Jacob and Rob join forces to catch you up on all the important geopolitical and market developments that the Israel-Palestine war has obscured. They tackle carnage in the U.S. bond market and some very worrying developments in the Chinese economy. From there, they briefly explore gold as an investment opportunity as well as the profile of a good emerging market investment, before closing with thoughts on energy markets.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:02) – U.S. Treasuries

(11:14) - Government spending increases... an issue??

(14:15) – China’s treadmill to hell

(20:45) - What is recapitalization?

(24:00) - China's banking consolidation

(25:46) - Can China use ForEx to wipe out their liabilities?

(28:00) - Gold

(34:34) - Emerging markets -> Chile

(38:55) - Emerging markets -> Turkey

(45:45) - Emerging markets -> Argentina

(47:00) – Oil and natural gas

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