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How To Invest To Beat Inflation
Key Takeaways Inflation increased by 0.4% in September, meaning high prices are likely to be around for some time yet. There are a surprisingly high number of investments that can be used to hedge aga...
Netflix With Ads Is Not Free. Here’s What It Includes And What It Excludes
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: A sign is posted in front of Netflix headquarters (Photo by Justin … [+] Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images The thing about free TV is that, while it has...
The U.K. Canary In The Federal Reserve Coal Mine
Yellow canary on its perch getty Miners used to keep canaries in their mines because the bird had very fragile lungs and when the air became toxic the bird would fall off its perch dead, long before t...
What Does A Recession Mean For The Housing Market?
Key Takeaways Some analysts are putting the probability of a global recession as high as 98.1%. There are a number of factors pushing the economy this way, including a strong US dollar, the Fed’s inte...
Brown-Forman Acquires Diplomatico Rum
The whiskey giant is placing its bets on the premium rum category. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) … [+] (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images As the rum category continu...
It’s The Economic Equivalent Of A Perfect Game vs. A No Hitter
| Getty Images Key Takeaways The US went through stagflation in the 1970s, it’s the only time in our history. While we’re not officially in a recession, there are growing concerns about what the conti...
The Latest Twist In The Crazy Energy Sector
A large disturbance in the sea can be observed off the coast of the Danish island of Bornholm … [+] Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 following a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines runni...
Lessons From The Age Of Exploration For A Cislunar Economy
Frank Kendall says its about “China, China China” Shutterstock | The Cuevax Since the early days of the United States, two classically liberal values have been foundational to our rise as ...
The British Pound Is In Freefall. Here’s What It Means For Investors.
The British Pound Sterling is coming under immense pressure after sweeping tax cuts announced by new … [+] Prime Minister Liz Truss. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth – WPA Pool/Getty Images) Getty...
Inflation Cresting But Not Over
getty getty Yesterday, September 13, 2022, the U.S. inflation numbers came in hot. Down went the stock indexes and the S&P 500 was showing -2% down. In a strange way this is simply history repeati...
Walmart And Costco Winning, Shopping Centers Losing As Retail Foot Traffic Trends Signal Austere Holiday Quarter.
Walmart and Costco Winning, Shopping Centers Losing as Retail Foot Traffic Trends Signal Austere … [+] Holiday Quarter. getty US consumers appear to be dining more at home than going out; doing ...
Blinken—On Surprise Visit To Kyiv—Announces $2 Billion In U.S. Military Aid For Ukraine
Topline The U.S. will send $2 billion in military support to Ukraine and its European neighbors threatened by Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday, bo...
Buy These 2 Oil Stocks For Big Dividend Hikes (Thanks To Biden)
Declining row of crude oil barrels getty We aren’t falling for this “head fake” oil plunge. Instead we’re buying what I like to call the “Biden barrel discount”— grabbing beaten-down oil stocks with s...
US Notes Are Moving Much Lower
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images Getty Images The rise in rates has sent bond prices lower. Let us look at the 10-year note prospects from a cycles standpoint. Currently, the cycles that are most a...
US Dollar Strength Weighs On Asia
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets had a poor start to September following MSCI’s rebalance at yesterday’s close. The US $ gained again versus Asian currencies as the Bloomberg...
The Labor Shortage Is Killing American Manufacturing. Here’s How AI Can Bring It Back To Life.
Manufacturing engineer working with an AI-based system. Getty Images/iStockphoto US manufacturing is poised for a significant resurgence. The supply chain debacles caused by the pandemic have shown th...
From Russia’s Borders To The Middle East And Central Asia, Strategic Balances Are Shifting
The US has just bombed Iranian IRGC bases in Syria. Strategic power blocs are shifting tectonically and no one seems to have noticed. To do so you have to connect the dots of seemingly unrelated incid...
Do Ultra-Low Rates Cause Ultra-Low Growth?
ILLUSTRATION – A woman points at a website advertising a negative interest rate. Photo: Christian … [+] Charisius/dpa (Photo by Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images) pictu...
As Drink Trends Come And Go, Soda Persists
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images One could wax poetic about the drink of the summer or the newest whiskey release to grace the market. But while booze tre...
Universal Studios Hollywood Rounds Out Halloween Horror Nights 2022 With ‘Killer Klowns’ And A Jordan Peele Terror Tram Finale
This year’s Terror Tram at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studio offers a plethora of … [+] nightmarish mayhem including a finale fusing Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ and ...
New Buyback Excise Tax Snares Foreign Investors
President Joe Biden (C) shakes hands with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) after signing The Inflation … [+] Reduction Act at the White House on August 16th. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Im...
Even A Limited Nuclear War Could Kill Billions By Starvation, Study Finds
Topline A full-scale nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. could trigger a global famine and kill more than 5 billion people, according to peer reviewed research published in Nature Food on Monday, ...
The Biggest Lesson From James Webb That No One Is Talking About
The Biggest Lesson From James Webb Telescope That No One is Talking About Shutterstock | Muratart For those of us who waited with bated breath to see the first images from the James Webb Space Telesco...
US Commits Another $1 Billion In Arms And $4.5 Billion In Aid To Ukraine
Topline Two U.S. agencies announced massive new rounds of support for Ukraine on Monday, with the Agency for International Development (USAID) committing $4.5 billion to help support the nation’...
US Senate approves $430 billion inflation reduction plan
A $430 billion climate, tax and health care bill passed the US Senate on Sunday after months of negotiations that ended in a marathon night of debate and amendment votes. $430 billion US anti-inflatio...
Coinbase Prime Brings Ethereum Staking To US…
Coinbase announced in a blog post published on Monday that Coinbase Prime was adding Ethereum to its growing list of staking options for US domestic institutional clients. This offering allows another...
Fixing Inflation Is Easy, But Nobody Talks About It
In our new book Inflation, we talked about the example of Henry VIII of England, who, in 1544, undertook the “Great Debasement” of the long-reliable British silver penny. The silver content of the coi...
‘Nope’ Tops Box Office With Slightly Disappointing $44 Million Weekend
‘Nope’ Universal I guess it’s yet another sign of theatrical recovery that we’re discussing whether a $44 million opening weekend for an R-rated, original, live-action, star-lite horror fl...
EU, US swap policy intel on European crypto regulation, stablecoins
The EU and the US swapped crypto policy insights on stablecoins and other issues during a joint financial forum in Brussels last week. Representatives from the two governments met as part of an EU–US ...