If anyone has the right to say “I told you so,” it’s Bill Gates. Two years ago, the co-founder, former CEO and now former board member of Microsoft urged governments to step up their preparedness in the event of a modern global ...
Frank Holmes
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March 16, 2020
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In his recent State of the Union address, President Trump gave a shout-out to space exploration, highlighting the newly-created Space Force branch of the US Military, and NASA’s Artemis program of crewed lunar exploration. Artemis aims to put astronauts on ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 14, 2020
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As I write and you read, the world economy is getting pummeled, one blow after another, by demand destruction, as economies grind to a screeching halt due to unprecedented restrictions on economic and social activity owing to the relentless spread of the covid-19 coronavirus...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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April 7, 2020
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Benjamin Franklin once said; “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” The adversity the United States now faces with the coronavirus pandemic is the worst national emergency the country has faced since World War II, more serious, far more deadly, than a...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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April 3, 2020
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Gold was riding high Monday on bad news regarding the US economy, causing stocks to fall and Wall Street traders to pile into bullion. US markets were choppy on the first trading day after June 1, when the United States increased the tariff on $200 billion of Chinese impor...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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June 5, 2019
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On Monday Wall Street pared back losses from last week’s sell-off, the worst since 2008, but it was only the promise of lowering interest rates, the return of the “punch bowl” hearkening back to recession-era stimulus, that has tempora...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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March 3, 2020
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If there is one thing we know about the coronavirus, it’s that getting a jump on it helps to limit the number of infections. Clearly the best time to stop this, and all outbreaks, is in its early stages. Both China and the United States have been accused of...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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April 13, 2020
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Copper prices surged to a one-month high on Monday, on potential supply disruptions owing to violent protests in Chile over a proposed law, now suspended, that would raise the prices of transit tickets. At least 11 people have died, according to the mayor of Sant...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 23, 2019
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One of the worst weeks on Wall Street mercifully ended on Friday. S&P 500 DJIA Nasdaq After multiple sessions of panic selling, the markets caught an up-draft after US President Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus, thus freeing u...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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March 16, 2020
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In the 1960s, French politician Valéry d'Estaing complained that the United States enjoyed an “exorbitant privilege” due to the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. He had a point. Because the dollar is the ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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March 24, 2020
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