Why Hasn't Oil Hit $150 (Yet)? Global oil inventories and floating storage have acted as temporary shock absorbers against the Hormuz disruption. OPEC spare capacity has stabilized markets, but it cannot fully replace lost Persian Gulf exports indefinitely. Prolonged disruption could eventually exhaust market buffers and trigger a much sharper oil price surge. I think most energy analysts would have been shocked to learn that roughly three months into a total closure of the S

The Iran War Could Trigger Gold's Return as Money No matter what happens, I am confident the Iran war will be a major tailwind for gold. Here is an overview of how I see the conflict unfolding and its major financial implications. The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important energy corridor. Iran now has undisputed control over Hormuz. Stripping Iran of that control would require a successful full-scale ground invasion of Iran, a country roughly 40 times the size of Swi

The Rarest Minds Always Leave the Herd | Friedrich Nietzsche There are mines in this world, rare minds, minds that were never built for the crowd. In thus spoke Zerahustra, Nietze tells the story of Zerahustra, a man who descended from his mountain filled with fire, wisdom, and a desperate desire to teach mankind. He believed humanity was ready. But when Zerahustra began speaking to people, something unexpected happened for him. The more he spoke, the more alone he felt among

WILLIAM BLAKE: The Man Who Painted the Occult If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.” William Blake is considered a key figure in esotericism. A visionary artist, he transformed his experiences and perceptions into poetry and images, creating his own symbolic universe in which imagination becomes the key to unlocking the hidden