Global financial markets are starting to shake, and it is because of what is happening in the Middle East. At this stage, every day is a rollercoaster ride for investors, and that is not likely to change any time soon. The Iranians have paralyzed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and trying to reopen it by force is going to be exceptionally difficult. As you will see below, this is going to have enormous implications for every nation on the entire planet. We are in the early chapters of a major global crisis, and a tremendous amount of pain is ahead.

14 March 2026

I am writing this in March 2026, as American and Israeli bombs are falling on Iran in a conflict President Trump promises will be brief [1]. But I do not believe the official justifications. In my view, we are being marched toward a catastrophic domestic false flag operation, engineered by elements of our own state, designed to sacrifice American lives on the altar of a forever war. This is not speculation; it is the recognition of a desperate, repeating pattern. The warnings about 'Iranian drone' threats are not intelligence -- they are predictive programming for a coming atrocity meant to terrorize the public into full compliance. I believe we are on the precipice, and the target is us.

13 March 2026

We should all be expecting the price of oil to continue to rise, as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Global supplies are being hindered, and if the cost-of-living crisis wasn't bad enough, it looks like it's about to get much worse.

13 March 2026

Shipping turmoil escalates as multiple vessels (at least six) were struck overnight

13 March 2026

As Mark Thornton has detailed in his brilliant book, The Skyscraper Curse, Austrian School economists’ unique theory of the business cycle has given them a distinct advantage in foreseeing oncoming economic crises: from Ludwig von Mises’s 1920s predictions of looming bank failures, to Thornton’s own 2004 warnings of the housing bubble and its consequences. Contemporary Austrians continue to apply this theory when scrutinizing the anxious landscape of today’s economy, looking for early warning signs of where central bank monetary manipulation will manifest itself next.

12 March 2026

A military inquiry has faulted the United States for the destruction and massacre of a girls' school in Iran during the initial bombings in Minab. Previously, Donald Trump tried to blame the school's destruction on Iran, claiming Tehran hit the school with a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile.

12 March 2026

Australia is "hitched at the hip" to the United States and is actively assisting in the war efforts. These troops and assets “will be used in such a way to boost capacity for the United States and for Israel to continue to rain down horror on the Iranian people [and] to continue to bomb schools and hospitals in Iran," said Senator Nick McKim.

12 March 2026

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned the authorities in California that Iran has planned drone raids. These will be launched from an unidentified vessel off the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by United States media outlets.

12 March 2026

The most significant development in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday was the start of IRGC naval mining operations, which were met with massive U.S. firepower that destroyed 16 mine-laying vessels. As we continue monitoring the maritime chokepoint this morning after IRGC attacks on three commercial vessels, attention is now shifting to the IRGC's drone production capacity, which appears to have been degraded.

12 March 2026

After Trump ordered this major joint US-Israeli air campaign on Iran a week and a half ago, several politicians, political commentators, and public figures heaped praise on the president for the “remarkable courage” he showed to finally take on the Iranian regime.

11 March 2026