By: Ryan McMaken 2016 was supposed to be the year that the Federal Reserve “normalized” its policies. As much as two years ago — after years of a near-zero target rate — the Fed was swearing that it would begin to raise rates back to “normal” levels and cut its balance sheet. That never happened. […]
Archives for May 2017
Securities class action lawsuit sends Snap Inc (SNAP) plunging 2%
Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) can’t seem to catch a break. Whenever shares are on the rebound, some news story tends to shatter the stock. Case in point, the social media outlet was slapped with a securities class action lawsuit on Tuesday after it was alleged that the company inflated its user growth with false and misleading […]
Ron Paul to Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans In the Trash
By: Ron Paul By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his national security team back to the drawing board […]
Market Magic! University of Missouri losing students, money amid free speech restrictions
The free market is working its magic once again. Do you remember a couple of years ago, when a University of Missouri called for some “muscle” to help suppress coverage of the college shutting down free speech? Well, that post-secondary institution is facing the consequences as it is losing money. According to the St. Louis […]
Must Watch: Tucker Carlson destroys ‘degrading and humiliating’ media in 4 minutes
For the past 18 months, the mainstream media have been unbearable. Everything from publishing fake news to crying about two scoops of ice cream, the CNNs and the New York Times of the world have been partisan, petulant, pertinacious brats. If they were this way with previous administrations, it wouldn’t be as bad, but their […]