Economy

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 came after months of on-and-off negotiations between Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. File photo: Rachael…

Salt marshes are coastal wetlands rich in marine life. They sometimes are called tidal marshes, because they occur in the zone between low and high tides. File photo: Ken Schulze, Shutter Stock, licensed. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Conservation…

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said recently that the U.S. economy isn't in a recession and it was experiencing a "transition into stable and steady growth." PORTSMOUTH, OH – Will someone tell Team Biden and his…

If the economy starts slowing while inflation is high, the Fed will have to resume quantitative easing. Russia announced a large decline in its key lending rate to 8% from 9.5% as inflation in Russia dropped to pre-Ukraine war levels. And…

The administration of Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that relief checks will be set out to Florida families with children utilizing repurposed federal COVID-19 relief funds. File photo: Governor Media Center. JACKSONVILLE,…

President Joe Biden suffering another embarrassing gaffe while issuing a statement on the situation in Ukraine in May 2022. At the time, Sky News host Rita Panahi told her international audience that Biden’s brain “appeared to break…

Bringing to life the new world order will be an evolutionary process. I’ve shared my speculations on what it might look like, and everything points in one direction: to gold. NEW YORK, NY –  February 24th, 2022 will go down in history…

The key, of course, is to pick the right miners, and to be sufficiently diversified among them so that if one or two don’t pan out, you’ll still win big. When seriously considering investing in a mining company, keep in mind there are…

For investors, the disparities continue to mean that real assets – natural resources led by gold and silver – should be central to where you put your investment money. File photo: Tomasz Makowski, Shutter Stock, licensed. NEW YORK, NY -…

Overall, Fourth of July revelers can expect to pay out approximately 17 percent more while grilling in backyards and parks in 2022, which the AFBF notes is the biggest year-over-year jump in pricing since they first began tracking such…

A surefire solution for our cars and country is to fill up the oil. However, ruling radicals won't do it because the war on fossil fuels is part of their plan to destroy free enterprise and replace it with the ultimate self-defeating…

Sign on a Chevron gas station with high fuel prices around six dollars per gallon, Vista, CA, May 2, 2022. File photo: Simone Hogan, Shutter Stock, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The administration of President Joe Biden is weighing the…

Many people have been saving for their retirement, over the booming Trump years, by investing in their 401K plans and other retirement plans tied to the stock market. Well, in just 1 ½ years, the value of those retirement plans have…

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that refinery capacity was reduced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that oil companies have yet to ramp up production to the levels they were prior to the pandemic; this…

Tuesday’s mortgage rate increase came on the heels of a 33-basis point increase on Monday by the Fed, with additional increases scheduled for June, July and September. File photo: Rabbitti, Shutter Stock, licensed. DENVER, CO - In…

Trump’s statement accused Democrats of attempting to “change the narrative” of his presidency and distract from the perceived failings of President Biden, and listed a number of ways that he said the current administration in the White…

A report released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor that the consumer price index in May rose faster than expected year-over-year at 8.4 percent, even with current economic circumstances taken into account; this is the fastest…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives to attends during a meeting of Eurogroup Finance Ministers, at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, 12 July 2021. File photo: Alexandros Michailidis, Shutter Stock, licensed. DELRAY…

Dotcom, previously named Kim Schmitz, is the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload and currently resides in New Zealand where he has been fighting extradition to the U.S. Image Credit: Kim…

As we kickoff another trading week, it appears the New World Order will be backed by gold. File photo: Steve Tritton, Shutter Stock, licensed. MANHATTAN, NY – We have entered a period of historic inflection that will lead to a new world…

Elon Musk's warning came in an email titled "pause all hiring worldwide" and comes during a spike in U.S. inflation that has reached a 40-year high, greatly increasing the cost of living of Americans while the threat of a recession looms.…

A gasoline pump sticker blaming U.S. President Biden and protesting inflation of prices at gas pumps. Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, November 7, 2021. File photo: Arak7, Shutter Stock, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Potentially throwing a…

According to recent reports, pandemic restrictions, taxes, cost of living, and crime have essentially created a mass exodus from New York to Florida. File photo: Rosemarie Mosteller, Shutter Stock, licensed. NEW YORK, NY - The end of…

The Ukraine war and our sanctions, which have backfired on us and even more so on Europe, are revealing the ramification of so blithely relying on unchecked money creation as the driver of economic growth. File photo: Natalja Petuhova,…

Sales of new homes in the United States plunged 16.6 percent in April from the level they were at in March, which represents a year-over-year drop of 26.9 percent from April 2021; according to National Association of Home Builders chief…

Let's explore the events and trends that I see as pointing to massively higher gold prices. You'll notice that around 99 percent of my thinking revolves around China and the East. In fact, at times it might seem as if I’m writing (another)…

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was critical that the $40 billion being offered to Ukraine is significantly more than the U.S. spends on many domestic programs, and expressed concerns that such a large giveaway of funds would only serve to worsen…

The landmark Charging Bull in Lower Manhattan. January 01, 2009 in New York, NY. File photo: Tutti Frutti, Shutter Stock, licensed. MANHATTAN, NY - As an Investment Advisor, I continually make every effort to understand the world around…

When Biden was asked Tuesday if he believed that he and his administration “bear some measure of responsibility for the inflation that we're seeing across the country,” the president’s response seemed to indicate that he did, although he…

The war is also playing havoc with Ukraine’s ability to produce food. Ukraine, with its exceptionally rich soil, has been Europe’s breadbasket and is critical to the world’s food chain. File photo: Cloudy Design, Shutter Stock, licensed. …