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I’ll just get this out of the way right at the beginning. The question in the title of this post refers to the end of the ongoing stock market correction and the answer is likely no. There are no sure things in this business so it isn’t an unequivocal no, but based on history, the odds favor more weakness. I know a lot of people liked that rally into the close on Friday and it was a nice way to end a wild week but it also shows that traders/investors are all too...

Viele Staaten haben die Schrauben zuletzt angezogen und den Cryptomarkt angezählt. Auch in Russland wurden Stimmen laut, die ein komplettes Verbot forderten. Da hier sogar die russische Zentralbank involviert war, wurde befürchtet, dass Bitcoin und Co. schon bald in Russland verboten werden könnte. Nun gibt es jedoch Entwarnung. Bitcoin News: Russland wird Bitcoin nicht verbieten Die russische Regierung selbst hat angekündigt, kein Verbot auszusprechen – und damit...

Students For Liberty is organizing its 2022 retreat in Zurich this year. We are also planning to have a few invited people from outside to attend the conference on Saturday and the team training on Sunday, so that you can get to meet new people, engage in interesting discussions, and hopefully get to see how Students For Liberty works! When: February 25-28, 2022Where: Hochstrasse 38, 8044 ZurichLanguage: EnglishWho can apply? Anyone based anywhere in Switzerland.Deadline to apply:...

[caption id="attachment_858222" align="alignleft" width="400"] © Szabolcs Stieber | Dreamstime.com[/caption] Switzerland was ranked tenth in the latest 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published by Transparency International this week. The index ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, with results ranging from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). This year’s...

The ‘Fed put’ – gone until there’s blood in the streets Well, it’s happening.  Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies are sharply down, along with equity markets in many advanced economies. And the Federal Reserve (the U.S. Central Bank) statement and press conference on Wednesday didn’t indicate any backing down from raising interest rates, maybe as soon as the March meeting. The Fed’s stance pivot from ‘the economy needs additional stimulus’ to ‘it is time to start...

There is something important to recognize about the Cold War: It was not ended by the U.S. government. Instead, it was ended by the Soviet Union. If it had been up to the U.S. national-security establishment, the Cold War would have gone on forever because it is the best racket in U.S. history, one that continually expanded the tax-funded largess, power, and influence of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA. In a sense, the U.S. national-security establishment...

© Stocksolutions | Dreamstime.com The price of wood pellets in Switzerland is up 20% over the last 12 months, according to Patrick Schmutz, a wood pellet expert, reports RTS. According toSchmutz, the price rise is due to a cold 12 months, especially last spring, and the success of wood pellet heating. More and more pellet-based heating systems are being installed in Switzerland. In addition, global demand for wood has been high, particularly in the US where the...

Bob continues his series on Klaus Schwab, explaining the WEF’s plans for redesigning the world, and providing quotes from Schwab’s book on the fourth industrial revolution. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Part 1 of this series The WEF’s bio for its founder, Klaus Schwab Schwab’s books The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Covid-19 and the Great Reset The WEF’s Global Redesign Summit and the Global Redesign Initiative Nick Buxton’s article on...

Schon einmal vom eNaira gehört? Die meisten Menschen würden mit Nein antworten. Selbst in der Crypto Community ist der Cryptocoin kaum bekannt. Doch der eNaira ist ein Cryptocoin, auf den jeder ein Auge werfen sollte, denn er ist einer der ersten staatlichen Cryptocoins des Marktes. Crypto News: Nigerias staatlicher Cryptocoin bisher kein Erfolg Nigerias Regierung hatte den eNaira vor wenigen Monaten als CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) gelaunched und damit eine...

The first time I can consciously remember using the term landmine was probably here in February 2019. I had described the same process play out several times before, I had just never applied that term. There was all sorts of market chaos in the final two months of 2018, including a full-on stock market correction, believe it or not, leaving the inflation and recovery narrative in near complete tatters. All that was missing by then was the economic data to confirm...