Global trade has stagnated since 2011. Why has trade stagnated? In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008/9 countries realized that their consumers were weakened, their businesses were discouraged, and their governments had used much financial reserves to bailout their banking systems. The only feasible driver of output was trade. All countries therefore

The Euro Stoxx is down 12% year to date as I write this, Nikkei down 15.85% and China down 16-20% depending on the exchange and S&P500 down 9%. A barrel of oil (-20% YTD) is now cheaper than a barrel of fried chicken at a fast food restaurant. I read in the newspapers that the

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Market pundits did say that 2016 would be a difficult year for investing. However, they did say the same thing in 2015, 2014, 2013, not to mention 2010, 2011 and 2012. One can only conclude that it is always a difficult year for investing. 2009 was easy. You either couldn’t or wouldn’t exit in which

China is having a spot of bother controlling the volatility in its stock markets. For one, the circuit breakers are not functioning as intended. Trading is temporarily halted if the market moves by more than 5% and halter for the day if it moves by more than 7%. The quickest way to empty a room