Nassim Taleb: World Is More Fragile Today Than in 2007

Nasim Taleb considers the world to be more fragile today than in 2007. Where is the vulnerability? Nassim answers.

General Electric (GE) Is Less Valuable When It Can't Pay A Dividend 
This Rally Is A Correction In A Bear Market 
The Biggest Decline In A Month For The Nasdaq Since 2008

Tiger Brokers Is Planning a U.S. IPO

Tiger Brokers, the Chinese online brokerage is planning a U.S. initial public offering that could raise about $200 million according to Bloomberg News:

Latest Jim Rogers-Backed China Online Brokerage Is Said to Plan IPO

Trade War: Trump Thinks He Is Smarter Than History

"He (President Trump) thinks he he himself is smarter than history and who cares about history history is bunk and I can beat history I know he cannot you I guess you know we cannot history shows he cannot but he thinks he can and that's the dangerous kind of people."

Markets: The Central Bank Will Do Something

The central bank is gonna do something, cut interest rates, buy assets, who knows what they will do and the market will have a rally. The market will rally because people will say "Ah, they've come in they're saving us again". But after that, that's when the real horrible part of the bear market is going to come. So, be worried!

Nasdaq: Worst Monthly Decline Since The Financial Crisis
Stock Market: The Downtrend Is Intact

Gold Will Dip Below 1,000

That's my view but I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. So, don't rely on me for your market timing, I'm the worst short-term trader in the world. But I expect gold to go under 1,000 dollars/ounce and if it does, I hope I'm smart enough to buy a lot more. If it doesn't, I've got plenty of gold already.

The Appeal Of Socialism

Not many people in the world want to be socialist anymore because socialism has failed, communism has failed. Certainly nobody wants to be a communist and if they want to be a socialist, they want to be a rich socialist.

There are people, it's often inexperienced younger people who don't know the history of socialism and how it has never worked -  it's a good story communism, the problem is it's the story that doesn't work. No communist nation or a communist country has ever succeeded. They always fail but it's hard to explain that to somebody who's 23 years old and who's never seen much of the world.

Other interesting articles and market updates:

Stock Market: The Downtrend Is Intact
The Box That The Federal Reserve Has Placed Itself In

Everybody Should Have Some Gold In Their Portfolio

I own gold at the moment and I have for many years. I have not bought serious gold in a long time and I'm not buying it now. But if and when it goes down, I expect if it goes under one 1,000 USD per ounce, I hope I'm smart enough to buy a lot more gold.

Everybody should have some gold in their portfolio as an insurance company of nothing else.