Deutsche: 'Wir brauchen die Energiewende, damit wir unabhängiger von autoritären Systemen wie Russland werden.'
China: 'Super Idee!'

Im Frühjahr 2022 war der Frieden in der #Ukraine zum Greifen nahe. Dies legt ein Bericht der “Welt” nahe, die sogar einen Friedensvertrag vorlegt. Eine entscheidende Frage bleibt allerdings weiter offen: Wo waren Scholz und Baerbock?
lostineu.eu/friedensvertra… #eu

#Cocoa Party seems to be over...

any confirmation for this?

'Journalismus ist kein Verbrechen!' verkündete ein sichtlich nur noch Sekunden von seiner eigenen Mumifizierung entfernter Joe Biden gestern bei einer Stellprobe im Wachsfigurenkabinett von Madame Tussaud.
Weiß Julian #Assange eigentlich schon davon?

There is much chatter about the Yen's precipitous fall. Why is this happening? Three theories.

First, despite a return of a little inflation, Japan's central bank has not raised rates and has indicated it will retain a dovish monetary policy. Is this, traders will...

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Wall Street starts betting on Turkish Lira - but, different from before, they believe Lira is going to improve in value.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Russian gas cut off from Japan. Yen in free-fall to maintain competitiveness. BRICS bloc buying up insane amounts of gold. Yen turning to funny money vis-a-vis gold. The new global system is taking shape before our eyes. 🇯🇵🌏

At the point where you’re considering 50% (!) tariffs maybe you’d be better off considering if you’re just doing something wrong. 🇪🇺🇨🇳

Vertrauensbildende Maßnahmen im #Pazifik : 'this project proposes a novel solution to address evolving security challenges in the Pacific: repurposing surplus oil rigs into mobile missile defense and resupply bases.'
interestingengineering.com/military/from-…

Sir lan McKelle, a renowned British actor known for his roles in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'X-Men' series, talks about self-discovery and growth

Die USA drängen China dazu, seinen Einfluss auf Russland geltend zu machen, um den Krieg in der Ukraine zu beenden. Zugleich soll China den Export von dual-use Technologien an Russland beenden. Das würde mittelfristig allerdings zur militärischen Niederlage Russlands in der…

#Bitcoin adoption is on the back of 50+ years of work

Visualizing 700 years of interest rates declining 👀

$XOM Turkey in talks with ExxonMobil over multibillion-dollar LNG deal, FT reports (Reuters)

William Shakespeare after a trip to Turkey (1610)

The 'banana effect' - 2011, 2014, 2019, 2022. If this plays out again we see Bitcoin $300k as the new high.

Not financial advice - simply banana science.

Here's what the gold price in yen currently looks like.

And people don't really earn much interest in yen, so it's a pretty apples-to-apples price comparison over the past three decades.