Markets
Where Will Oil Prices Go After Algiers?
Saudi Arabia and Iran may yet come to terms on some sort of production arrangement, but the outcome of the negotiations in Algeria this week ……Read More
Business
Markets
Frack Sand: The Unsung Hero Of The OPEC Oil War
The late-2014, Saudi-initiated oil-price war may have taken the 'boom' out of the US shale industry as it seriously threatened OPEC market share, but Saudi ……Read More
Economy
A Mechanism For Ridding Ourselves of the Federal Reserve
A fascinating paper by Kevin Dowd and Martin Hutchinson, "Learning the Right Lessons From the Financial Crisis", looks at the mess that has been created ……Read More
Markets
Sink or Swim Dow Jones Today
With eight years of rising debt worldwide amid political stress from wars to elections, discussion about relief has increased sharply. Still, central bankers have in ……Read More
Markets
Quantifying a Bond Market Correction
I recently posted an article on the unintended consequences that central bank actions have had on the global bond market. According to a recent poll ……Read More
Economy
What Would It Take to Establish a Truly Free Market Economy?
In the past, I've posted articles on the views of Narayana Kocherlakota, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, professor of economics ……Read More