Category Archives: Economy
This Recession Won’t Stop It
One solution to inflation is a recession. An economic downturn where people lose their jobs and are forced to tighten their belts would reduce demand for goods and services. This could slow the rate of consumer price inflation. It may even lead to deflation. Continue reading
Happy Motoring in the Time of Biden
By all accounts, lizards are important. Their lives matter. Like you, and the duck-billed platypus, they deserve to live in peace and harmony. Continue reading
Policies of Disaster
The world we’ve entered – a world of rising interest rates – is an unfamiliar place. Americans haven’t experienced it in over four decades. But, nonetheless, it is part of the long term, secular movement of the credit cycle. To understand what’s going on, all you need to do is look to the past and key in on several critical inflection points. Continue reading
Janet Goes to Guangzhou
The S&P 500 closed out Q1 2024, up over 10 percent. But while the S&P 500 was rising day after day one former highflyer was crashing and burning. The Boeing Company closed out the quarter down over 25 percent. Still, it wasn’t the worst performing stock in the S&P 500. That honor goes to Tesla Inc., which declined over 29 percent. Continue reading
