Economy

With the Federal government in shutdown mode and hundreds of thousands of federal government workers on temporary furlough, I thought that it would be an ……Read More

It's quite apparent, despite the Fed's assurances otherwise, that this recovery has been a particularly tough one if you are an unemployed or underemployed American. ……Read More

In light of the fact that we are now facing yet another debt ceiling brouhaha and with the Fed grappling with its own tapering issues ……Read More

Low risk investors, particularly in the United States, are well aware of the ultra-low interest rate environment in which we are currently living.  These low ……Read More

With the announcement that the Fed is continuing its purchases of securities, largely because of the perception of ongoing weakness in the economy and its ……Read More

The day of reckoning for the American (and by extension, world) economy looks like it is approaching.  As the Federal Reserve moves toward tapering its ……Read More