How to Guarantee Certainty The stock market further traversed its high wire act this week. Tiptoeing along, while trying to not look down. Congress even reopened the government – until January 30. That way members can kick back over the holidays before they return to Washington, where they’ll once again […]
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 […]
The AI-Powered Restructuring Amazon was busy this week, sending out pink slips. When it’s all said and done, this massive round of layoffs could hit up to 30,000 employees. This amounts to about 10 percent of the entire corporate workforce. The reduction in force (RIF) is expected to spread across several […]
The Trump administration is going to revalue gold some time in 2026. This is not conspiracy theory; the actual legislation is already in Congress as part of the Bitcoin Act. Specifically, Section 9 of the Act explicitly outlines that the Treasury is going to revalue the Fed’s gold holdings (currently […]
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. […]
Is the U.S. about to experience another banking crisis? Shares in banks, and particularly regional banks, imploded yesterday. At one point the regional bank index (KRE) was down 7%. The issues pertain to two recent bankruptcies in the subprime auto-lending and auto parts manufacturing industries: TriColor Holdings and FirstBrands. About […]
The Thrill of the Wild “The whole way I’m driving out, I’m thinking I’m going to pull out this freaking $100,000 nugget.” The remark was recently made by 50-year-old Mike Hewlett, a welder from California. With gold now over $4,300 per ounce, he’s traded his hobbies of snowboarding, skiing, and dirt biking, […]
Shutdown Showdown At the time or this writing, the federal funding for the new fiscal year (FY 2026) has lapsed. The federal government bureaucracy is in partial shutdown. In Washington, D.C., and in federal offices across the nation, nearly a million people are either furloughed or clocking in for work […]
There has been a relentless rise in gold prices over the last three years. From a bottom of around $1640 in October 2022 to $4000/oz today, Gold has delivered a 35% CAGR over the last three years. Most analysts remain oblivious of the underlying causes and attribute the move in […]
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 […]