Showing posts with label nuclear option. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear option. Show all posts
Saturday, November 27, 2010

China Sends Foreclosure Demands To U.S.

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China has sent its latest foreclosure notice to the U.S. by way of a People's Bank of China adviser: The U.S. has to resolve its “twin...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

China Prepares For U.S. Dollar Self-Destruction

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Another chapter unfolds in China's "Unrestricted Warfare" strategy against the United States.  China's position as a prim...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

U.S. Economy Faces No-Growth Stagflation

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The U.S. is in no position to lead the global economy away from the brink of a double-dip recession.  The rest of the world is doing just f...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

China Uses Rare Earths As Economic Weapons

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China has just escalated its diplomatic standoff with Japan over ownership of the East China Sea.  The Middle Kingdom has just decided that ...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Friday's Fun Miscellany

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Let's take a look at a big jumble of newsworthy stuff on an options expiration Friday. Goldman Sachs' wrist-slap SEC fine is bei...
Friday, August 21, 2009

China Has Had Enough Of U.S. Debt

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The tipping point in Uncle Sam's debt binge is finally here. It came in bits and pieces but the overall outline is no longer in doubt :...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

China Closes Down, Spooks U.S.

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It used to be that when U.S. markets sneezed, Asian markets caught a cold. Now it's the other way around : World stocks sank Wednes...
Friday, April 24, 2009

China Went For The Gold . . . And Got It

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Looks like Olympic medals weren't the only kind of gold China's been pursuing in recent years : China revealed on Friday that it...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Chinese Banks Grow Assets While U.S. Banks Dilute Equity

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In a sign of relative strength, Chinese banks are able to grow their loan portfolios de novo , i.e., without artificial capital infusions ...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

China's Warning Shot Across U.S.'s Bow

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China is warning the U.S. not to destroy its bond portfolio : . China should seek guarantees that its $682 billion holdings of ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

US's Subprime Credit Rating Will Trigger Sovereignty Crunch

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The United States government, long one of the most creditworthy institutions on the planet, is in serious danger of becoming insolvent in th...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Chinese Fire Drill

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China once again demonstrates the speed of its OODA loop : China announced a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus plan to spur expans...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A Long Way To China

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I've had mostly short positions this year, but I've finally decided to take a long position in addition to my gold holdings. I have...