exports climbed 22 percent in dollar terms, with both...
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SPOTLIGHT: INFLATION
INFLATION RUNS FASTER AGAIN IN NOVEMBER The U.S. Consumer Price Index grew by 6.8 percent last month, year on year, faster than at any time since June 1982, when prices rose at a 7.2-percent clip, the U.S. Labor Department reported. Inflation’s rate was just 1.1 percent in November 2020 and had shot to 6.2 percent...
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INVESTORS FLEE EMERGING MARKETS
Last month, investors began pulling money out of emerging markets’ equities and bonds, with more money leaving than entering for the first time since March 2020, according to the Institute for International Finance (IIF). MSCI’s index of emerging nations’ stock markets has slipped 3.3 percent this year, compared to an 18-percent gain in markets of...