By: Clint Siegner You may have noticed the platinum price has fallen well below gold’s price and it continues to underperform the other precious metals. What is happening in the platinum market? We see a handful of factors driving the recent declines in platinum. For starters, it is facing the same challenges we find in the […]
Archives for September 2018
LOL: Washington Post blames Trump for Hurricane Florence
President Donald Trump can be blamed and lambsted for a lot of things. A hurricane? Not so much. But don’t tell that to The Washington Post, which posted a ridiculous headline on Tuesday: “Another hurricane is about to batter our coast. Trump is complicit.” Uh huh. The alleged newspaper further writes: “When it comes to […]
RAHMALAND: Chicago mayor wants to give families free money for existing
The basic income guarantee is one of biggest scams being perpetrated on the planet right now. First, the universal basic income (UBI) was devised as a measure to replace the entire welfare state and save the government money in the end. Then, it was promoted as a way to alleviate poverty in the age of […]
Federal Reserve the cause of asset bubbles, not investors
By: Frank Shostak In his speech on April 7 2010 at the Economic Club of New York the President of the New York Fed, William Dudley argued that asset bubbles pose a serious threat to real economic activity. The New York Fed chief is of the view that the US central bank should develop effective […]
WATCH: Despite targeting journalists, the media giddy over Obama’s return
One of the reasons why the right detests the media is that journalists, television networks, and newspapers were silent during the eight-year reign of former President Barack Obama. Journalism was non-existent in the age of Obama, even as he targeted and imprisoned their colleagues. Well, last week, Obama returned and slammed President Donald Trump and […]