The Miracle-Money Helicopter Drop
Let's think like a central bank. Print lots of new money that devalues existing currency? Check. Charge depositors to save their own cash in the bank? Check. How come it's not working?
23Mar
22Mar
Existing Home Sales Plummet as Housing Crisis Nears
One of the leading indicators of a healthy economy is a thriving housing market. As home sales crater, with the S&P following suit, the picture's getting darker.
21Mar
A Time Too Painful to Repeat
They call it the Great Recession of 2008-2009, but its disastrous impact and still-felt repercussions are even today tearing through our lives, eroding our savings and crippling our future.
18Mar
Long-hidden Great Lakes Wreck Rumored to be Carrying Civil War Gold
November is a bad month to be traveling by ship anywhere on the Great Lakes. Storms can arise, seemingly out of nowhere, and the bottom of the lakes are strewn with ships that thought they could beat the storm or waited too long to seek the safety of a nearby harbor.
18Mar
Gold’s Magnificent Spillover Effect
Gold is on the rise, and it's bringing silver and platinum up with it!
17Mar
Oil Triggers New Subprime Crisis
Remember when banks sold houses to people who couldn't afford it? You lost 25% or more of your IRA. Now they're selling billions of dollars' worth of cars to the same folks.
17Mar
How Public Companies Manipulate Their True Value
Wish you knew a clever trick to fool your boss into giving you a raise and make your customers think you're a genius – without doing any actual work? Welcome to the world of corporate stock buybacks.
16Mar
They Wouldn’t, Would They?
Imagine all your financial and life decisions were made for you by a rich, know-it-all relative who didn't have to live with the consequences. Yep, the Fed's thinking about raising interest rates again.
16Mar
Will the Fed Fumble at the End of the First Quarter?
Full of bravado, last year the Fed announced announced a full rate hike schedule. Then reality hit.
15Mar
Are We Importing Europe’s Economic Woes?
From negative interest rates to renewed quantitative easing, the European Union is on the economic path to nowhere. Can we ensure that path doesn't lead to our door?