This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below These thoughts reflect a theoretical macro-political perspective and may or may not ultimately prove correct from simply a trading perspective. Whether the current downward pressure in key tech stocks we are seeing in markets such as the Kospi and more globally represents a mere short term … Continue reading Deeper Theoretical Thoughts on the Kospi Correction and Current Market Contradictions
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The Global Energy Variable: South Korea and the KOSPI Equation
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below Given the extreme volatility and intricate complexity of the current global matrix, it must be stated at the outset that the following analysis could be completely wrong. The reader is explicitly warned that any attempt to map real-time geopolitical friction onto financial markets is inherently speculative. … Continue reading The Global Energy Variable: South Korea and the KOSPI Equation
Antonio’s ships and the Current Oil Crisis
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below As I have written about in an earlier post, the contemporary global oil market is presently defined by a profound epistemological divide between two competing forms of rationality, a friction that mirrors the haunting maritime risks of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. On one side sits … Continue reading Antonio’s ships and the Current Oil Crisis
The Geopolitical Disconnect: Is the Market Mis-pricing a Material Oil Shortage?
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. In this site we try to always give you higher level analysis of key Macro-political market issues. The following ideas are meant to expand the current discourse. As I've suggested before the current Hormuz crisis is sufficiently complex that unless you are in the situation room … Continue reading The Geopolitical Disconnect: Is the Market Mis-pricing a Material Oil Shortage?
A Slow Train Coming
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. updated 5-11-26 At this site we try to consider higher level theoretical issues. A few years ago, we were talking about the upcoming problem of inflation way before the usual crowd and we talked about AI's voracious need for energy also very early on and the … Continue reading A Slow Train Coming
Two Key Market Questions:
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. I have written about many of these points in earlier posts, but let's consider anew here briefly just two key issues for the markets at present. Each of these areas are based in part ultimately on political power. I have argued for a long time now, … Continue reading Two Key Market Questions:
Understanding Trump’s Real-Politique
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
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
Tariffs as Capital and the Coming Oil Sanction Push
This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. I want to discuss 2 critical issues. First, Trump's new 100 per cent tariff on China for their restrictions on rare earth exports. I have said this in earlier posts that Trump views tariffs as a kind of capital that can like any good businessman would … Continue reading Tariffs as Capital and the Coming Oil Sanction Push
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