Tag Archives: opportunities

Watching the markets…..

Posted on October 12, 2025 by borderslynn

Prompted by the previous alert, currently I am watching the cryptocurrency markets: https://www.livecoinwatch.com/ And https://crypto.com/en/price Also: https://www.investing.com/indices/major-indices And Trump Tariff lists to August 2025: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/the-full-list-of-us-tariffs-in-place-around-the-world.html And: https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/10/10/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/ And watching Gold vs Oil https://vaulted.com/nuggets/what-does-the-gold-oil-ratio-tell-us/ Another source at Aug 2024: The gold-to-oil … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged black gold, commodities, currencies, dollar strength, gold reserves, gold surges, gold vs oil, markets, oil prices dropping, opportunities, tariffs, threats, trade | Leave a comment

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Posted on January 12, 2025 by borderslynn

As fierce and unprecedented wildfires bring calamity to thousands of people, thousands of gallons of toxic retardant are dropped from special air tankers on the racing fires below to try to stop the fires spreading to valuable property. And, as … Continue reading →

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El Nino 2023 to 2024: Cocoa Beans, Chocolate shortage

Posted on October 7, 2024 by borderslynn

El Niño—the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), our planet’s single largest natural source of year-to-year variations in seasonal climate—has been disrupting climate in the tropics and beyond since May 2023, likely contributing to many months of record-high global ocean temperatures, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged adapting to change, climate, crop failure, drought, el niño, floods, food insecurity, fossil fuels, increasing prices, job losses, la Niña, opportunities, oscillations, transitional, warming planet | Leave a comment

A world not reliant on the dollar

Posted on August 15, 2024 by borderslynn

I wrote a blog, 8 years ago, trying to understand the impact of the Romans on our evolving monetary, military and trading history. https://borderslynn.com/2017/07/16/from-roman-empire-to-the-new-world Now I’ve reached the modern day, and I’m now asking about the mysteries of the global … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, cheap imports, China, cooperation, debt, offshored cheap labour, opportunities, politics, Roman Empire, rumour mill, sanctions, securities, semantics, stock exchange, tariffs, threats, trade, treasury bonds, US Dollar, value for money, world economy | Leave a comment