Most Americans Don’t Understand How Inflation Works
Entire generations of Americans grew up thinking that high inflation was a thing of the past But events of the past few years have shattered that illusion For anyone used to the 2% CPI increases...
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Entire generations of Americans grew up thinking that high inflation was a thing of the past But events of the past few years have shattered that illusion For anyone used to the 2% CPI increases...
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...
While perceptive consumers and investors have been watching prices increase slowly for months now, those prices increases are picking up, putting them on the radar screens of an increasing number of...
President Biden just announced the details of his proposed infrastructure spending plan, and it’s a doozy Featuring over $2 trillion in spending, it comes on the heels of the recently passed $19...
With the passage of President Biden’s $19 trillion stimulus package, the federal government is continuing to spend money like a drunken sailor And Biden isn’t content with his victory on this...
Many thousands of investors have made the decision over the past year to protect their retirement savings by investing in gold The yellow metal has been trusted and beloved by investors for centuries...
While President Biden continues to issue dozens of executive orders from the Oval Office, the legislative agenda on Capitol Hill seems to be coalescing around stimulus proposals With the last round...
Now that Joe Biden is on the verge of being inaugurated as the nation’s 46th President, he is beginning to ramp up the development of his policy proposals Among the first things he hopes to do as...
Gold and silver are in the middle of a bull market that could end up rivaling the one from 2008-2011 With a weak economy, political uncertainty, and the prospect of another financial crisis, the...
One of the growing trends in recent years has been the rise of taxpayer-funded capitalism It’s nothing more than corporate welfare, but it’s couched by its proponents as a necessary response to...
To say that 2020 has been a wild ride is an understatement Millions of Americans are tired of having to live in fear of COVID, they’re tired of the constant threat of lockdowns, and they’re ready...
Economic prognostication is notoriously difficult and fraught with the potential for error But that doesn’t mean that it’s worthless or meaningless Analysts aren’t idiots, and even if they may...
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average having reached a new record high last week, breaking the 30,000-point barrier for the first time ever, many news headlines proclaimed the end of the market’s...
With political uncertainty still reigning in Washington, there’s economic uncertainty on Wall Street as well Until the Presidential election is finally determined, we won’t know for sure what...
If there’s one solid reason gold will continue to rise in price, it’s because mountains of debt are enabling it to climb ever higher From governments to corporations to everyday Americans, the...
One of the frustrating things for investors, and particularly precious metals investors, is seeing prices that you know should go through the roof remain stagnant instead Gold investors who have a...
One of the biggest debates raging in Washington right now is that of more stimulus There’s no denying that the economy remains weak, that states are continuing restrictions that are keeping...