My Thoughts on Current Events
17 Sep 2025 2 minute read 4 comments Perfectionist25
There have been numerous assassinations or attempted assassinations in American history. While Lincoln, Kennedy, Garfield, and McKinley died, Trump and Reagan were the only presidents who survived assassinations. Besides presidents, political activis...
16 Sep 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25
Last week, the most closely watched headline in global markets was US inflation data. The Producer Price Index (PPI), released on Wednesday, fell short of expectations. Markets viewed this as a positive surprise. The very next day, annual consumer in...
14 Sep 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25
A years-long inheritance dispute has ended within the Murdoch family, which owns Fox News, known as the real-life equivalent of the series Succession. The new owner of the media empire, which includes hundreds of newspapers and TV channels, is Rupert...
13 Sep 2025 10 minute read 3 comments Perfectionist25
I decided to invest regularly in the cryptocurrency companies with the highest market capitalizations. Those investments vanished in 2022-2023. I received tips from friends I respect among crypto influencers. I invested in them. And they too disappea...
12 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25
For years, traditional media was the only way to access information. While newspapers reported the news, radio and television channels were powerful tools for informing the masses, and news bulletins set the agenda. Today, with the development of the...
11 Sep 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25
The global economy is at a crossroads. The entrepreneurial spirit and free competition that sustained capitalism are giving way to the shadow of giant platforms. In Yanis Varoufakis's words, the "owners of the cloud" are now the new feudal lords. Jus...
10 Sep 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25
Concepts not only describe the world but also enable the construction of the reality we perceive. For the human mind can never grasp the world through its own objective reality; it transforms it into a new form by processing it with the help of conce...
9 Sep 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25
As with Trump's attempt to destabilize the independence of the US central bank, it shouldn't be expected that populist leaders' attempts to manipulate institutions by political means will result in increased public welfare. The tax cut for the wealth...
8 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25
Global markets have been focused on a critical question for weeks: "When will the Fed cut interest rates?" The Fed's highly anticipated meeting will be announced on September 17th. Another key piece of data during the interest rate cut process is the...
6 Sep 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25
After Powell finally gave the green light to a rate cut, some new, large positions are being opened in the market, which haven't gone unnoticed. On Friday, they purchased call options on 10-year Treasury futures contracts with a premium of just $20 m...
