Part two of a three-part series. While the U.S. government and private sector have both been working hard to battle the coronavirus, the Chinese government has been working hard to…
Momentum Building for Indexing Capital Gains Taxes
Much of the federal tax code was indexed for inflation in the 1980s when President Reagan achieved bipartisan support for tax reform. Capital gains taxes are an exception, but that…
The Fed’s Mounting Microaggressions
Given that millennials have entered Wall Street, perhaps it’s no surprise that any mention of rising interest rates is considered a “microaggression” that is likely to “trigger” a market funk…
Welcome to Wonderland
Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic. …
Gold Can Be Fickle
“Nobody really understands gold prices, and I don’t pretend to understand them either.” …
Obama Sets Economic Record–For Failure
So did President Obama save us from the financial crisis and rebuild America’s economic strength? Most media would have us believe that’s the case. As we previously noted, CNBC’s John…
Doubling Down on Bad Ideas
Uh oh. Until now, about the only thing good you could say about the Federal Reserve Board in recent years is that it hasn’t followed central banks in Europe and…
Something’s Rotten …
“That it should come to this!” Hamlet, Act I, Scene II Any student…
Going Negative
“More money cannot cure what too much money created.” Frank Hollenbeck There’s nothing…
Democrats Offer Socialism vs. Near Socialism
Being America, we can choose whoever we want to be President of the United States. So how did we end up with this group? We have a self-proclaimed socialist and…