Flood damage is not limited to property. It also includes disruption to logistics, businesses and economic activity that is harder to see. Using the 2026 Bangkok floods as a case study, this article examines the true economic cost and the risks created by climate pressure, dense urban development, disappearing water-retention space and land subsidence.
Why doesn’t gold surge every time the world faces greater risk? The answer is that a ‘safe haven’ is not a permanent status. This article examines the different roles of gold, government bonds, the US dollar, cash, the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen through real yields, market liquidity and the nature of each crisis,…
Oil does not rise simply because there is a war. The size of the physical supply loss, shipping risk, inventories, replacement supply and demand destruction determine how far the shock can travel and who ultimately bears the cost.