Opinion

Sunday 31/January/2016 15:13 PM

China can prevent a crisis, but not the cost

All of the pieces are in place for a financial crisis in China. The currency is weakening and, if left to the market, would likely plunge further. Capital...

Sunday 31/January/2016 14:31 PM

Donald Trump's one-man show is a smash

The competing spectacles put on by Republican presidential candidates in Iowa on Thursday night should put to rest any remaining doubts that the party's...

Saturday 30/January/2016 15:06 PM

Reasons for the fearful to be fearful of gold

The stock market's worst January coincides with a chorus of predictions that the fall of gold has reached bottom from its lofty peak in 2011. Gold is...

Saturday 30/January/2016 14:46 PM

US shocks Russia by calling Putin corrupt

Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, complained Friday about the "active use of the Russian theme and the subject of Putin in the...

Saturday 30/January/2016 14:36 PM

The coming wave of oil refugees

The idea that oil wealth can be a curse is an old one – and it should need no explaining. Every few decades, energy prices rise to the heavens, kicking...