In writings and speeches over just the past several months, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have made no secret of their desire to overthrow the Iranian government. “It should be abundantly…

Over the past 4+ months, we’ve been working away trying to keep our readers aware of the risks and concerns that were originating out of some foreign markets and how that might relate to the US markets.  We remember a…

Most experts are of the view that as the economy gains strength the Fed must step in at some stage and introduce a tighter stance in order to prevent the rate of inflation getting out of control. Why however, should…

Why your brain never runs out of problems to find Why do people constantly ‘move the goalposts’ when making judgments? JoeNattapon/Shutterstock.com David Levari, Harvard University Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard…

Rather suddenly, the state issued fiat currency bolivar lost 99% of its purchasing power. Gresham’s law holds that “bad money drives out good money,” meaning that given a choice of currencies (broadly speaking, “money” that serves as a store of value…

In this interview for TheStreet.com Kevin O’Leary of CNBC reality TV says he is launching ETF’s to get people to chase the momentum just as the Nasdaq made a new high last week.  He talks about cash flow in big…

Since the DOW made its last peak in January we have seen a wild increase in the magnitude of the daily swings in the stock market. During the last two days of last week the DOW fell over 1,000 points…