End of an Era Imagine you found a magical bank that lets you borrow money at 0 percent interest. Naturally, you’d take that free money and put it into a high-yield savings account or the stock market to pocket the difference, right? That, in a nutshell, is the Yen Carry […]
“Adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.” –Ovid Four Dominant Themes for 2026 Do you like the world around you? Are you eager to take another trip around the sun? Like it or not. Eager or not. The New Year is here… We intend to make the best of it. We […]
Rack and Stack The 2026 fiscal year started on October 1. The Treasury, so far, has reported its spending for the first two months. The dismal results should come as no surprise. The U.S. government has already run up a deficit of $458 billion – and there’s still 10 more […]
U.S. government finances are failing. But instead of allowing things to continue to their inevitable demise, the central planners are looking to pull off another switcheroo. Like the issuance of Greenbacks during the Civil War or FDR’s gold confiscation in 1933, the U.S. government is scheming to radically change the […]
“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent want lower interest rates so they can lower the financing costs of America’s massive debt. The net interest on the debt for fiscal year 2025 is on track to hit $1 trillion. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has resisted daily lambasting from […]