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The New World Order is best known as a long-running conspiracy theory, recently attached to the notion that the World Economic Forum is planning to take over the planet. More familiarly for the incoming president, it was also the name for an epic 1990s professional wrestling plot line, in which Hulk Hogan became Hollywood Hogan and revived his career. And now, it does look as though a new world order is taking shape in financial markets.