Commentary I’ve been seeing a lot of important questions recently from amateur investors regarding some of the more advanced topics in the investing world. Many people have been taught about things like diversification and dollar cost averaging, but don’t really understand concepts like hedging, offsetting different kinds of risk, or shorting stocks. That’s not a…
The Triumph of Economic Ignorance
News analysis The Commerce Department reports that inflation-adjusted spending declined by 0.4 percent in May. It’s the first decline in real spending since December and a real foreshadowing of what’s coming. The trajectory is now well-established: depleted savings, real income flat and declining, consumers worrying, investors rethinking everything, and the public ever more demoralized and…
Russian Energy Cuts to Europe Will Benefit American Exports
Commentary Vladimir Putin is cutting gas exports to Europe, which threatens everything from grandma’s stove-cooked schnitzel in Germany to electric power plants in Britain. Blackouts in the dead of winter could be a reality that many Europeans face in just a few months. American natural gas (LNG) exports might help our friends across the pond…
Investors Lose Confidence in China
June 29, 2022
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Commentary China investment risk is rising due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19 lockdowns, possible sanctions for Beijing’s support of Russia and the Burmese military government, as well as long-term damage done to the Chinese economy by Xi Jinping’s campaigns to crack down on the tech, education, and property sectors. Investor confidence surveys find that…
What’s Your Side Hustle?
June 29, 2022
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News analysis An insurance company has done a survey to answer a fascinating question: what percent of U.S. workers hold a second job to generate income separate from their main income stream? They surveyed 1,000 people and came up with a surprising answer: 93 percent. You are probably nodding your head right now because it…
Crashing Confidence: The Dallas Fed Reveals All
News analysis July Fourth is always a bittersweet holiday, a time to reflect on the grand ideals of the founding of American independence. But this year it will once again be impossible to believe that those ideals are still with us as a governing principle, at least not consistently, not even predominantly, certainly not right…
Beijing’s Shift From Mercantilism to Militarism
Commentary The tone of Chinese diplomacy and its international relations have markedly changed since 2019. Several factors are driving these changes in China’s relations with the world. They include shifts in the global political and economic climate, as well as other factors that are internal in nature. However, both are driving communist China’s emerging militaristic…
Falling Home Values and Rising Mortgage Rates Create Potential for Perfect Storm
June 27, 2022
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Commentary The red-hot housing market is showing signs of cooling down, but it’s not just in America where this is happening. Globally, cities all over are feeling the crunch, with price-to-rent and price-to-income ratios skyrocketing. These two ratios are important measurements as they measure housing affordability in given housing markets. In New Zealand alone, the…
Why Are US Hospitals Sending Sensitive Data to Facebook?
June 27, 2022
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Commentary Data is the new oil. Every second, a person creates roughly 1.7 MB of data. Not surprisingly, there is a concerted effort from Big Tech companies to mine data flows and drain us dry. One such company is Meta, more commonly known as Facebook, a company known for violating users’ rights repeatedly and without remorse….
Back to the Future: Progressives Imagine the Good Old Days of Price Controls
Commentary When the Bourbon dynasty was restored to power in France in the early 1800s, after Napoleon’s abdication, the French statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand famously said of that family: “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” In modern economic parlance, one can say the same thing about progressives, who once again are demanding price controls to “fight inflation.”…
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