America

As we scoffed oveernight, who better than a handful of semi, and not so semi, billionaires - perplexed by the populist backlash of the past year - to sit down and discuss among each other how a "squeezed and Angry" middle-class should be fixed. And so it was this morning as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and Founder, Chairman and Co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, espoused on what's needed to restore growth in the middle class and confidence in the future.

Trump will soon assume his elected office, and potentially change FX markets forever. Well, it's already happened. But what we've seen happen now, has been mostly 'talk' - whereas in 4 days, it will be 'reality.' First let's look at the best example in FX of the Trump Effect, USD/JPY traded as (FXY), Guggenheim CurrencyShares Japanese Yen:

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Via The Daily Bell

 

Donald Trump is committed to globalisation. Davos told Elite in Europe and US have misunderstood trade stance says Anthony Scaramucci … A senior member of Donald Trump’s team insisted that the president-elect was committed to globalisation, open trade and Nato, despite recent comments that unsettled America’s allies. -FT

Donald Trump either misunderstand what globalism is, or he’s not being accurate about the procedure.

Submitted by Alice Salles via TheAntiMedia.org,

The U.S. government’s efforts against illicit drugs have finally run their course. With over one trillion dollars wasted over the past several decades and nothing to show but failure, taxpayers are beginning to ask a simple yet pertinent question: Is it time to end the bottomless funding of this utterly ineffective anti-drug crusade?

Submitted by David Battistella

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