The longer Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stays in the primary race, the more she will be exposed as nothing more than a progressive fraud. The fact that Warren got away with posing as a Native American for much of her career, it is quite likely that the media will give Warren a pass on the […]
Archives for December 2019
Do popular gold ETFs really contain gold?
By: Stefan Gleason Gold-linked exchange-traded products are growing in popularity with investors. Assets held by gold ETFs have grown 38% globally in 2019. In October, according to the World Gold Council, gold ETFs attracted $1.9 billion in net inflows to reach a new record high total gold holding of 2,900 tonnes – at least on […]
WSJ reports U.S.-China set to delay Dec. 15 tariffs, Larry Kudlow downplays reports
On Sunday, the U.S. tariffs on the remaining $156 billion in Chinese goods are set to go into effect. Officials and financial markets had been hoping that the world’s two largest economies would avert these levies, but they might happen, even as the two sides iron out phase one of a trade agreement. The Wall […]
Remember when the Communists abolished the weekend?
By: Ryan McMaken Anti-capitalists on both left and right tell us that “capitalism” is destroying the weekend. The conservatives insist we need laws to punish people who try to sell things on Sunday. Leftists insist “unbridled capitalism” is destroying the weekend, which “lets us cultivate the seeds of civil society…” But it’s not capitalism that’s doing this dirty work. […]
Former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker dead at 92
Former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Adolph Volcker has passed away at the age of 92. Volcker, who served under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, died on Sunday evening in his home in New York. He leaves behind his wife, Anke Dening, and two children from his first marriage to Barbara Bahnson, who perished in […]