As the US economy continues its self-inflicted contraction, job numbers continue to paint a picture of a severely damaged economy. Just about everywhere you turn, the numbers are going from bad to worse. And as long as millions of Americans remain under lockdown, those numbers won’t get better anytime soon. Last week saw two horrendous […]
Continue ReadingAs the US economy continues its self-inflicted contraction, job numbers continue to paint a picture of a severely damaged economy. Just about everywhere you turn, the numbers are going from bad to worse. And as long as millions of Americans remain under lockdown, those numbers won’t get better anytime soon. Last week saw two horrendous […]
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With no real end in sight to the coronavirus crisis, and millions of Americans out of work for an indefinite period of time, the US economy is set to enter perhaps its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The effects of the current economic shutdown will be felt for years, if not decades, to […]
Continue ReadingWith no real end in sight to the coronavirus crisis, and millions of Americans out of work for an indefinite period of time, the US economy is set to enter perhaps its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The effects of the current economic shutdown will be felt for years, if not decades, to […]
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Whenever the Federal Reserve, or any government agency for that matter, intervenes in the economy, it is always going to end up picking winners and losers. Government intervention distorts economic activity, and very often in ways that are detrimental to the functioning of the economy. The Federal Reserve’s latest attempts at propping up the economy […]
Continue ReadingWhenever the Federal Reserve, or any government agency for that matter, intervenes in the economy, it is always going to end up picking winners and losers. Government intervention distorts economic activity, and very often in ways that are detrimental to the functioning of the economy. The Federal Reserve’s latest attempts at propping up the economy […]
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Hope springs eternal in the minds of many investors, who are optimistic that stock markets will regain their former high levels. But with the Dow Jones now closer to 20,000 points than 30,000 points, that isn’t likely. Still, there are major reasons not to invest in stocks and corporate bonds right now aside from just […]
Continue ReadingHope springs eternal in the minds of many investors, who are optimistic that stock markets will regain their former high levels. But with the Dow Jones now closer to 20,000 points than 30,000 points, that isn’t likely. Still, there are major reasons not to invest in stocks and corporate bonds right now aside from just […]
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The first quarter of 2020 was one of the worst ever for the Dow Jones and the S&P 500. And the first trading day of the second quarter saw the worst ever start for both indices, worse even than the worst days of the Great Depression. With stock markets thousands of points below their recent […]
Continue ReadingThe first quarter of 2020 was one of the worst ever for the Dow Jones and the S&P 500. And the first trading day of the second quarter saw the worst ever start for both indices, worse even than the worst days of the Great Depression. With stock markets thousands of points below their recent […]
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