Inflation
As anyone who has recently filled up their gas tank, made improvements to their home, built a house, or bought an appliance will tell you, inflation is back in full force. Their receipts don’t lie. Neither…
Last week, I wrote about the recent increase in longer-term rates, and it is understandable if people found my comments somewhat dismissive. Admittedly, they sort of were, as I am not yet concerned the recent increase…
I learned something this holiday season: a songwriter named Johnny Marks wrote the now famous “Silver & Gold” Christmas tune specifically for the “Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer” TV special. Originally, Larry D. Mann as Yukon Cornelius…
Last Friday, instead of writing this newsletter, I was in a jury deliberation room discussing the proximate cause of an elderly woman’s incontinence. So, on Sunday, I was kind of surprised to receive an email from…
A co-worker recently told me I have been a little too pessimistic about the economy recently. While he hasn’t disagreed with anything I have written, he thought some good news every now and again would be…
Gold prices have fallen more than 15 percent since the start of the year, and roughly 25 percent since last summer. Is the bloom finally off the rose, or will gold eventually rebound? There are a…
Last night, I made a presentation, ostensibly about economics. By the end of my allotted time, however, I had delved off into conjuncture and personal opinion which bordered on histrionics. What I said wasn’t wrong; it…
When is this rally going to end? That is what a lot of investors want to know. After all, the recent spike in stock prices has been a little, shall we say, surprising. If the economy…