New York, the Benchmark New York State is ground zero for the global affordability crisis. That’s because it is the benchmark for global cost-of-living studies everywhere. The thing is, the benchmark for affordability is starting to break. And when that happens, you don’t rely on cost-of-living anymore. You have a […]
America’s largest bank has all the systems in place to track your movements, your spending, and your sustainability. And they’re doing it, not by the old plastic card in your wallet, but by biometric scanning devices to identify who’s in and out. They’re already testing this on their own employees. […]
The alarm clock reads 3:47 AM when Margaret checks her phone for the third time tonight. The headlines are relentless: inflation stubbornly above 4%, geopolitical tensions escalating, and her retirement account balance fluctuating wildly with each market session. At 58, she’s watching decades of careful savings slowly erode, not from […]
At the end of August, contender for the Fed Chair. Michelle Bowman, told banks that “change is coming,” and unless you embrace AI and crypto your business will slowly die. With Powell’s retirement, and Bessent’s drive for stablecoin implementation to the save the US debt market, the next Fed Chair […]
The day before the latest US Treasury Auction results were released Trump concludes that “foreign nations are paying hundreds of billions of dollars straight into our treasury.” That could not be further from the truth. US Treasuries have crossed an important rubicon. It is now costing the US more to […]
For the past 25 years the UK’s economy has relatively flatlined, and now wealthy are packing their bags. Here’s what happened: And, as a global world power, the Pound-Sterling pretty much disappeared at the advent of the petro-dollar. US Treasuries became insurance, and the US dollar rapidly expanded as the […]
On April 5, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt(FDR) signed Executive Order 6102, forcing ordinary Americans to surrender their gold coins, bullion, and certificates to Federal Reserve banks for $20.67 per ounce. The government soon revalued gold to $35 per ounce, effectively confiscating 40% of their wealth overnight. Under a fiat […]
News headlines are focused on AI innovations. Not so much on the input, but on the output. The good, the bad, and the ridiculously ugly parts. It’s mostly entertainment. They want the spectacle—the robot that will fold their laundry, do the dishes, and guide them to their next best purchase […]
Gold has served as humanity’s most trusted store of value for millennia, but recent enforcement actions have revealed a darker side to modern precious metals markets. Over the past decade, major financial institutions, institutions we are told to trust, have paid billions in fines for systematically manipulating gold prices, proving […]
Silver is the new silver. Always has been. The chart looks exciting, but anyone looking at the bigger picture should be ecstatic. Silver has a long way to go. If you look at the silver price historically, you can see silver has touched the $50 glass ceiling twice before. So, […]