Every so often democracy produces a result that is extreme and polarizing. The personal qualities displayed by Donald Trump were far from desirable or exemplary and his proposed policies appear vague, incomplete or ill-conceived. Yet Trump addresses some deficiencies, even if his remedies may be questionable. While 47% of eligible voters did not vote and

What would you do?  Russia: · Christmas came early. Cosy up to Donald. · Help the US out of NATO. · Help Turkey out of NATO. · Test the resolve of NATO by threatening Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. · Help the US out of trade pacts. · Seems sympathetic to Russian strategy in Middle East. China:

We have had central banks telegraph their intentions to us for years now, and mostly those signals have been dovish. Recently, however, there has been a backup in bond yields and some uncertainty around what central banks want and what they can achieve. Is the current correction in bonds similar to the taper tantrum of

10 minutes into the future… Growth remains positive but slow, equities are expensive, credit spreads are tight, and interest rates are low. High quality assets are even more expensive leaving only lower quality, less liquid, more esoteric or clearly troubled assets with any value. A significant contributor to the current state of affairs is central

As the memory of war fades and technology allows us to fight wars from long distances we become distanced by time and space. The more time passes and when wars are fought in faraway places and fought with detachment the more likely we are to engage in it.