Ultimate Assets

Congress voted last week on a $2 trillion fiscal stimulus bill, which it claimed would help the country through the self-inflicted crisis resulting from the economic shutdown over the coronavirus. The bill is the largest single spending bill passed in history, and will add nearly 10% to a national debt that is already over $23 […]

One of the most disconcerting things about the reaction to the economic crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus is just how involved the Federal Reserve has been in the process. The Fed has now exceeded the extent of its involvement from 2008, opening new facilities and engaging in the purchase of corporate bonds and even […]

If the failure of the Soviet Union should have taught us anything, it was that central planning was and always will be a failure. The inability of central planners to replicate the functioning of a market economy was well known, yet the Soviets and their fellow travelers around the world insisted that centralized decision-making would […]

With stocks having been hammered in recent weeks, demand for gold has skyrocketed among investors looking to protect their investments. In fact, demand has increased so much that supplies of physical gold coins at most dealers have all but dried up. Try looking for gold coins online and you’ll be hard pressed to find any […]

History is full of cartridges that were popular once upon a time but that gradually faded away into obscurity. Often they’re perfectly capable cartridges, they were just overshadowed by something newer and better. One such cartridge that faded away even though it was quite capable was the .257 Roberts. Originally developed in the 1920s as […]

With the coronavirus pandemic causing mass amounts of hysteria among politicians around the world, it’s time to start digging deeper into why those politicians are freaking out. The current trend of lockdowns and social distancing is intended not to stop the virus from spreading but to “flatten the curve,” i.e. to slow the spread of […]