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For years, I have warned that geopolitics moves in cycles just as markets do. The Economic Confidence Model has been projecting that the period around 2026 would become a geopolitical turning point, leading to rising confrontation toward the Panic Cycle in 2027 and ultimately the 2028 Panic Cycle year. What we are now witnessing is […]

New York has always been known as the city that never sleeps. The glowing skyline is not simply decoration; it reflects commerce, tourism, finance, and the constant economic activity that built the city into a global capital. Now lawmakers are pushing the New York State Dark Skies Protection Act, which would impose strict limits on

QUESTION: Well, it looks like David Sachs has publicly stated that there can be nuclear war if Israel runs out of ammo and is on the verge of being defeated. You warned about this. You have not commented on whether Netanyahu is dead or if Iran has sunk an American destroyer. The Supreme Leader they

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 68.46 points or -0.13% to 53,751.15 • Shanghai decreased 10.663 points or -0.26% to 4,084.786 • Hang Seng increased 368.42 points or 1.45% to 25,834.02 • ASX 200 decreased 33.70 points or -0.39% to 8,583.40 • SENSEX increased 938.93 points

For years, politicians across the Western world have insisted that windmills and solar panels would power the future while reliable energy sources were dismantled in the name of climate policy. Now reality is beginning to intrude. Canada is preparing to unveil a national electricity strategy centered on expanding nuclear power as governments confront a basic

The press is reporting that Venezuela is opening its mining sector to American companies, allowing foreign investment to extract gold, diamonds, and rare earth minerals after the National Assembly approved the first step in rewriting the country’s mining laws. The reform extends mining concessions from 20 to 30 years and allows international arbitration in disputes,

The latest GDP numbers show that the U.S. economy slowed far more than expected as we closed out 2025. According to the revised data, Q4 GDP expanded at just a 0.7% annualized pace, sharply lower than the original 1.4% estimate and dramatically below the 4.4% growth seen in the third quarter. This sudden deceleration is

There is a critical failure in the Neocons’ playbook. They assumed that Iran would NOT close the Strait of Hormuz, for they assumed that they would line it with mines and physically close the waterway, which would be suicidal for them as well. Still, they sought out and destroyed several of their mine laying ships.

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