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One of the hallmarks of stock market euphoria is the growing belief that markets can’t possibly ever go down When the good times roll, millions of people think that they’ll keep rolling forever...
If you thought that 2021 would provide a return to normality, a turning of the corner from the events of the last year, you’re probably shaking your head wondering what has happened Rather than...
On the heels of very disappointing inflation numbers, gold and silver have seen some of their best performance of the year Short-term profit-taking notwithstanding, the outlook for both gold and...
After months of hearing how inflation is transitory, it is finally becoming clear to just about everyone that inflation is anything but transitory The latest inflation data showed that prices rose...
One of the issues facing the purchase of any sort of asset is the uncertainty of its price Every purchaser or investor hopes to buy low and sell high, but it doesn’t always work out that way And...
Rising inflation is something that neither consumers nor investors have had experience with in decades For years official inflation rate figures have hovered at or below 2% annually Federal Reserve...
Millions of Americans invest for their retirement through workplace-sponsored 401(k) retirement savings plans The 401(k) has largely replaced the pension plans that used to exist among private...
If you’ve done any reading about investing in gold, you’ve probably read that one of gold’s characteristics is its intrinsic value Of course, from the perspective of pure economics, nothing has...
With inflation continuing to rise, more and more Americans are feeling the pinch in their pocketbooks And with wages and salaries often not rising enough to cover those increased costs, Americans are...
Two of the biggest expenditures the federal government makes each year are its largest welfare programs, Social Security and Medicare The two programs cost the federal government $19 trillion in...
It can arguably be said that the current bull market for stocks dates back to the worst part of the 2008 financial crisis, when stock markets bottomed out in 2009 While markets didn’t really mount...
In our modern society, many people take inflation for granted They assume that it’s endogenous to the system, a natural part of market activity And most investors probably believe that inflation is...
