McAlvany Wealth Management Tactical Short Q3 Conference Call Thursday Afternoon

Please join Doug Noland and David McAlvany this coming Thursday, October 30th, at 4:00 pm Eastern/2:00 pm Mountain Time for the McAlvany Wealth Management Tactical Short Q3 recap conference call, “Loose Conditions, Excess and Fed Accommodation.” Click here to register.

Saturday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Says China Talks ‘Very Constructive’ as Trump Jets to Asia

[Yahoo/Reuters] US, China seek to avoid trade war escalation, salvage Trump-Xi meeting in Malaysia talks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump to Sign Mineral Deals in Asia to Raise Pressure on Xi

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Sanctions Look to Tighten the Screw on Russia’s Oil Income

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Canada Set to Renew Trade Talks When US ‘Ready,’ Carney Says

[Reuters] Scope downgrades US credit rating on public finance, governance deterioration; revises outlook to 'stable'

[Reuters] A ghost in the Oval Office: How Reagan looms over Trump presidency

[Politico] Von der Leyen touts new plan to break China ties on critical materials

[Bloomberg] US, China May Find Only ‘Tactical Floor,’ Ex-Trade Official Says

[WSJ] As Putin Digs In, a Long—and Different—War With Ukraine Looms

[FT] US and China kick off trade talks ahead of high-stakes Trump-Xi summit

[FT] ‘Where the hell is the market risk?’ Scott Bessent takes on his critics

[FT] ‘We’re going to kill them’: doubts grow over legality of US strikes in Caribbean