Gold – The International Reserve! - New Cold War Part 2. This is the second part of the New Cold War. The first part: "Delineating the New Cold War: China’s Boa Constrictor Strategy" appeared last week. The New Cold War works like a train. FIRST, is the Nuclear A... Read More

Odd bins The short term critical market issue is the US Supreme Court - not the end of the Shutdown. We look at potential outcomes. and their market consequences. There are a lot of investment themes here that are matched with idea of how to match them with your money... Read More

Delineating the New Cold War: China’s Boa Constrictor Strategy The world is a split stage. The comedy of trade is playing on the right. On the left the New Cold War has begun between the Alliance of Autocracies and the fading ranks of the liberal, and not so liberal, demo... Read More

Odd bins November 11, 2025: Cen tral Banks: Now, Then & in the Future: The date of the next FOMC is December 9-10 and not in October!!!!!!! Read More

This Oddbins Some vital investment themes: Shipping - reinforced optimism. Trump "deal" with Xi changes nothing. And other shipping sector events reconfirm the need for massive shipbuilding and port investment in the US and for the US. US Supreme Court - almost all decisio... Read More

Bursting Bubbles – Correction or Catastrophe? Investment Conclusion This paper asks questions about bubbles and sets up a framework to answer them. The questions: are there significant bubbles around? If so, what would make them burst? And if they burst will the result be ... Read More

President Trump’s Asia Trip – Not Trade but the New Cold War Investment Conclusion The trade result of President Trump’s Asian trip is to dial us back to where we were in February of this year as measured by tariffs. Some of the US “wins” need further evidence. For exam... Read More

Investment Conclusion There are no changes in the Wealth Preservation Portfolio this week. But long/overweight Japanese equities is being put on watch. Investors who cut Yen long positions in Yen may consider re-entering them. The BoJ has no excuse not to lean into Taka... Read More

Global Shipping - The US: Titan or Titanic Summary Shipping is like dark matter in the Universe. It keeps things expanding smoothly. It runs hypothetically in the background of world affairs like dark matter and energy in the universe. It prevents (stellar or earthly)... Read More

Odd bins. Investment Conclusion When the bubble bursts, will it be a correction or a catastrophe? Preview and thoughts next. Increase exposure to safe haven assets (see Wealth Preservation Portfolio (WPP) at the end). AUD and SGD longs are being added to the WPF. Read More