Could yes, its a real risk under Trump but quite how likely it is to be implemented who knows. Personally new investments are currently going into excluding US funds but not moving what I already hav… (View Post)

Cosying up is wrong. But so is closing ourselves off. The US has passed legislation allowing the government to impose a 50% additional tax on overseas holders of US shares. That is us and our pension… (View Post)

Clearly the prospects for democracy are bleak. I am not sure it is even compatible with social media, at least as currently structured. We are rapidly moving to autocracy. (View Post)

Two thirds of the world was already unreliable pre Trump, now it is closer to 90%. Sure we should mitigate our reliance on China, but it is more absurd to pretend we can live fully independently of c… (View Post)

From a government politicians point of view. If we get on the wrong side of China, the price of stuff we don't need goes up, voters dislike inflation and will kick us out. From the opposition politic… (View Post)