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2026: The Year that Started with a Bang! (Or at least it did for Maduro)

By Tony Westfallen / 06 Jan 2026

There we all were, enjoying a fresh start to the New Year, and then – wham! Donald Trump brings Chuck Norris out of retirement and goes and kidnaps a Latin American Socialist dictator.

Capital Markets Outlook: Who Wins, Who Wobbles After the U.S.-EU “Not-Quite-a-Trade-War” Deal

By Tony Westfallen / 29 Jul 2025

From a capital markets perspective, this U.S.–EU trade pact is about more than headlines and diplomatic spin: it’s a significant realignment of cross Atlantic capital flows, tariff regimes, and sector winners and losers.