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How Chinese Goods Reached Iran Despite Billions in Sanctions
Iran has created a barter-like system to bypass sanctions on its oil sales, allowing it to acquire billions of dollars in goods from China,...
The US Just Bombed Iran’s Shadow Fleet: What Happens to Oil, Banks and the Next Sanctions War?
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
$100 (Brent crude, after Wednesday's tanker strikes) · 4.92% (US 10-year Treasury yield) · $4,440 (gold, per troy ounce)
Oil and yields are climbing...
Gold Up, Dollar Down, Yields Rising: What Kevin Warsh’s Fed Is Doing to the Reserve Currency
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
$4,388 (gold, per ounce) · 98.6 (dollar index, four-month low) · 4.8% (10-year Treasury yield, highest since 2023). Gold and yields normally move...
Xi’s Global South Tour Signed Zero New Dollars
Coalition-building requires new joint capital committed at the moment of political signaling. Hedging requires only showing up where the money already flows and collecting...
Could Strait of Hormuz Uncertainty Push Oil Prices Above $100 a Barrel?
The Strait of Hormuz has become the central pressure point in the escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran. Before the conflict, roughly...
Is the Global Economy Running Too Hot for Financial Markets?
The global economy has entered the second half of the year with surprising strength despite two wars, sharply higher energy prices and persistent geopolitical...
Beyond Expansion: Can BRICS Convert Economic Weight into Collective Power?
Authors: Janvi Singhi and Kanav Sharma*
BRICS is moving into a more meaningful phase in its evolution. Its larger membership, considerable resources, population, and markets...
Why Gold Fell While Central Banks Kept Buying It
Gold used to spike on every Gulf war headline because the same buyers set both its price and its ownership. In 2026 those are...
China and Egypt’s African Ambitions: How VICMED Could Advance the Belt and Road
The Chinese perspective intersects with and complements the vision of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to establish a waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to...
Could Europe’s Gas Crisis Leave Lasting Scars on Its Economy?
Europe is heading toward another difficult winter for its energy system, but this time the problem comes at a particularly sensitive moment. European natural...