What are we back in March again? The Federal Reserve’s money printer go brrrr campaign was supposed to prevent these types of market events from happening. C’mon man. In case you missed it, here is how the financial markets performed on Thursday (at the time of this writing): This dip provided a nice buying opportunity […]
How much longer will monetary, fiscal magic prop up the housing bubble?
By: Doug French Make the money cheap enough and government intrusive enough, and incongruous headlines appear side by side. For instance, from the Las Vegas Review-Journal comes this head-scratcher: “Las Vegas Housing Market ‘on Fire’ as Economy Limps Along.” Almost Daily Grant’s reminds us the Federal Reserve is on the job 24/7/365, There’s more where that came from. Last week’s […]
Uh, leftists? Are they peaceful protests or Trump-induced violent riots?
Wait a minute. So, are the riots mostly peaceful or are they burning down cities because of President Donald Trump? Whether it is because of polling or ineptitude, the left cannot seem to decide if the nationwide protests are peaceful or if they are violent that were caused by President Trump. Alright guys, time to […]
Federal Reserve promises more destruction for the U.S. dollar
By: Andrew Moran The Federal Reserve has potentially had the most memorable year in its more than century-long history. What started out as a year of will they or won’t they cut interest rates blossomed into a time of slashing rates to near zero, unleashing unlimited quantitative easing, purchasing corporate and municipal bonds, and growing its balance sheet to a […]
Protesters stage ‘die-in’ in front of Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
A bunch of people staged a 60-second “die-in” over the weekend in front of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank headquarters. These were not a bunch of Austrians or libertarians protesting the destructive interventionist policies or calling for its abolition. Instead, they were likely demanding even more intervention, mostly from a social justice point of view, […]