Trade Wars and Future Prospects: The Aftermath of BIOBY
Trade Wars & Coming Attractions; BIOBY Aftermath Greetings Investors! I’m back home at last; and over this holiday-shortened week as I catch up on so many things/correspondence, I will have myriad thoughts, updates and a LOT more for you! More so for our paid Members, I’ve already sent out yesterday several status changes, including both […]
China’s Stock Market Struggles to Boost Consumer Spending Despite Reforms – Insights and Data
China’s Stock Market Fails to Drive Consumer Spending Despite Reforms – News and Statistics Aug 17, 2025 China’s stock market, valued at $11 trillion, has failed to incentivize consumer spending due to poor equity returns over the past decade, according to a Bloomberg report. A $10,000 investment in the S&P 500 Index a decade ago […]
AI Experts Return from China in Shock: U.S. Power Grid’s Vulnerability Could Mean the Race is Already Lost
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over “Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,” Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent tour of China’s AI hubs. For American AI researchers, that’s almost unimaginable. In the U.S., surging AI […]
Study: Guilt and Shame Drive Many Chinese Students to Learn AI, Rather Than Enjoyment
Study: Many Chinese students are motivated to learn AI due to ‘guilt and shame,’ not enjoyment Just because Gen Z is leading the charge on integrating AI tools into their school work doesn’t mean they actually want to be. A new study published this week in the journal Science of Learning found many university students […]
Trump’s Push for Apple to Produce All-American Phones Overlooks the Tech Giant That Tried and Failed
Trump’s pressure on Apple to make All-American phones ignores the last tech giant that tried and failed The executives were well aware of the difficulties they would face in manufacturing a smartphone in the U.S. As with any great tech industry moonshot, the challenge was part of the appeal—and they embraced it. “Conventional wisdom said […]
US Stock Futures Hold Steady as Investors Anticipate Key Jobs Report
US stock futures little changed as investors await key jobs report Pressure on House to pass Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ by July 4 deadline The pressure is one for House Republicans to pass President Trump’s massive tax cuts and spending bill by his July 4 deadline. Fox – 32 Chicago U.S.. stock futures are little […]
Overview of Plurilock Security: Key Federal Insights, Tariff Trends, Macroeconomic Themes, and Upcoming Developments
Profile of Plurilock Security; several Fed, tariff, macro themes AND some coming attractions Greetings Investors! There’s a LOT of subjects and “meat’ for you this weekend… Plurilock Security, movement from the Fed, and more… so let’s get right to it! First off, as you may already know, home building/construction stocks have had a dismal stretch […]
Macroscope | How China’s Underappreciated Financial System Fueled Its Industrial Growth
Macroscope | How China’s overlooked financial system enabled its industrial success China has powered ahead of other nations in terms of industrial and export development, to the point where it is now seen by rivals (not least the US) as a threat that must be countered by trade protectionism. But most analyses of its success […]
Trump Advocates for PM to Dismantle Chinese Wind Farms and Begin Oil and Gas Exploration in the North Sea
Trump is right to urge PM to tear down the Chinese windmills and start drilling for oil and gas in North Sea Drill baby DONALD Trump yesterday delivered another much-needed reality check to Net Zero zealot Ed Miliband. The President says he is happy with the trade deal the US has struck with Sir Keir […]
The Emerging FAANGs: American Express and Dolly Varden
The New FAANGS; Amex and Dolly Varden Greetings, Investors. First, a heads-up on a week-long, on-line investor “Boot Camp” upcoming the week of June 2…mark it on your calendars! Yours truly will anchor several workshops that week on the evolving landscape in the world markets…the ramping up of a “World War 3 over Currencies and […]