The Week Ahead 7/08/2018
Global Spotlight The Trade Danger Zone. In a largely expected yet foreboding move, the White House imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese industrial goods, to which China…
The Week Ahead 07/02/2018
Global Spotlight Third Time’s a Charm for AMLO. Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, may have failed twice before to reach the presidency, but a steadily…
The Week Ahead 06/25/2018
Global Spotlight Will Erdogan Rule the Roost? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a lot riding on the June 24 vote in Turkey. Time Is Ticking for White House Trade Pragmatists. U.S.…
The Week Ahead 06/18/2018
Global Spotlight The Handshake Seen ‘Round the World. Despite the hype, the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un resulted not in a dramatic reveal…
The Absurdity of Keynesian Economics
People talk about economics all the time with the belief that it will help with their investment decision-making process or enables them to enter the debate on public policy. Unfortunately,…
It’s Fed Day | Will They or Won’t They Raise Rates?
The Federal Reserve Board will be meeting today to discuss monetary policy. It interesting how the Financial news channels are highlighting the 2:00 announcement as a will they or won’t…
The Week Ahead 06/11/2018
Economically the calendar is full this week. On top of that, the Trump-Kim summit begins on June 12th, 2018. June 13th, the FOMC will announce its rate decision. Last week…
Internet Trends for 2018 by Mary Meeker
For those that do not know her, Mary Meeker is a thought leader at Kleiner Perkins, the premier leader in venture capital located in silicon valley. Mary cut her teeth on…
The Week Ahead 06/04/2018
Global Spotlight “Getting to Know You Meeting — Plus.” It’s official (well, for now): U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in…
A Golden Opportunity
The following is a guest post from Christopher M. Uhl, CMA, MOSM, Editor of 10MinuteStockTrader.Com. Today he shares his thoughts on the precious metals markets. In the past he has…
The Week Ahead 05/29/2018
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. — George S. Patton Global Spotlight To Summit or Not…
Crypto Update
The price of Crypto continues to struggle just as we thought it would. When a major bubble deflates, the process of letting the steam out takes much longer than most…