Tag Archives: recession
Truth Shall Prevail
Year-to-date the S&P 500 is down 5.9 percent. Over this same time, the NASDAQ is down over 10 percent. Should you buy the dip? Should you sell the bounce? Continue reading
The Do-Re-Mi of Treasury Notes
This week brought forth new data points for two of the world’s greatest economic contrivances. These data points are important not so much because they provide a truthful depiction of reality. But rather, because in today’s centrally planned economy they can be big movers and shakers for the stock and bond market. Continue reading
Doomed for Failure
We’ve been waiting for the U.S. economy to reach escape velocity for the last six years. What we mean is we’ve been waiting for the economy to finally becomes self-stimulating and no longer require monetary or fiscal stimulus to keep … Continue reading
How to Maximize Economic Potential
Problems, as people commonly perceive them, require solutions. Broken shoelaces must get fixed. Regrettably, in today’s democracy this means the candidate who offers the most fixes – in the form of goodies – to the most people wins the election. … Continue reading
