A Wealth of Common Sense: Animal Spirits: Extreme Cost Cutting
A recession can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. As the economy appears to slow, individuals will cut back their discretionary spending. As that happens, the economy
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Kitco News: “Red Hot” Housing Market Could Explode
Most of the time, everyday investors don’t see a big change to their lives when the Federal Reserve changes interest rates. However, when big moves
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Wall Street Silver: Silver Under $20 Here’s What You Need to Know
Typically, commodities are an inflation hedge. But they’re dropping right now too. That includes gold, which is down about 5 percent so far this year.
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Lead-Lag Live: On the Precipice of a Great Deleveraging
There are many ways to look at the economy. One view is to look at macroeconomics, with big events that can drive markets. By that standard,
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The Big Picture: Signs We’re Past Peak Inflation
Investors looking for a clue that we’re hitting peak inflation were disappointed with the June read. With expectations for 8.8 percent, the 9.1
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Collaborate Fund: Wealth vs. Getting Wealthier
Human beings can try to be logical… but it’s all to easy to get caught up in emotions. That’s true from the greed of
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The Maverick of Wall Street: The Fed Is Getting Very Very Confused
The Federal Reserve appears to be making some bad decisions right now. As a result of its dazed and confused behavior, markets will likely be chaotic
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Simply Bitcoin: BlockFi Bailed Out for $250M, Customers Saved?
The cryptocurrency space has been one of the hardest hit in the latest market selloff. The decline in asset prices has led to a number of
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Bigger Pockets Money: How to Get to Early Retirement Even Faster
In times of economic uncertainty, those with a financial plan tend to come out ahead. And in a world where asset prices are dropping, it may
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Quoth the Raven #290 – Mark Spiegel
Most of the stock market’s extreme valuation and speculative names have been wiped out so far this year. However, there’s still a lot of
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Meet Kevin: This Month Could Be Hell
Economic data continues to show a slowdown in the economy. July will prove a busy month for new information coming in. The month has already shown
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A Wealth of Common Sense: Animal Spirits: The Pandemic Broke the Economy
With the economy teetering into a recession, most investors haven’t fully realized the severity of the stock market’s recent decline. The first six months
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