Markets
One Bear’s Prediction: Massive Market Selloff Coming
Hard-money investment manager Marc Faber predicts that markets could decline by 20 percent, perhaps more, as the economy faces the continued recession and...
Goal of TPP: Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP)
The goal of the secretive negotiations working out the TPP is the creation of a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP)...
Read moreTax Moves Being Dictated by the Fiscal Cliff
Small business owners, some of whom have spent their lifetimes building their businesses, are unloading them before the end of the year in...
Read moreAgencies Set to Unleash Tsunami of Regulations after the Election
After learning that the White House had failed to enforce the law in order to protect President Obama’s reelection chances from potential negative...
Read morePreliminary GDP Report a “Nasty October Surprise”
The preliminary report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday about the nation's economic activity during the last quarter was called "a...
Read moreBond Fund Manager Says Only Gold Will Survive the Coming Disaster
In his October newsletter to clients of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), founder Bill Gross summarized the coming disaster that faces the country,...
Read moreFed Chairman Admits His Economic Model Is Japanese Economic Stagnation
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in an October 1 speech that his U.S. central bank would copy Japanese economic policy to get...
Read moreHillary Clinton Advocates Less Govt. Regulation in Libya, Egypt
In a speech to Arab leaders at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Friday, September 28, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Read moreNew Fuel Economy Standards Imposed: Separating Hype From Reality
The hyperbole surrounding the White House's announcement yesterday of much higher fuel economy mandates is in sharp contrast to what consumers really want....
Read moreThe World is Waiting for Fed Chairman Bernanke at Jackson Hole
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to give his annual Jackson Hole speech on August 31 while the world waits in anticipation. They...
Read moreTop Investor Warns of “Financial Armageddon” as Soros Dumps Bank Stocks, Buys Gold
In what analysts say is another indication that the economy will get worse in the not-too-distant future, recent filings by billionaire financier George...
Read moreGas Prices Moving to All-Time High
The prices that Americans pay for gas at the pump may reach an all-time high this summer. The average price is $3.70 per gallon, which is...
Read moreDrought Recharges Ethanol Debate
The current drought afflicting the country is driving up the price of corn and reviving the debate over ethanol mandates that redirect corn...
Read moreMore Help for Farmers from Obama and the USDA
President Obama made sure that Iowa farmers knew that he was “there for them” during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on...
Read moreChina’s Economy Is Continuing to Slow
The latest numbers from China on its gross domestic product, factory output and electricity usage all show a bubble bursting. Kevin Yao, writing from...
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