Being the world hegemon as a leader among a group of like-minded allies spanning the world from New Zealand to Hawaii is the height of self interest.

China Wants More Talks Before Signing Trump’s ‘Phase One’ Deal

Personally, I wouldn't do it even if they gave me money. The coin of the realm gets its legitimacy from the realm. The realm in this case being the society we participate in and a democratic state that we have some say, however small, in how is run. ...

Would you give up Google for $17,000 a year? The Federal Reserve wants to know

Just a thought - from what you write, it seems you know almost nothing about EU. A member state cannot be kicked out, there is no legal provision for that in the treaties, nor any conceivable institutional mechanism for that to happen. None. Zero. ...

Tusk sees 'no reason' for optimism after '3 yrs of problems'

Hardly, if the recent trade deal he did with Japan is any indication. He hated TPP because it was Obama's brainchild. He riled up his electorate against it. Then as soon as he got elected, he ripped it up (totally ignorant of what a boon it could ...

When the China deal is negotiated, I sign it myself on behalf of our Country. Fast and Clean!

Gap down, but not because of this "news" (although other weekend negative surprises may arise) but after two incredibly strong up days there has to be a pullback. Still have 20 min to go in....

Tusk sees 'no reason' for optimism after '3 yrs of problems'

Johnson Administration? As in Lyndon B.? No, not quite. It's just another UK conservative minority government that has had pretty much every major legislative initiative voted down by its boss, Parliament. It's been just two days of pound up. Let's ...

Brexit hopes sends British pound to highest level of Johnson administration as U.K. banks soar

Absolutely. With a custom censor filter and ability to turn off comments, too.

Would you give up Google for $17,000 a year? The Federal Reserve wants to know

If that were the case, Zimbabwe and Venezuela would be the paragons of prosperity. Trump used to cry about the dollar being too weak before, when it suited him. So? I also happen to think the deal is fishy, too good to be true, but that's ...

EU Parliament President rejects U.K. Brexit proposal: Spiegel

Yes, bones, we know. The problem is until now UK needed imports, lots of them. And there are businesses build around these imports. And many of those are listed on the stock market. You get the drift. High value exports need imports, by the way. ...

EU Parliament President rejects U.K. Brexit proposal: Spiegel

Pity I did not bet you on it. It turns out the punters got it right this time. Maybe the banks decided to clean out the shorts first. Or somebody's big option bet needed to be forced into a margin call. Or they just like to buy low and sell high ...

EU Parliament President rejects U.K. Brexit proposal: Spiegel

MT4 by design is a tool that serves the old Broker+Market Maker model wherein the brokers trade against clients. So, I am not sure even if this information is obtainable. It's hard to think how this model even has a place for "best execution" which ...

Billions Lost: Here's How Much E-Trade, Schwab and TD Ameritrade Are Losing From Slashing...

Black swan means an event that noone has foreseen hence the market has not priced it in. Brexit is more like slow motion train wreck, not a black swan. It's impossible not be aware of it, even if one wanted to.

What's at stake is not winning some stupid blame game. At stake is the future of Europe and...

Actually I don't know if it can or can't be done. And I am eagerly awaiting to see how post-Brexit UK fares. I simply raised the point that there are some underlying assumptions in the proposal of the pound experiencing a large drop at this stage of ...

EU Parliament President rejects U.K. Brexit proposal: Spiegel

For the same reason that most people here who bitch about EU left right and center are not EU citizens, most are actually Americans.

It is time for us to get out of these Endless Wars and bring our soldiers home

Great endorsement!

Macron: EU Brexit deal decision 'at end of the week'

Nice distraction. The impeachment case is based on pressuring the head of state of a foreign nation to help find dirt against the main election rival, that is election interference. What that election rival did or did not do is irrelevant to it. ...

There’s now a second whistleblower in the Trump Ukraine case

This is exactly what he tried to do against Biden, with what looks more and more like disastrous consequences for himself. This tactic works like a charm when one is the underdog. For a sitting president, this a very unwise approach. If he has ...

There’s now a second whistleblower in the Trump Ukraine case

Probably Trump will not get impeached, if only for the simple reason that Republicans have majority in Congress. Impeachment hearings are intended to turn enough centre voters away from Trump. The timing is perfect. Actual impeachment with removal ...

There’s now a second whistleblower in the Trump Ukraine case

EU - the half-dead horse everyone likes to beat no matter true or not. EU does not have nuclear weapons (more's the pity - perhaps if it did, it would be taken seriously). Only France and soon-to-be ex-member UK do. As far as I can tell, France is ...

Nuclear Talks Between North Korea And US Collapse After Months Of Negotiations

How much lower? This rosy picture assumes the rest of UK population will gladly send off their purchasing power to the chopping block just to help the "exporters". It might be a bit hard to do manufacturing, packaging and shipping if a weeks-long ...

EU Parliament President rejects U.K. Brexit proposal: Spiegel