The left is ramping up its fight against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, with one of its biggest cash cows pledging hundreds of thousands of dollars in marketing to oppose him. Abortion giant Planned Parenthood is reportedly planning to launch an expansive ad buy centered around the threat Kavanaugh poses to the precedent set by […]
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One of the difficult parts of planning for retirement is figuring out just how much money you’ll need to live on. With no wage income coming in after you retire, your income stream will depend on what you’ve been able to save and invest over the course of your lifetime, plus any additional income from […]
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As part of a larger effort to lower the cost of healthcare for Americans, the Trump administration is tackling drug prices. On August 9, a new rule was issued that attempts to close a Medicaid loophole that allowed drug companies to treat certain medicines as “new” drugs. In exploiting that loophole, companies would change the […]
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Police are a hot topic right now. A lot of angry “debate” is taking place right now between pro-police and anti-police groups. Both groups have their valid reasons for believing the things they do, and both groups are right to some degree in their own way. Police issues are a subject I’ve followed for quite […]
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently rejected nine applications to register Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs have become a popular method for investors to gain exposure to alternative assets such as gold, oil, and other commodities without having to actually purchase the commodities themselves. The general way in which ETFs operate is that […]
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Aside from the high salaries they pay, San Francisco-area tech companies are also renowned for the perks they offer their employees. From free commuter shuttles to indoor climbing walls, there’s probably not a perk in the world that hasn’t been offered by some company at some point. Among the most popular perks is free food […]
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In life when we are faced with the choices of staying in our comfort zone or going down the path of uncertainty in search of passion and fulfillment, many people will choose to stay in the comfort zones. Instead we should not settle for anything less than our best life possible. The reason people choose […]
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Hungary is no longer taking a back seat as its young people are left jobless and its economy loses money for the sake of state-subsidized gender studies education. The populist government banned gender studies programs, affecting two prominent universities; one being its state-funded ELTE university and the other the private Central European University. European media […]
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell attended his first Jackson Hole symposium as Chairman last week. His inaugural speech to the Kansas City Fed’s annual event was widely anticipated and closely watched by market observers. And to no one’s surprise, his understanding of the economy is just as flawed as that of his predecessors. Rather than understanding […]
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A common piece of investing advice is to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing. If everyone is piling into one asset, there’s a good chance it’s overvalued and not worth buying. If everyone is fleeing an asset, there’s a chance that there might be some value that everyone is overlooking. That kind […]
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