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How high could the oil price go? | The Economist

2026-05-01

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The price of oil has shot up past $126 dollars a barrel, its highest level since 2022. After months of shrugging off concern, markets are finally starting to reflect that the Strait of Hormuz might remain closed, taking about a seventh of the world’s oil supply offline. The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of experts discuss how high the oil price could really go. #oil #iran...

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Why “Luck” Doesn’t Explain Wealth and Success in the Marketplace

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

Luck egalitarians fallaciously declare property and wealth to be illegitimate or at least suspect due to a mysterious, unquantifiable force called luck. Their arguments fail even if what they claim about luck is true.

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The difference between the paper silver market and physical reality

2026-05-01

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Artificial placenta, persecution of Yenish and Sinti, and poll about immigration vote

2026-05-01

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The three news stories from Switzerland you shouldn't have missed this week: 1. The House of Representatives declared the Swiss persecution of Yenish and Sinti people to be a 'crime against humanity'. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/treatment-of-sinti-and-yenish-is-a-crime-against-humanity/91326089 2. Researchers at the University of Bern will soon be able to test how medicines taken by pregnant women are transmitted to the unborn child,...

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Eigenheim vs Heirat: Klare Entscheidung!

2026-05-01

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Ihr kennt meine Meinung zum Eigenheim. ☠️ 40 Jahre Schulden, Pendeln, Garten, Schneeschaufeln = Horror. Und trotzdem würde ich es eher nehmen als Heirat. 😅💒 Denn beim Eigenheim kannst du zumindest noch versuchen, einen halbwegs guten Deal rauszuholen. Bei einer falschen Ehe, vor allem mit meinem Kontostand, kann das sehr schnell finanzieller Ruin werden. Je mehr Vermögen du hast, desto schwieriger wird es, jemanden zu finden, der in derselben...

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Kann man Geld ausgeben verlernen?

2026-05-01

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📉 Kann man Geld ausgeben verlernen? 🎙️ Dr. Thomas Mathar (Dr. Tom) ist promovierter Sozialanthropologe mit Ausbildung in Verhaltensökonomie und Finanzpsychologie. Er leitet seit 2017 das Zentrum für Verhaltensforschung beim Finanzdienstleister Aegon UK und hat mehrere Bücher zum Thema Financial Wellbeing geschrieben. Im Podcast spricht er darüber, wie „guter" Umgang mit Geld eigentlich aussieht, warum die dreistufige Aufteilung unseres Lebens...

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Psychologe erklärt – darum sind Deutsche so selbstlos

2026-05-01

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___________📅 Marc Lädt Ein 2026 ___________ Am 8. und 9. Mai 2026 lade ich dich in die Motorworld Metzingen ein. Dich erwarten Vorträge, Panels und Diskussionen zu Politik, Geldsystemen, Bitcoin, Gold und gesellschaftlichem Wandel. Wichtig: Bald geht es los! Egal, ob vor Ort oder digital per Streaming-Ticket. Schnell sein lohnt sich, die VIP-Tickets sind bereits ausverkauft! 👉 https://marc-friedrich.de/mle26 ___________💰 Investments &...

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The UK Is in Dire Need of Deregulation

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

The UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.

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Genial Nius Journalistin konfrontiert Klingbeil mit seinem Desaster Haushalt!

2026-05-01

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The Luck Fallacy and Luck Egalitarianism

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

Luck egalitarians fallaciously declare property and wealth to be illegitimate or at least suspect due to a mysterious, unquantifiable force called luck. Their arguments fail even if what they claim about luck is true.

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The USD is little changed to start the day. The USDJPY remains volatile but in a range

2026-05-01

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The EURUSD and the GBPUSD are pushing to the upside. What next for each of the 3 major pairs technically

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Burned by a Red Hot Stove

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

The Australian philosopher David Stove, while not exactly a Rothbardian, still preferred the free market. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon introduces readers to Stove’s many interesting viewpoints.

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Anti-consumerists push for advertising-free Swiss capital

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

An anti-consumerist alliance has launched a people's initiative calling for a ban on all commercial advertising throughout the Swiss capital. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The text of the 'Bern without advertising' initiative aims to ban consumer marketing on outdoor posters and commercial screens. Cultural posters, public and local …

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May Day: Market Looks for US Leadership

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

In holiday-thinned markets, the dollar is mostly softer as North American leadership is awaited.  In light of yesterday’s surge in the yen, and contrary to our expectation, it does appear that Japanese officials materially intervened yesterday. The intervention may have been for around $34.5 bln (~JPY5.4 trillion), which if accurate, would be larger than the …

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Colombia summit marks ‘historic’ step toward phase-out of fossil fuels

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

Officials, climate advocates and financial experts from nearly 60 countries, including Switzerland, gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week to discuss how to move away from fossil fuels. Switzerland’s environment ambassador described the outcome as positive. “The fact that 57 countries came together to discuss openly how to gradually move away from fossil fuels is …

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Christian Röhl im Fragenfluss!

2026-05-01

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Wann wird Christian Röhl Finanzminister? Der Investor und Ökonom im Fragenfluss! 🎤 🎙️ Christian Röhl ist Chief Economist von Scalable Capital, Host des Podcasts Asset Class und eine der bekanntesten Stimmen rund um das Thema Investieren im deutschsprachigen Raum. Im ausführlichen Interview in der aktuellen Ausgabe des Finanzfluss Newsletters spricht er über Marktvertrauen, Dividenden, die richtige ETF-Strategie, Rebalancing und die passende...

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What are development banks and what do they do?

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

Development banks are becoming increasingly important in light of cuts to foreign aid by Western countries such as the United States and Switzerland. But how do these banks work, and what do they achieve for the Global South? Development banks are cooperative banks set up by states. Their aim is to promote development in other … Continue...

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A Robot Economy: Who Gets Rich, Who Gets Left Behind

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

Robots are coming to the economy. It is inevitable, really, and there is nothing that will stop it. At some point in the not-so-distant future, robots will infiltrate every aspect of our lives, from office work and manufacturing to service work and trade skills, and even your home. Here are some numbers for you. The …

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AI Spending Receipts: Four Tech Giants, Four Different Verdicts

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

Wednesday’s mega-cap tech earnings produced one of the cleaner real-time experiments we've seen this cycle. Four hyperscalers reported. All four beat on revenue and earnings. All four committed to massive AI infrastructure spending. Yet the market reactions were wildly divergent: Alphabet surged 10% higher, while Amazon rose 0.8%, Microsoft fell 3.9%, and Meta fell 8.6%. …

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Top AI companies agree to work with Pentagon on secret data

2026-05-01

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2026-05-01

The US regime can entice "cooperation" from tech companies with enough taxpayer money and threats of regulation.

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