ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 25.17 points or 0.05% to 53,358.71 • Shanghai increased 11.334 points or 0.27% to 4,151.238 • Hang Seng increased 699.96 points or 2.58% to 27,826.91 • ASX 200 decreased 7.70 points or -0.09% to 8,933.90 • SENSEX increased 487.20 points or […]
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Deemed the “mother of all deals” by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, India and the European Union signed a historic trade agreement that will permit near free trade between the two economies. The EU plans to phase out tariffs on Indian goods by up to 95% over a multi-year period. India will begin phasing
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Criminals are operating in increasingly sophisticated ways, but some forces are fighting crime in a digital age with analogue methods. We will launch https://t.co/kDcAf3UrlD – investing a record £115 million in AI and automation to make policing more effective. pic.twitter.com/RucIqbqXMF — Shabana Mahmood MP (@ShabanaMahmood) January 26, 2026 UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the
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US consumer confidence has plunged to its lowest level since 2014. The Conference Board’s index fell sharply in January to 84.5 — well below expectations and even below the depths reached during the pandemic panic. Consumer confidence is a quantifiable measure of the public’s willingness to engage in economic activity. When confidence drops, consumers tighten
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The idea that Europe always tries to conquer Russia is a common historical fact. To be accurate, there have been several major conflicts initiated by European powers against Russia, driven by specific geopolitical, ideological, and strategic reasons. It’s not a constant effort by a monolithic “Europe,” but rather a series of distinct invasions from different
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QUESTION: Marty, you always criticized the gold bugs for claiming gold rises with inflation. You are the only one who projected $5,000 gold, and you said it would be on geopolitics. I think you also said it could reach $10,000 by 2032. You also said we were headed into a global recession, but it would
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COMMENT: Well, these economists and market soothsayers will never match Socrates or your Economic Confidence Model. Consumer Confidence just collapsed to a 12-year low. Amazing how you can forecast recessions years in advance. LK ANSWER: These people reject even the idea of a regular cycle, for that means that they cannot manipulate society. If they
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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 448.29 points or 0.85% to 53,333.54 • Shanghai increased 7.299 points or 0.18% to 4,139.904 • Hang Seng increased 361.43 points or 1.35% to 27,126.95 • ASX 200 increased 81.50 points or 0.92% to 8,941.60 • SENSEX increased 319.78 points or
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda, and Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki met to commemorate the 1863 January Uprising against Russian rule. Even though 163 years have passed, politicians still believe that Russia is an enemy that could attempt to conquer their land at a moment’s notice. The Europeans simply cannot help themselves. They
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