Gold and Silver See Big Gains as Inflation Surges
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...
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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...
If Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell were a smart man, he would either step down as Fed Chairman when his term ends in February or he would refuse to be renominated by President Biden The US...
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...
After many months of speculation, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has finally decided to begin tapering its asset purchases The FOMC announced last week that the taper...
While inflation has dominated the thoughts of consumers and investors for the past few months, another threat is facing the economy today – supply chain disruptions Over the past several decades,...
With inflation continuing to rise, you would hope that government leaders would do something to combat it But from their proposed solutions, it becomes increasingly clear that they don’t understand...
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...
What had once seemed a tempest in a teapot has grown into a major scandal for the Federal Reserve System Two Federal Reserve Bank presidents have already stepped down from their posts, another is in...
With a federal government that is pushing ever closer to a $30 trillion national debt, and that has seen two consecutive fiscal years with deficits exceeding $3 trillion, the pressure to close that...
It’s not a stretch to say that President Biden is embattled His unwillingness to do anything tough and his reactions to crises leave much to be desired And increasingly Biden is acting like a...
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...
With the demise of pension plans, Americans have become completely responsible for their own retirement savings Thankfully Congress stepped into the breach by creating tax-advantaged retirement...
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...
We’ve often written about how the next financial crisis might make the 2008 crisis look like nothing That’s not just hyperbole, it’s a real fear But the reasons behind that haven’t always...
You might be forgiven for thinking that the US economy is still strong and in great shape, particularly if you look at stock markets With stock markets having set dozens of record highs this year,...
The term “black swan” has gained great popularity since Nassim Taleb’s 2007 book of the same name The term refers to an event that comes as a complete surprise or shock, and one that has a...
A recession is normally defined as two successive quarters of contracting economic growth And normally once a recession is over, economic growth picks up for at least a few years But today there are...
After the sudden “flash crash” in gold prices a few weeks ago, the gold price has since recovered, with gold rising to the $1,800 per ounce level this week And with the potential to keep rising...
Everyone knows by now that inflation is rising, and the latest data from the Producer Price Index (PPI) make it clear that the growth of inflation could continue to accelerate in the future The...
Even if you’re an investor who understands that investing is often all about the long game, it can be tough to see asset prices move sideways, or even down We may understand intellectually that...
The 1970s are perhaps best known today for being a time of stagflation – economic stagnation and high inflation The combination of high unemployment and high inflation puzzled the Keynesian...