Gold prices reflect a shift in paradigm – Part I

China Tries To Assert Dominance Over Canada After Carney Trade Deal Historically speaking, crawling to communists for help has never been a good idea; there's always a catch.  By extension, making trade deals with China and the CCP from a position of weakness usually ends with diplomatic concessions instead of mere economic concessions.  That is to say, the Chinese are less interested in economic benefits, and more interested in political submission.  Canadians are about to speed run this lesson after Prime Minister Mark Carney's "new strategic partnership" formed with China...

Israeli officials have been saying they intended to apply a Gaza Strip model to the invasion of Lebanon, but the extent of the destruction inflicted on the southern part of Lebanon in the first month and a half of the war is even bigger than initially feared. New reports from the BBC are that they’ve […]

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Increase 42% Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, There were 644 commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in April 2026, a 42 percent yearly increase, according to a May 6 statement from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). A Chapter 11 bankruptcy seeks to reorganize a company’s debts, with the aim of keeping the business operational and, eventually, becoming solvent. This is the most common type of bankruptcy filing made by businesses. Within the 644 commercial Chapter 11 filings last month, 301 were made by small businesses, up 46...