Kevin Warsh arrived at the Fed with two decades of hawkish credibility, then spent a year talking like a dove. Wall Street wants to know which version shows up. Here’s what his track record, his balance sheet strategy, and his shifting positions actually tell us.
Will New FED Chair Warsh be Hawkish or Dovish? Read More »
Jerome Powell is out as Fed Chair, but he’s not leaving entirely. Kevin Warsh steps in after a razor-thin Senate vote, and the Fed could look very different before long.
Changes at the Federal Reserve: New Leadership, New Direction Read More »
The U.S. government is shutting down for the first time since 2018, suspending many non-essential services while essential operations (military, Social Security, Medicare, USPS, TSA, etc.) continue. Around 750k–800k federal employees will be furloughed, cutting consumer spending and costing the economy an estimated $200–$400 million per day. For investors, shutdowns delay key economic data releases and create short-term uncertainty, but history shows market sell-offs are typically brief and often followed by rebounds.
Government Shutdown 2025: What It Means for You and the Markets Read More »
On September 17th, the Federal Open Market Committee finally trimmed its benchmark lending rate by 0.25%, bringing the target range to 4.00%–4.25%. It’s the Fed’s first cut since December 2023, and typically, a rate cut signals that policymakers are bracing for softer growth and cooler consumer spending. But with inflation still “running hot,” why are they easing?
Fed’s First Rate Cut in Nine Months Read More »
Republicans named the third week in July as “Crypto Week” and were attempting to pass three major crypto Bills. These Bills were called:
The GENIUS Act
The CLARITY Act
The anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act
3 Big Crypto Bills in Congress Read More »
Trump’s new spending bill has passed both the Senate and the House and was signed into law on July 4th. If you are a Senior Citizen you might be wondering how this law will affect your taxes.
Big New Tax Deductions for Seniors and Others in 2025 Read More »
Smoot-Hawley was a tariff passed by Congress in 1930 as a misguided attempt to protect US jobs during the Great Depression that proved disastrous.
How Do Trump’s Tariffs Compare to the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariffs? Read More »
Unfortunately, in Germany, and at least sporadically in the United States, “truth” is whatever the government proclaims. “Disinformation” is whatever contradicts the latest government pronouncements.
Last Sunday, 60 Minutes featured tyrannical German prosecutors boasting about persecuting private citizens who made comments that officialdom disapproved. Three prosecutors explained how the government was entitled to launch pre-dawn raids and lock up individuals who criticized politicians, complained about immigrant crime waves, or otherwise crossed the latest revised boundary lines of acceptable thoughts.
Media Censorship-Sacrificing Truth Read More »
Almost no one believes that government waste is a good thing. But the devil is in the details when it comes to deciding what actually constitutes “waste”. Suddenly, no one wants their pet project cut. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) lists thirty-seven government programs that are considered highly vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.
The Real Effects of Cutting Government Waste Read More »
All taxation is generally bad for the economy…this is why virtually every administration that’s tried tax cuts has found them to be stimulative to the economy, going all the way back to at least JFK. Now, as the question suggests, there are different ways government takes resources out of the private sector, and they all have different characteristics regarding exactly who they harm.
Are Some Forms of Taxation Worse Than Others for the Economy? Read More »
