Inflation Is Back… Or Is It?
Oil and gas prices have risen significantly in the last few months as a result of the war against Iran Consumer and producer price indices have risen as a result, and there are fears that...
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Oil and gas prices have risen significantly in the last few months as a result of the war against Iran Consumer and producer price indices have risen as a result, and there are fears that...
Key Takeaways Gold is no longer just reacting to Federal Reserve interest rate hikes or cuts; it is now pricing in the structural deterioration of sovereign balance sheets The US is currently...
In mid-2007, the Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Fund had to be bailed out Without getting too deep into technical details, the fund had significant exposure to the subprime mortgage market...
Key Takeaways Increased geopolitical conflict and oil prices surging toward $120 per barrel have pushed up US recession probabilities Persistent energy shocks threaten to reverse progress on...
Rising debt levels and delinquency rates are reaching levels not seen in years, signaling worsening household financial stability The US national debt has reached nearly $39 trillion, creating...
Only a few short years ago, the United States experienced the highest inflation rates in over 40 years as inflation rates peaked at over 9% That was a wake up call for many Americans who had been...
It seems that in the media today there are more and more mentions of the dreaded R-word: recession With growing economic uncertainty, the threat of potential recession seems to be growing as...
In the aftermath of President Trump’s tariffs, financial markets have seen a significant amount of volatility and uncertainty But while most Americans have focused on the well-being of their 401(k)...
For many people today, stagflation is something that we know only from history books or economics classes That combination of economic stagnation and problematic inflation seemed to characterize the...
Only a few years ago inflation in the United States was the highest it had been in over 40 years People across the country were impacted by high gas prices, high food prices, and expectations of even...
After 2023’s bank failures, many Americans began to panic They had assumed that their money held in banks was safe, and bank failures that seemingly appeared out of nowhere were a deep...
For many people, the mention of interest rates probably causes their eyes to glaze over Certainly there are some interest rates that most people pay attention to Mortgage rates, for instance, are...
Over the past 10-15 years, cryptocurrencies have gone from curiosities used mostly by technophiles to established financial assets whose futures are traded on some of the world’s largest...
Conventional wisdom has long held that lower interest rates are beneficial for gold and silver prices Conversely, higher interest rates are supposed to be detrimental to gold and silver...
If you’ve noticed that your dollars don’t seem to go as far as they used to, you’re not alone Millions of Americans are in the same boat The recent inflation we experienced, the highest in...
While markets largely expected a first Federal Reserve rate cut at the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made it all but explicit last week that the...
For over 200 years, gold has been the most important precious metal in the world It was once the linchpin of the international monetary system, and in a way still anchors the workings of the...