Fed Faces Crucial Decision on Its Portfolio Mix

Source: Wall Street Journal “Markets have cheered the Federal Reserve’s imminent announcement that it will stop shrinking its asset portfolio later this year, but determining that date is just one challenge facing central-bank...

Why Gold Is Still The Best Basis For Money

Source: Forbes “To understand why gold works, as a standard of monetary value, you have to understand what makes good money. Today’s cryptocurrency enthusiasts are rediscovering what monetary thinkers have always known: that the best money is stable money,...

Expectations of weaker economy unites small business owners

Source: Fox Business “Although small businesses vary widely in terms of size, industry and issues, they do appear to be generally united by a growing uneasiness about the economy. Several surveys and economic reports released in recent weeks show that company...

Recession Is Coming, And Maybe a Bear Market, Too

Source: Bloomberg “The recessionary indicators are numerous. Tighter monetary policy by the Federal Reserve that the central bank now worries it may have overdone. The near-inversion in the Treasury yield curve. The swoon in stocks at the end of last year....

California is growing so much marijuana it could crash the market

Source: Sacramento Bee “California has too many marijuana farms — growing too much product — and if nothing is done it will devastate the industry…more than 1,142 acres of cannabis farms hold state permits. They can produce up to 9 million pounds of crop every...