The popular belief among mainstream investors, financial institutions, and financial news outlets is that interest rate increases are bearish for gold prices. The logic goes that as interest rates rise, …
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The March jobs report released today came in well under expectations, with an estimated 103,000 new jobs created in March versus the 193,000 that had been expected. Markets reacted negatively …
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Much of society takes money for granted. Very rarely does anyone stop and ask where money came from, what purpose it serves, and why it exists as it does today. …
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Donald Trump was swept into office promising to “Make America Great Again.” But a core position of his platform was to enact certain economic policies that would be more at …
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The Federal Reserve lives in bizarro world, where up is down, black is white, and everything is inverted. Specifically what I mean is that the Federal Reserve talks about low …
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For die-hard automotive enthusiasts, the gradual dying out of manual transmissions has been cause for grief. The deterioration of driving skills engendered by the proliferation of automatic transmissions is readily …
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One of the larger debates that is ongoing in the investment industry is whether or not people should invest in active or passive investment funds. Active funds are those that …
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Predictions made by free market economists were sadly vindicated Monday as markets crashed, largely in response to fear of a major trade war initiated by President Trump’s new tariff agenda. …
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New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to accelerate the pace of land redistribution, seizing land from white farmers and giving it to blacks. The ruling ANC party, perhaps …
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We live in a world in which free markets are something politicians and businessmen often pay lip service to, just before they enter their smoke-filled back rooms to try to …