This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. There is a lot of confusion in the markets about Trump's foreign policy. Those who are not versed in more complex foreign policy concepts and even a few specialists are perplexed and attribute incoherence to it. Markets, which have always failed to understand how important a … Continue reading Understanding Trump’s Real-Politique
Category: Tariffs
New York, NY, Big City of Dreams or What Mamdani’s Win Means for the Macro-political Picture
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. The Chinese have a famous curse which is "may you live in interesting times." We are certainly living in interesting times so to speak and wherever you fall on the political spectrum there is much certainly to be fearful of potentially occurring over the next few … Continue reading New York, NY, Big City of Dreams or What Mamdani’s Win Means for the Macro-political Picture
Oil Paused: Where to Now, the Macro Picture
The post discusses critical issues in the oil market affected by geopolitical dynamics and macroeconomic factors. It highlights potential impacts from U.S. military actions in Venezuela, rising energy demands due to AI, shifts in global energy narratives, trade wars, and sanctions on Russia. The future of the oil sector remains uncertain but significant.
Three Macro-political Issues on the Horizon
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. As I indicated in my last post a while ago one of the most important macro-political questions right now continues to be will Trump force the Europeans, Chinese and Indians to go off of Russian Oil. In the case of China and India this would be … Continue reading Three Macro-political Issues on the Horizon
Two Weeks and Counting: Trump’s Sanction Threat
One key question that emerges from the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska is whether Russia's goals were actually to simply buy time and delay the major oil sanctions poised to go on for their sales or alternatively give the US a diplomatic defeat after ramping up global expectations for a peace deal. In this view so … Continue reading Two Weeks and Counting: Trump’s Sanction Threat
Checkmate: Trump Wins on Tariffs
I wrote in earlier posts about the genius of Trump's tariffs in turning globalism on its head reestablishing American hegemony, the swimming pool analogy of increasing private spending while decreasing public spending, and even the potential risks with tariffs if not correctly approached in posts on the counterfactuals and the potential "carpenter problem." Here I … Continue reading Checkmate: Trump Wins on Tariffs
50 Days and Counting
The oil markets as usual are shrugging off key macro-political events. They have concluded as one misguided article put it that Trump's threat of extreme secondary tariffs of 100 per cent on Russian oil are an instance of TACO or "Trump always chickens out" since he has warned that they are coming if Russia does … Continue reading 50 Days and Counting
The Genius of Trump’s Concept of Capital
This is not a political site nor a stock touting site, but a higher level educational and conceptual site where we try to give you key macro-political insights. A crucial one in order to understand markets going forward is the genius of Trump's concept of capital. Now you can politically love or hate what Trump … Continue reading The Genius of Trump’s Concept of Capital
Trump just might pull this off: The Genuis of Trump Tariffs, Part 3
In earlier posts we have discussed at a higher level many issues with tariffs. If you have been following this site you would have stayed far ahead of the curve in terms of the various events occurring and your understanding of these effects on the markets. You would also have known the counterfactuals that could … Continue reading Trump just might pull this off: The Genuis of Trump Tariffs, Part 3
A Little Bit of Tariff Math
A very short post on an important scenario. Let us say that Trump's end game with tariffs is simply this. Force countries around the world to open up their markets as much as possible. As their competitors get their tariffs reduced to the baseline of 10 per cent which Trump seems to be maintaining, those … Continue reading A Little Bit of Tariff Math