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Stock markets have crashed and will continue to crash for as long as they exist. Everyone literally knows that, yet a rare few properly manage to deal with it. Many are essentially unaware that a crash is already unfolding; well, at least until a few weeks or months after the fact. Others, continue to deny it wishfully hoping for a recovery. However, everyone keeps asking the very same questions. Should I sell and get out now? Should I wait a little longer? Do I rather buy and average my losing positions? Should I do nothing at all and turn into a long-term investor? This editorial will, once and for all, answer those basic questions and point you to the right direction.

If you're wondering why President Obama is so reluctant to confront the ISIS threat, which is growing by the minute all over the Middle East, then this editorial might give you some hints. There must be some solid reasons why it took the US less than six months to defend Oil fields in Kuwait after its invasion by Iraq in 1990, and why America is not even blinking today as ISIS is seizing Oil fields in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Actually, one can't help but question if this is the same America, which rushed into wars against Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and later on in Iraq. The truth is, there are prerequisites for an American war, at least as far as modern history is concerned.

As the confrontation between Greece's newly elected government and the European Union escalates, the country could run out of cash as early as this March. Earlier, on January 25, 2015, Greece's radical left party, Syriza, became the first anti-bailout party to win elections in the Euro zone. Consequently, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is now refusing to accept more bailout packages, and rather demands the restructuring of outstanding debt. A request, which is openly rejected by Germany, the European Central Bank and the European Parliament. Depending on the undergoing negotiations between the sides, Greece could be left to deal with bankruptcy on its own. This is an attempt to understand what leads to a country's default, and what happens afterwards.

As business, political and academic leaders from around the world gathered in Davos, Switzerland last week to discuss their 2015 global agendas, another Chinese major deal was struck behind the scenes. Zhou Xiaochuan (also known as Mr. Renminbi), governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBC), and Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) signed an MoU to establish a trading center for the Chinese currency in Zurich. As per the agreement, the Chinese central bank will grant its Swiss counterpart a 50-billion Yuan quota (US $8 billion) under its Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) program, launched by Mr. Xiaochuan in 2011. This is an attempt to understand this momentous deal in its proper context in order to unveil its global implications.