126 The Solari Report / 2018 Annual Wrap Up / Part Two News Trends & Stories Trends We Track “Don’t follow trends, start trends.” ~Frank Capra Every day, we post links to stories in our News Trends & Stories section. Analyzing this flow pro- vides intelligence about the deeper news. Here are the trends we are tracking currently. ECONOMY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS I. Global 2.0: From Slow Burn to Real Burn to AI Invasion A. Controlled Demolitions Accelerate · Pension Funds · Entitlements · Bankruptcies · Piratization and Thermal and Weather Warfare · Disintermediation in Retail B. Currency and Liquidity Wars · War on Cash · Cryptocurrency · Precious Metals · China, Russia, and the Build-out of Global Liquidity · Increased Sanctions and Alternative to SWIFT System · The Future of the Euro · Fed and ECB: Interest Rate and Bond Squeeze