Ode to coffee and more…

“The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. * * * * * Ode to Coffee O! coffee, where art thou When I need thee now? In thy many flavored blends

China oil benchmark backed by gold; snipe shot…

[contentcards url=”https://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/China-sees-new-world-order-with-oil-benchmark-backed-by-gold”] I guess we know now why the Chinese have been accumulating gold hand over fist for the past 8 years or so…. So all that “blustering” from North Korea is really just a slight of hand distraction while China/Russia started to sneak their monetary weapons into place… As The World Turns… WtR