So far this year, the S&P500 is up 18%. But gold is up even more — almost 20%. Since 2021, the S&P500 has gained about 20%... while gold is up more than 30%.
The candidates are like two drunken bus drivers, each racing to the same washed-out bridge. One may do a little better job of staying in his lane, but...
Tomiko Itooka is the world’s oldest living person. She is only 116 years old. Not 300 years old. Financial indicators, such as debt and market prices, have their limits too.
Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris says it’s time for a change. A funny thing to say when you’ve been the Vice President for the last three and a half years.
The last few days have brought the usual election-year claptrap. Kamala’s supposedly plans to tax her own donors. And Trump’s tariffs are a tax on the poor.
Stock prices are primarily information. They tell investors where their capital can be most fruitfully employed. The important thing is not that prices be high or low, but honest.
From the terrorists’ point of view, the 9/11 attack was so successful not just because it brought down the World Trade Center towers. The real achievement for them was in provoking US policymakers to strangle themselves.
After a few words of introduction, Colm lit a cigarette and bent to put gasoline in his chainsaws. Your editor stepped back. But Colm knew what he was doing.