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Yes, China Has Fully Arrived as a Superpower

80% of the people are optimistic about the future. You see and feel it everywhere in China.
China shares this with Brazil.
More than anything, this is the factor that spells continued economic growth.
When you start calling such an economy a superpower is not really material, but the absence of optimism, such as we find in Japan, Europe and the US is a brake on growth that only helps China's relative position.

Safe Haven Investments Amid a Global Crisis

I agree with the author that it is time to load up on oversold PM's and their miners. Oil is bound to go up again and probably sharply.

But I *really* hate this loose talk about war, when a reasonable compromise with Iran on its enrichment program is perfectly possible.

War mongering in this day and age is utterly irresponsible. Hoarding Pd and Pt as a patriotic act (!).
The consquences of war for all of us, not just the Americans who will happily throw away the last of their civil liberties, are just too dire.