When “Recession” Spells “Opportunity”
Recession… it might just as well be a four-letter word. Last week, when the yield curve inverted, the market sold off hard. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 800 points. Read More
What Does Yield Curve Hysteria Mean for You?
Unless you live in an underground bunker, you probably heard that the U.S. Treasury yield curve inverted on Wednesday. Read More
The 2020 Election Will Make or Break America
I’m not a fan of Donald Trump. Nor do I dislike the president, though. He’s a polarizing figure, for sure. Read More
The Wages of a $15 Minimum Wage
Fifteen dollars an hour. That’s what Congressional Democrats are pushing as a new minimum wage by 2025. Read More
The 2018 Tax Filing Numbers Are In, and Most People Won’t Be Happy
Well, the Internal Revenue Service’s — the infamous IRS — numbers are in from the 2018 tax-filing year. It’s the first under President Trump’s tax reforms, and the results won’t make anyone particularly happy. Read More
Sneakers Are The New Baseball Cards
Baseball cards… When I was a kid, that was the easiest road to riches. Read More
The Student Debt Slowdown: An Overhang of $1.4 Trillion
I was never the biggest fan of John Maynard Keynes. While he was a brilliant economist — and a solid investor — he was a disaster with policies. Read More
The Federal Reserve vs. Donald Trump
On June 19, 2019, the Federal Reserve released minutes that were some of the most eagerly anticipated to date. With the current nature of the economy, investors awaited a decision on rate cuts. Read More
Let Us Eat Cake
We live in interesting times. More specifically, we live in interesting economic times. And this variation on that famous Chinese curse may cause us great harm in the next downturn. Read More
The 5% Tariff That Could Cost the U.S. Economy Billions
Highlights: President Trump still expects to implement 5% tariffs on Mexican imports to the U.S. on Monday despite made progress on immigration Hiring slowed in May with only 75,000 jobs added in the U.S. Read More