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With a Democrat in the White House and Democrats in control of Congress, it perhaps shouldn’t be surprising that President Biden is starting to pull out all the stops to raise taxes And one of his...
While fears of inflation are growing in the United States, inflation has shown itself to be a global phenomenon One of the major areas of concern in the US is housing prices, which continue to rise...
In the history of depressions and financial crises, the Great Depression ranks right up there as the worst crisis to hit the modern world Although some who lived at that time quipped that the...
Rising inflation has been in the forefront of many people’s minds today Prices at the pump and at the grocery store have been rising steadily for months Those in the market for a new or used car or...
It’s probably no surprise to most people that the United States is suffering under the burden of heavy debt Governments, corporations, and households are all more indebted than they ever have been...
There’s an old saying when it comes to investing that markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent We’ve seen the development of an “everything bubble” over the past several...
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States was considered the world’s hegemon It had the world’s strongest military, the biggest economy, and most importantly, the US dollar had become...
Many people don’t give interest rates a second thought Interest rates are what they are, or so they seem, and we deal with them accordingly But interest rates are among the most vitally important...
Recession is officially defined as two consecutive quarters of declining growth, with growth defined as gross domestic product (GDP) By that measure, the US economy definitely experienced a recession...
If you ask most investors what assets they hold, the overwhelming majority of investors, and most likely their assets, are invested in stocks and bonds These two commonly traded assets are easy to...
According to government statistics and the mainstream media, the US economy is in the middle of an economic recovery Stock markets are sky high, employment is supposedly improving, and the worst of...
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held its most recent meeting this week and, while it didn’t deliver any surprises on the surface, digging deeper into the Committee’s...
Markets took a beating last Thursday as President Biden announced a bombshell new tax plan The details are still being worked out, but the biggest news is that investors could pay a tax rate of up to...
One of the defining characteristics of the modern era seems to be that states around the world see their citizens not as human beings but rather as resources to be used for the state’s benefit The...
Since the end of World War II, the US dollar has functioned as the world’s reserve currency For the first quarter century that was as part of the Bretton Woods system, in which the dollar could be...
For over a decade, official government inflation figures have told the story that inflation is stuck around 2% No matter what the Federal Reserve did to try to boost inflation, and how many trillions...
Inflation is pernicious and destructive The constant rise of prices that results from monetary inflation slowly erodes the purchasing power of money, surreptitiously stealing from savers and...
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