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The Economic Motherboard is Now Fried
Economics is a boring and tedious trade to the casual observer. All the monthly report outs on GDP, employment, manufacturing, inflation, among other indexes, are a dull waste of time. What decisions could one possibly make to improve their lot … Continue reading
From Bad to Worse in a Big Way
Just when it appeared that a $50 per barrel floor had been put under the price of oil, something unexpected happened. The price of oil dropped over 2 percent to about $48.74 a barrel. What’s more, it could fall much, … Continue reading
The Sickness that Never Ends
It’s a wacky and wild world out there. We don’t know what to make of it anymore. The tried and true has disappeared from common circulation like pre-1965 quarter dollars. What remains is a lot of claptrap. For example, we’ve … Continue reading
Exactly When the Fed Will Raise Rates
December has been a wild month so far. Markets have gone haywire. The DOW dropped 890 points before running back up 710. Oil prices have been slashed 26 percent to just $55 per barrel. Gold has gotten kicked in the … Continue reading
