To Taper or Not to Taper? That Is the Question
With fears of high inflation continuing to mount, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to throw caution to the wind, maintaining its accommodative stance of monetary policy The Federal...
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With fears of high inflation continuing to mount, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to throw caution to the wind, maintaining its accommodative stance of monetary policy The Federal...
It’s safe to say that gold, and investing in gold, has a reputation for appealing to old people Many investors think of gold as a stodgy, old-fashioned asset that has lost its relevance in the...
To say that there’s a great deal of unease going on in markets today is a bit of an understatement Fears of renewed lockdowns are causing markets to yo-yo Rising inflation is harming consumers and...
It seems like there has hardly been a time when the national debt wasn’t an important national issue For most of our lives, the size of the national debt has been increasing, both in nominal...
Rising inflation is an indicator to even those who don’t pay regular attention to the economy that the world is awash in money And the amount of money circulating throughout the economy today is...
Rising inflation may be getting all the headlines today, but there’s a reason inflation is rising so high The federal government is spending money at an unprecedented rate, and the Federal Reserve...
During times of economic distress or turmoil, many investors look to keep their assets safe from loss While there’s no such thing as a completely risk-free investment, there are some assets, such...
Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, central banks have taken on new positions of importance Once operating largely in the shadows, today the actions of central banks are front and center in the...
While inflation has been on the minds of millions of Americans in recent weeks, and has dominated discussion among financial media analysts, there are still some pundits who are worried about the...
With inflation rising faster now than policymakers in Washington had expected, many investors are starting to get nervous Trust in the Federal Reserve to manage monetary policy, and in Congress to...
One of the biggest fears that Wall Street has is that the Federal Reserve will turn off the monetary spigot Having pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system over the past year, banks and...
With the recent news that year-on-year inflation has reached 5%, a level not seen in over a decade, the rising prices that consumers have been seeing for months are finally reflected in official...
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...
In the world of precious metals there are generally two types of investors: those who want to hold and own the metals themselves, and those who just want to benefit financially from ownership of...
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...
In times of economic uncertainty, investors look to protect their wealth by buying assets that can help protect their wealth They’re looking in the first instance for assets that won’t lose value...
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...
Sometimes it can be tough to be critical of the Federal Reserve On the one hand, the Fed's conduct of monetary policy has been incredibly damaging in so many ways It has helped spur inflation, it has...
If you’re a precious metals investor, you’re probably hoping that gold and silver will take off in price soon, boosting the value of your precious metals IRA If you haven’t invested in precious...
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...