The era of rules-based order and globalized free trade is over. –Lawrence Wong, Singapore Prime Minister When the stock market was in free fall, a subscriber wrote to ask if we were satisfied. After all, here was the sell-off we were waiting for. Alas, no. We hold gold. And we can’t complain. Gold has been […]
By Bill Bonner,
Countries are kissing my a** to negotiate trade deals.’ Donald Trump How exhilarating it must be. To have the whole world bending over and puckering up. What a feeling of power! Like Gen. Irvin McDowell setting out to teach those Rebs a lesson at Bull Run…Bonaparte chasing the Russkies out of Moscow…or the Titanic under […]
By Bill Bonner,
On Monday, White House advisor Kevin Hassett stoked rumors that the president will ‘pause’ the tariffs to give nations a chance to come to terms with the Trump Team. Stocks shot up…appearing, for a while, to reverse the downward trend. And again, yesterday morning, it looked like ‘the bottom was in.’ But then, The Donald […]
By Bill Bonner,
“In every disaster throughout American history, there always seems to be a man from Harvard in the middle of it.” —Thomas Sowell Pete Navarro is in the news. He is believed to be the ‘architect’ of Trump’s tariff policies. Fox: White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Monday that an offer by Vietnam to eliminate […]
By Bill Bonner,
The weekend brought a steady flow of tariff news…marked by outrage, indignation… and humor. Politicians often do stupid things…but there is usually some ambiguity about it. On this hand…but on that hand…maybe it will work, maybe it won’t… Rarely do we get to see a policy that is such undiluted claptrap that it brings liberals […]
By Bill Bonner,
Tariffs, tariffs everywhere… What a rollicking good time for the press. And for Trump critics. The wires: Stocks slide around the world as investors recoil from Trump’s tariffs We watched the tape yesterday. The Dow was down 1,000…then 1,200…then 1,500. Where would it come to rest, we wondered. It ended the day down 1,679. In […]
By Bill Bonner,
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