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Why Putin Has Been Able to Outwit America and Take Over the Global Energy Trade By Casey Research   Vladimir Putin commands the utmost loyalty from those around him, whereas American politics is now characterized solely by infighting and self-destructiveness. It’s this unity of purpose that explains how Putin and his St. Petersburg boys managed […]

TransTech Digest: Why Mitochondria Matter By Patrick Cox I may sound like a broken record saying this again, but it’s critical that we realize that scientific understanding of the biological world is increasing at an exponential rate. For younger readers, I should explain that the term “broken record” is a reference to a common failure

CEO Went Against the Petrodollar and Dies a Mysterious Death. Who Holds a Monopoly on the Truth? By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist Last month in these pages, I wrote: Patrick de la Chevardière, CFO of Total SA (which is France’s largest energy company), has publicly announced that Total is looking to finance its

Total War over the Petrodollar By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist The conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Total SA’s chief executive, Christophe de Margerie, started the second the news broke of his death. Under mysterious circumstances in Moscow, his private jet collided with a snowplow just after midnight. De Margerie was the CEO

By Laurynas Vegys, Research Analyst Gold stocks staged spring and summer rallies this year, but haven’t able to sustain the momentum. Many have sold off sharply in recent weeks, along with gold. That makes this a good time to examine the book value of gold equities; are they objectively cheap now, or not? By way

Outside the Box: Hoisington Investment Management Quarterly Review and Outlook: Third Quarter 2014 By John Mauldin I featured the thinking of Dr. Lacy Hunt on the velocity of money and its relationship to developed-world overindebtedness and the potential for deflation in this week’s Thoughts from the Frontline, and I thought you’d like to peruse Lacy’s entire recent